resume

Education

  • Expected Jun 2026
    Master of Science in Computer Science
    University of Washington — Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering
  • Expected Dec 2025
    Bachelor of Science in Computer Science
    University of Washington — Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering
  • Coursework
    • Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Natural Language Processing (NLP)
    • Systems for Machine Learning, Distributed Systems, Systems Programming
    • Quantum Computation, Probability & Statistics
    • Data Structures & Algorithms, Hardware–Software Interface, Security
    • Quantitative Statistics, Advanced Linear Algebra, Multivariable Calculus
  • Organizations
    • Computing Community (Association of Computer Machinery @ UW)
    • National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT)

Experience

  • Jan 2024 - Present
    Teaching Assistant, Machine Learning (CSE 446/546; CSE 416)
    Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering, University of Washington
    • Led weekly recitations, held office hours, and graded for both an introductory ML course (CSE 416) and an advanced graduate ML course (CSE 446/546).
    • CSE 446/546: maximum likelihood, linear models, kernel methods, gradient-based optimization, deep networks (CNNs, RNNs, attention), and unsupervised learning (PCA, GMMs, non-parametric).
    • CSE 416: regression/regularization, decision trees, ensemble methods, PyTorch labs, recommender systems.
  • Jun 2025 - Sep 2025
    Software Engineer Intern, Productivity Engineering
    LinkedIn
    • Deployed an Azure cost-optimization dashboard used company-wide to monitor $100M+ annual spend.
    • Built Python/MySQL backend to fetch real-time Microsoft Cloudfit efficiency recommendations and TypeScript/React + Grafana frontend for spend trends.
    • Integrated services via gRPC, eliminating REST middleware and reducing latency while creating a scalable pattern for future tools.
  • Jun 2024 - Sep 2024
    Software Development Engineer Intern, Selection & Catalog Systems
    Amazon
    • Automated duplicate-product validation, cutting manual on-call work by 80% and improving merge accuracy by 15%.
    • Developed FilterAnalyticsTool pipeline with AWS CDK, provisioning S3, DynamoDB, and SQS for logs and reports.
    • Created Java Lambda for product-pair validation logs and Python Lambda for analytics and Jupyter-based reporting.
  • Feb 2023 - Dec 2023
    Full-Stack Web Developer
    University of Washington, College of Engineering
    • Developed a scholarship application platform in PHP/Laravel/Filament serving 8,000+ visitors.
  • Jun 2022 - Aug 2023
    Data Analyst Intern, Technical Accounting
    Axos Bank
    • Automated transfer of Oracle financial data to Tableau using Microsoft Power Automate, replacing a manual daily download and refresh.
    • Built scheduled and cloud flows that save emailed Oracle reports to OneDrive and auto-update Tableau data sources.
    • Saved 40+ staff hours per month and improved accuracy of recurring financial dashboards.
  • Jun 2021 - Sep 2021
    Software Developer & Product Owner Intern
    San Diego Supercomputer Center
    • Led an 8-person team building a fitness social app with Django, React and MySQL, reaching 70+ active users.
    • Ran daily stand-ups, code reviews and presented to 100+ interns.
    • Implemented instant messaging and live updates to boost user engagement.

Research

  • Jan 2025 - May 2025
    Student Researcher, Large-Scale ML Models & Neural Data Transformers
    Neural Systems Laboratory, UW CSE
    • Built PyTorch data pipeline for large-scale International Brain Lab spiking datasets; wrote custom dataloaders for multi-session tensors and implemented multi-mask self-supervised masking schemes.
    • Implemented and tuned Neural Data Transformer (NDT) models with causal attention and Poisson log-likelihood objectives; ran large-scale training and hyperparameter sweeps on A40/L40 GPUs.
  • Sep 2024 – Dec 2024
    Investigating Error Patterns and Model Interpretability for Medical Image Classification
    Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering
    • Trained and evaluated CNN, ResNet-50, and EVA-CLIP models on the OrganCMNIST abdominal CT dataset.
    • Applied Grad-CAM, LIME, and occlusion analysis to identify recurring misclassification patterns and explain model decision rationale.

Leadership

  • Sep 2022 - Sep 2024
    Executive Officer — Social Event Coordinator
    Computing Community @ UW (Association for Computing Machinery)
    • Organized large-scale technical/social events for 1,000+ students; managed timelines, tasks, and budgets for the Allen School’s largest student org.
    • Led department-wide events (Fall Fest, Winter Ball) with 500+ attendees; chaired committees for research nights, socials, and mentorship programs.
  • May 2020 - Aug 2022
    Founder & CEO
    STEM to Success, National Nonprofit Organization
    • Founded and led Java and Scratch coding camps, impacting 200+ students and raising $2,000+ for the Boys & Girls Club through fundraising efforts.
    • Orchestrated STEM literacy webinars, attracting 70+ attendees and featuring presentations from industry professionals.
    • Recognized in the Del Mar Times for impactful community contributions.