what have i been up to?
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Carnegie Mellon University
Bachelor of Science in Information Systems
UW GPA 4.0 Dean’s List with High Honors
Coursework: Foundations of Software Engineering; Application Design and Development; Database Design and Development; Software Engineering for Startups; Principles of Software Construction Objects, Design, and Concurrency; Introduction to Data Structures; Concepts of Mathematics (Discrete); Information Systems Milieux; Design Fundamentals
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ScottyLabs
Pioneering efforts to create a seamless onboarding process for new tech subteam members in hopes of improving retention rates and boosting project development.
- Created React Native boilerplate and guides to onboard 70+ new members to the org’s tech stack.
- Outreaching to companies regarding the sponsorship of the organization and its events such as TartanHacks, one of Pittsburgh's largest hackathons.
Worked with a team to develop a course recommendation app with Natural Language Processing (NLP) capabilities in hopes to improve the course search process. Won “Best Demo Award” at organization-wide demo.
- Implemented the web app using Python. Utilized OpenAI’s gpt-3.5-turbo-instruct model to provide natural language course suggestions to students based on their expressed academic interests.
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Design for America @ CMU
Worked with a team to address the problem of safely connecting high schoolers with the resources they need for their service projects.
- Conducted stakeholder interviews to understand the problem space better.
- Ideated solutions based on insights derived from interview data through techniques such as affinity diagramming.
- Presented semester progress to community members and experts in Human-Centered Design for feedback.
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Full-Stack Software Engineer Intern (Incoming)
Carnegie Mellon UniversityTeaching AssistantInformation Systems Milieux Course- Graded coursework for 120+ students, including business case analyses, web development projects, and database assignments.
- Supported in-class labs on web and database tools, helping students apply technical concepts like ER modeling and HTML/CSS/JS.
- Held office hours and participated in TA meetings and course events to provide both academic support and professional guidance.
Research Programmer InternCollaborated with Dr. Bruce McLaren’s McLearn Lab to develop math-focused digital learning games for upcoming classroom studies investigating their impact on students’ learning outcomes and engagement.
- Implementing Large Language Models (LLMs)-powered feedback and hint systems to support student learning during gameplay.
- Leveraged statistical Natural Language Processing (NLP) techniques from Python’s Natural Language Toolkit to efficiently evaluate 500+ open-ended student responses with 100% accuracy.
- Extended game functionality by implementing new features backed by learning science principles, such as a hint mechanism, interactive tutorials, and self-explanation (free response) validation.
- Analyzed ~30k data points in Python using pandas, Matplotlib, and Plotly to measure student progress and success in the Spring 2024 pilot study of 70+ students and make data-driven decisions for the upcoming study.
- Conducted a systematic literature review of 30+ articles to evaluate and recommend the use of Large Language Models (LLMs) in digital game-based learning. Accepted to ISLS 2025.
- Acquired proficiency in Agile methodologies, with hands-on experience in daily standups, sprints, and frameworks like Kanban.
Technical ConsultantDesigned and developed a custom business website from the ground up to establish the online presence of a small Pittsburgh childcare center to attract new clientele and staff.
- Utilized user-centered design techniques, including crafting user personas and performing a competitive analysis of 15 industry peers, to create an intuitive website interface.
- Conducted 5 user testing sessions to receive feedback and improve the website’s usability.
- Optimized website traffic by implementing SEO practices through Squarespace.
- Documented processes thoroughly and created a client training plan for future website maintenance.
- Elevated professional and technical proficiencies by actively engaging in weekly development workshops.
Content CreatorContributed to the development of free, easily accessible, and high-quality study materials for high school students around the world.
- Created 90+ study sets for 7 Advanced Placement subjects and the ACT and SAT exams.
- Recognized by the CEO for being proactive and detail-oriented. Received 2 additional projects, each with 30+ tasks.
Research Intern under Dr. Nash Rochman of National Institutes of HealthContributed to research on the relationship between the citation and semantic structures of academic literature to develop an enhanced academic paper recommendation system.
- Created a Python script that models citation networks of research domains using SciPy, NumPy, and Matplotlib libraries.
- Explored applications of LLMs (i.e. BERT) in creating semantic structures of academic literature.
- Constructed a research paper detailing completed work and presented the project to professionals and peers at expositions.