Experiences
From fast food to AI — I've worked everywhere and learned that real work is often unglamorous. In every role, I took responsibility, figured things out, and left things better than I found them.
Co-Founder & Technical Lead (AI/Data)
xVal
San Francisco Bay Area
Lead the technical side of xVal, focusing on AI and data systems for football analytics. Design and maintain data pipelines for match, event, and player data. Prototype ML components like embeddings, similarity search, and lightweight models for player valuation. Implement a text-to-SQL scouting assistant and maintain the xVal website plus an AI assistant backed by a custom knowledge base.
Cognitive Science Research Assistant
Children Helping Science (MIT/Minerva)
Remote
Worked on Children Helping Science (CHS), an online developmental research platform based at MIT. Tested 10+ in-development online studies as a mock participant, checking clarity, flow, and UX before launch. Wrote structured feedback on every study tested, focusing on instructions, layout, incentives, and UX.
Student Operations & Data Assistant
Minerva University
Remote/San Francisco
Automated payroll and hours-tracking reports for 180-200 student workers using Excel formulas and YAML-based mail merges. Benchmarked financial-aid processes across 100+ private institutions. Automated alumni-outreach tracking by converting meeting recordings into searchable, reusable datasets.
Canvasser & Field Manager
Environment California
Oakland, CA
Spent 4 months running door-to-door and street campaigns, talking with residents about environmental issues and raising support for key policy campaigns. Testified in support of expanding marine protections. Wrote two op-eds in The Mercury News and The Sacramento Bee.
Python and Machine Learning Instructor
iD Tech Camps
Oakland, CA (Remote)
Taught small online cohorts of 1-6 middle- and high-school students in Python and introductory machine learning. Covered Python fundamentals and moved into simple ML projects using TensorFlow and scikit-learn. Helped students understand datasets, train vs. test splits, model evaluation, and overfitting.
Mentor
Terra Education
San Diego, CA
Mentored 400+ high school students in Terra Education's pre-college STEM programs across two summers. Led project-based workshops on user-centered design and web development. Guided small teams as they designed interfaces in Figma and built websites using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
Sales Travel Agent
ASAP Tickets
Remote/Chisinau
Closed deals that produced $20K+ gross profit through consultative selling and disciplined follow-ups. Consistently converted unclear trip requests into optimized itineraries, balancing price, airline rules, and time pressure.