About me

I am a Ph.D Candidate in the Department of Linguistics at the University of California, Santa Barbara and a current OneReach.ai Academic Fellow. I primarily work with Professor Simon Todd (CPLS Lab), Professor Lal Zimman (TRILL Lab), and Professor Laurel Brehm (PRPL Lab). I also recently completed UCSB College of Engineering Graduate Program in Management Practice Certificate.

I participated in Google’s Computer Science Research Mentorship Program (2023a cohort), Google’s PhD Fellowhip Summit, and Google’s Product Inclusion & Equity Summit. I have spent Summer 2022, Summer 2023 (and will spend Summer 2024) as a Knowledge Engineer Intern at Amazon Alexa (Artificial General Intelligence). I also won the Amazon Alexa Prize SocialBot Grand Challenge 5 as part of the GauchoChat team.

I am skilled in Generative AI, Customer Research, and Product Management and excited to apply these skills to the advancement of innovative technologies!

I am currently looking for a Full-Time roles starting June 2025.

Featured in Linguistics Careercast (podcast episode), Harnessing Conversational AI for Breakthroughs in Academic Research (OneReach.ai), GauchoChat Team (Amazon Science), and AI as a Research Participant: Tips, Tools, and Techniques (UX Magazine)