About Shawn SN

I synthesize empirical public health sciences, neurotechnology, and constitutional law to advance systemic equity across sovereign, federal, and state arenas.

Having originated from below the U.S. Federal Poverty Level, I graduated as Gonfaloniere and Class Marshal from the University of Maryland Honors College (top scholarship from 10,000+), subsequently completing my graduate studies at Harvard University as Dean's Achiever with the #1 GPA in the class.

My work spans patent-pending medical devices deployed during urgent life support governance (U.S. 63/946,505), patent portfolio AI health auditing cited in the Federal Register Vol. 91 on the final ruling of a 6-year CMS bill (U.S. 63/946,926), and authoring appellate amicus curiae briefs accepted by the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania (the first self-taught independent nonlawyer brief accepted in the Court’s 303-year recorded history).

Harvard University #1 GPA in Class (Dean's Achiever)

Appellate Precedent PA Supreme Court 303-Yr Record

Global Indigenous Network 70,000+ Members in 12 Nations

Academic Pedigree

Education & Scholarly Archives

Harvard University

Master's Degree | Dean’s Achiever (2025)

#1 GPA IN CLASS

Field & Track

Psychology; Applied Neuroscience Track

Member, HLS Program on Negotiation; Inventor at MIT Startup Exchange; HMS/HSDM Student Council

Capstone & Distinction

"Vicenarian Renaissance: Accessible AI for the Next Generation of Disability Rights"

Capstone Archived by the instructor for her department and future students as a model example

Mentored and did research under Dr. Simon Caine, Director @ McLean Hospital (the largest private neuroscience and psychiatry research hospital in the US).

Honors: UN UNITE 2030 Scholar; MIT-Fundación Ramón Areces Scholar; Forbes u30 Summit Scholar; Oxford University Educational Research Symposium Keynote; Caltech JPL Ambassador.

University of Maryland Honors College

Bachelor's Degree | Univ. Honors Citation (2022)

Dean's List Every Full Term

Major & Concentrations

Public Health Science (Bioengineering & Government)

Men’s Club Soccer Captain

Honors Thesis in Government & Politics

"Redlining's Legal Legacy: Gray Areas in Health Jurisprudence"

Thesis Archived with Distinction

Honors: Gonfaloniere (Graduation Flagbearer); Class Marshal (Top scholarship, service & growth from 10,000+); Honors Leader Medallion (institutional changemaker from 31,000+).

Community College of Baltimore County

Two-Year General Education Coursework

2018

Formal Honours

Notable Awards & Distinctions

Supreme Court History (PA 303-Year Record)

First self-taught independent nonlawyer brief accepted in PA Supreme Court 303-year records.

Nature First Author

Patent work merited peer-review acceptance for Nature conference on transformational technology.

United Nations Association USA Ambassador

STEMpathize work operationalized UN Sustainable Development Goals at scale.

Best Harvard White Paper

Awarded one of best in decades by McLean Hospital Director & HMS Associate Professor.

Temple Church (UK) Common Law Researcher

Harvard Capstone merited private access to landmark UK-USA Common Law archives.

MIT-Paris AI Scholar

Full cost coverage for international (Paris, France) MIT conference for patent work.

Mayor of D.C. Letter of Appreciation

Government-issued mayoral decree for 10+ years of STEMpathize work in D.C.

Honors College Research Grant (1 of 2 in 4,000+)

1 of 2 out of 4,000+ undergraduate students for most merited research.

United Nations DESA Member

Native Claim Firm holds highest formal relationship an NGO can have with the UN.

Kroger Groceries Gold Hero & Rawlings Grant

National famine relief hero; awarded as student from below U.S. Federal Poverty Level.

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