ME
AI HOPE,
NOT HYPE.
I believe in the power of AI to augment humankind, rather than replace it.
With my background in Liberal Arts, IT analytics expertise, and Data Science knowledge, I'm committed to ethical, data-driven work that serves communities and transforms the world.
The Journey
How did I get from the liberal arts to data science? Easy: there were no liberal arts-specific jobs, so I had to bank on my transferable skills to make a living. I became an IT Analyst at Chevron, and eventually realized that my role was actually that of a data analyst specializing in IT data.
Along the way, I took on side projects that pointed toward where I was headed. I managed my business unit's SharePoint site, since I had always been an avid website creator, and I interfaced with federal systems to secure PII data in support of the company's emergency response efforts.
Now I'm at a new part of this journey: data science and AI. The curriculum was rough at times, but I enjoyed experimenting with different modeling techniques during my MS in Data Science at Boston University. I'm now pursuing a Master's in Software Engineering at Western Governors University so I can apply those principles to real-world solutions. Through every stage, my ability to think critically, act creatively, and analyze effectively has remained my superpower skillset.
My AI Collaboration
I believe AI should augment and empower, not replace, humans. But this also means that AI and data literacy are more important than ever. Most people approach AI tools as threats or excuses to provide work of low quality when, in reality, AI tools provide for us numerous opportunities to do more than what we could normally do and expand the scope of whatever our vision may be.
It's also why I build in the open. This very site was built with the help of Claude Code, Google Gemini, Codex, and Replit, and I document that process on my Readme page instead of hiding it. Ethics requires consistency, and consistency can only be judged through full and complete transparency.
That same standard applies to the work itself: redacting personal data before it ever reaches a model, validating inputs before they reach business logic, and designing systems that fail safely rather than silently. Responsible AI isn't a feature I bolt on at the end. It's the starting constraint and the foundation for how humans should interact with AI.
Beyond the Resume
I have always been a creative individual, but also a very curious one. From a very young age, I always wondered why things are the way that they are and, only in adulthood did I realize that so much of what exists is socially constructed. Creativity was one mechanism by which I could convey my thoughts about the world, but analysis was always something that I wanted to engage with, I just didn't think I had the necessary mathematical knowledge or analytical prowess.
Then, I began to realize that one thing aligned my deep interests in political science, art, and business (all of which I took on as minor concentrations during my undergraduate studies): thoughtful analysis. I had, actually, been an analytical person all along, I just did not realize it because of my self-fulfilling prophecies about how bad I was at math or how I could never code.
Fast forward to today. I have a degree in Data Science (with a 4.0 GPA, mind you) despite having only made a D in my AP Statistics course in high school. Analysis is not the enemy of creativity but, rather, the guiding force that makes the beauty of creativity possible to begin with.
Where to Go Next
Resume
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Portfolio
Research papers, writing samples, and the AI tools I've built.
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