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New York, NY, US

San Francisco, California, US

Focused on Account Abstraction. Working closely with crypto founders and developers through product exploration, technical integration, and launch. Maintaining relationships with developers to drive industry insights. Aggregating feedback as the core customer touch point and communicating with internal product managers and engineers to determine our future.

Santa Monica, California, US

• Inventing, developing, and studying technologies that enable people to connect and collaborate in new ways. As a Research Engineer, I design and develop prototypes from scratch, launch experimental products, and run.
• Led development, design & launch of 10 novel AR experiences for colocated interactions on Snapchat using Lens Studio; engagement of 1,000,000+ users; check it out at letsplayirl.com
• Integrated IoT devices and digital AR to create immersive storytelling experiences that research expanding augmentation beyond digital pixels. Designed and developed an authoring tool for non-technical users to create.
• Developed mobile IOS app to foster effortful communication using ARKit, RealityKit, and SwiftUI
• Fostered and managed collaborations with internal & external teams to productize and distribute novel work
• Managed and mentored multiple interns

New York, US

Designed and developed frontend and backend systems to support families after loss via an online funeral planner. Explorative research of the intersection of technology and taboo topics including death and grief.

Developed an expert system using data analysis and heuristic algorithms to detect 8 programming moments that students perceive as important from IDE and web interaction log data (i.e. self-assessment moments such as using resources to look up syntax). Additionally, analyzed the accuracy of our system and found that it achieved F1 scores ranging from 66% to.

Santa Monica, California, US

Designing and studying co-located experiences using AR as a Research Intern on Snap's Human-Computer Interaction Research Team.

Evanston, IL, US

Focused on the intersection of technology, media, and design through project-centered courses including UX Design, Service Design, and Data Journalism. While living in San Francisco for 3 months, thirty other Northwestern students and I were immersed in Silicon Valley and the rapidly changing innovative culture.Collaborated with other Northwestern students.

Working on project teams with other students, we develop and implement software projects for our client throughout the year. Focusing on the intersection of technology and social impact, expanding the use of technology, and building a more socially responsible tech industry. 2018 Project: Designing and developing an interactive website for Evanston.

San Diego, CA, US

Developed secure ground-up website for internal use using Django, Nginx, and Gunicorn to assist frequent tracking of the algorithm, research and software development.Dockerized and deployed the site to AWS EC2 server using Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Docker.Back-end development: Redshift database, SQL, AWS S3 storageSecurity development: SSL certificate.

Palo Alto, California, US

Instructor for Junior Adventures in Game Coding teaching 6-8 year olds the main components of coding and building applications using Scratch Jr. and Hopscotch. Lead teaching assistant for Made by Girls: Adventures in Wearable Tech and Fashion. Assisted the instructor in teaching girls ages 12-17 the intersection of technology and fashion design using Adobe.

La Jolla, CA, US

Camp Counselor for children ages 9-13 in a theater camp. Facilitated daily activities and supervised overnight traveling trips.

La Jolla, CA, US

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Computer Science

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