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Covina, California, Us

• Utilized in-house coding languages and NLP techniques for chatbot creation, generating over $1M in projected LLM bot experiment wins from Q4 2023 - Q1 2024.• Developed advanced chatbots using OpenAI's GPT and Whisper Models, and video generation models.• Developed LLM prompts for multiple business-specific generation tasks focused on enhancing personalization and customer retention.• Showed hands-on experience in working with REST APIs.• Labeled big datasets and conducted quantitative and qualitative analyses that informed strategic decisions.• Developed visually appealing Power BI dashboards and demonstrated advanced use of Excel.• Collaborated with Product Managers, identifying innovative feature development opportunities, testing ideas, and crafting effective conversational strategies.• Promoted a customer-centric and localized approach to bot building for the Spanish partner.

Seattle, Wa, Us

As part of the team that worked on the continuous expansion of core features in Spanish (es-ES, es- MX, es-US) for Alexa, Amazon’s virtual assistant, I:• Authored new and improved existing FSTs/deterministic artifacts for the Spanish language NLP model that lead to the implementation of core Alexa features such as: playing music, home automation, shopping, calendar event creation, and canceling of requests.• Authored new and improved existing contextual and personalized FSTs/deterministic artifacts that impacted user experience across different devices (Fire TV, Echo, and other Smart Home products).• Led the pre-implementation testing workflow. I performed utterance testing and data analysis to identify model regressions and propose short-term and long-term fixes while considering deterministic vs statistical recognition.• Drove the training and mentoring of two new members of the team.• Labeled tokens to satisfy specific requirements of the NLU model, whileconsidering data points to resolve ambiguities.• Created and maintained catalogs and libraries composed of syntacticallyrelated tokens (verbs, articles, adjectives, substantives, adjectives).• Expanded the use of preambles in creating patterns that matched naturalhuman expression.• Used Git and ssh Linux shell for development daily.• Used scrum methodology to reach project milestones and improve processes.• Adapted quickly to workflow changes and created team-wide trainingmaterials.

Zurich, Ch

As part of the Spanish ads evaluation team, I:• Analyzed, curated, and evaluated advertisements on the Google Search Ads project in English and Spanish.• Ensured logical and meaningful review of Ad/URL content.• Delivered high-quality data to improve algorithm accuracy.• Rated and moderated content under guidelines, using specific standards toresolve ambiguities.

As part of the team that develops the Spanish version of the catalog and other editorial products from The Avon Company (printed and digital versions), I:• Localized texts (English to Spanish) and provided cultural insight adapted to the Mexican/Latin American market to resolve ambiguities.• Provided creative writing expertise.• Proofread/ peer-reviewed the work of other translators.• Worked alongside printers to ensure the delivery of quality products undertight deadlines.

I uncovered relevant stories with impact in the US and Latin America for different media outlets such as Univision, Hispanopost.com, Runrun.es, and El Pitazo. As a Freelance journalist I:• Analyzed social context and national/international news cycles to find patterns and trends that became stories.• Collected and processed data in structured, semi-structured, and unstructured formats.• Evaluated statistics in a social context and communicated them in a fashion easy to comprehend, interpret and retain.• Contributed to the data visualization of the key data on each story.

I was a data analyst, scriptwriter, producer, host, and translator for the 13-episode podcast. Nominated as one of the best investigative journalism projects of 2018 by the Press and Society Institute (IPYS) and awarded with an invitation to present it at the Latin American Congress of Investigative Journalism (COLPIN) 2018. In my role in Porque soy Flores, I:• Collected data from primary, secondary, and third-party sources.• Extracted, transformed, loaded, and validated evidence/legal datasets.• Created a data repository for structured, semi-structured, and unstructureddatasets, with a special emphasis on unstructured social media posts, videos,photos, and documents.• Translated 1000+ pages of legal documentation, from English to Spanish, to support my reporting. • Created a structured storytelling and distribution strategy (podcast formatdistributed through Whatsapp) specifically targeted to the Venezuelan audience, considering technical and censorship challenges.

Caracas, Dc, Ve

As an Associate Professor on a Journalism 101 course, I:• Taught basic aspects of journalism and analytical thinking: writing, identification of types of journalistic pieces, working with different sources of information, creation of content for multimedia formats, and ethics.• Discussed techniques for data acquisition and for including data journalism in day-to-day reporting.

As an on-the-ground reporter/correspondent for international media in Caracas-Venezuela, I:• Analyzed social context and local/national/international news cycles to find patterns and trends that became stories.• Collected and mined primary, secondary, and third-party data.• Used storytelling techniques to help audiences to make informed decisions.

Caracas, Ve

I was an investigative journalist. My job included:-Analyzing social and political context and local/national/international news cycles to identify patterns and trends that later became powerful stories.-Creating or identifying datasets useful for the descriptive and diagnostic analysis of social, economic, and political issues.-Collecting, mining, and processing data from primary, secondary, and third-party sources, available in structured, semi-structured, and unstructured formats.-Extracting, transforming, and loading datasets. Data wrangling, exploration, cleaning, and validation. -Visualizing data (in Tableau, and other platforms) with the goal of giving a consolidated view of the key aspects of the story. Creating interactive pieces that keep up with the changing news cycle and gave the readers a refreshing informative experience.-Designing storytelling strategies for communicating findings in a way that impacts the audience’s decision-making.

Sql Databases, Data Processing

Bachelor'S Degree, Major In Journalism