Collaborated and published the research paper Understanding Users’ Perceptions and Expectations of Third-party Alexa Apps. Conducted a user study to demonstrate that Amazon Alexas existing security indicators do not accurately convey the risk of enabling third-party skills to end users. Proposed changes voice assistants can make to improve transparency of third-party skill use. Used Pandas to parse XML files data to visually represent the correlation between users’ ability to identify a third-party skill versus a native skill.

Developed and deployed an interactive chatbot that specializes in guiding users to become racial justice activists.

Worked with and lead 20 female coders in a summer program, to promote female involvement in the STEM community. Presented and guided daily lessons focused on CSS, HTML, Ruby, and Sinatra. Provided assistance for daily group projects as well as in-class exercises in a diverse environment.