Anyi Zhao

I'm Anyi, a graduate researcher in behavioral economics at San Jose State, studying delayed discounting and scarcity among Latino immigrant construction workers. I pivoted from art at UCLA to computer science and now economics because I wanted to become a polymath and make direct impact on humanity.

Before this I worked on haptics and robotics research at USC and led product management at Mathzoos. My path from art to CS to econ is about understanding problems and building solutions that move humanity forward.

Ask me about behavioral economics research, pivoting between disciplines, VC investment patterns, and building toward impact.