Cyndi Zou

Hey, I'm Cyndi Zou!

I’m a researcher in human-centered AI for health, hardware hacker, community builder, and marksman

Currently I’m…

Scaling my venture Zora @ University of Toronto’s LevelUP Accelerator
Founding Software Engineer @ Lilac, a med-tech startup by McGill grads building mental health care between therapy sessions, backed by $28k in grants
Researching longitudinal wearable signals at HAI Lab @ UT Dallas
Technical Research Developer @ FREEDcan and CHEO Research Institute, building the youth support hub and its data collection for early eating disorder intervention

Founded ElevatED Youth, a nonprofit raising eating disorder awareness reaching 150,000, with members across 8 countries, in collaboration with NEDIC
AI hardware intern @ LEYING Technology, built AI desk cat companions
Won in Blue Ocean, Ingenious+, NGFP Young Voices Award, DECA, FBLC
Bronze in Canadian Economics Olympiad
Studied at University of Waterloo’s Quantum School
Recognized with Markham Mayor’s Youth Award, sole recipient in my city recognized for my leadership and community service