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Graduate Student Researcher

University of California, San Diego

• Designing a domain-adaptation framework to mitigate bias in AI systems.
• Led a mixed-methods study training nine paired conditional GANs to replicate Instagram beauty-filter transformations, and directed a student team building a Smart Mirror system (Java/HTML/CSS, Python/Flask, SQL + Supabase) to deploy the models live, run user surveys, and audit how filter-induced changes shift AI predictions of race, age, gender, and emotion.
• Built a bias-auditing pipeline using computer vision, Python, pretrained models, and statistical modeling to quantify how beauty filters alter facial features, and what role Western beauty standards play in that shift.

Teaching Assistant: Deep Learning

University of California, San Diego

• Held weekly office hours and graded coursework on core architectures (MLPs, CNNs, RNNs) and foundational methods (backpropagation, automatic differentiation).
• Designed homework on recurrent neural networks and lectured on CNN architecture for undergraduate deep learning instruction.

Data Scientist Intern

Xerox-Lexmark

• Built an agentic automation prototype in Databricks (PySpark, SQL, Python, LangChain) to streamline data cleaning across the Medallion architecture.
• Fine-tuned Microsoft’s Florence VLM on Azure ML to classify and diagnose print-quality errors; improved inference through prompt engineering and tracked experiments with MLflow and Optuna/manual hyperparameter tuning.
• Researched agentic automation with Claude and MCP servers, designing prompt-driven pipelines for data cleaning and ingestion.
• Joined cross-functional reviews to assess model-pipeline production readiness.

Teaching Assistant: Machine Learning for Music

University of California, San Diego

• Built and maintained course notebooks applying logistic regression, SVMs, k-NN, TF-IDF, and stratified k-fold cross-validation.
• Wrote technical slide content on linear regression, neural networks, activation functions, CNNs, and evaluation metrics.

Teaching Assistant: Interaction Design Research (HCI)

University of California, San Diego

• Supported student learning on prototyping, social computing, and interface evaluation.
• Reviewed student-led discussions and paper commentaries to sharpen critical analysis.

Data Engineer Intern

Xerox-Lexmark

• Transformed raw data into customer-preferred formats and built a cleansing pipeline using Databricks’ Medallion architecture, Python, and SQL.
• Helped migrate data from the Big Decisions platform into Databricks.

Build Research Technician

Xavier University of Louisiana, Computer Science Department

• Used the Flickr Faces dataset to study facial-recognition accuracy gaps between lighter and darker skin tones, and logged false positives in the Haar Cascade algorithm.
• Tested edge detection for textured/coily hair, comparing afro and straight hair via the Structural Similarity Index.

Research Intern

University of California, San Diego STARS Research Program

• Helped build a framework to precisely locate a drone via an attached microchip, including a Python script to identify the chip’s position.
• Used a Kalman filter to fuse IMU and microchip data for a refined position estimate.

Ph.D.

University of California, San Diego

Computer Science

• Advanced Computer Vision
• Theoretical Aspects of Large Language Models
• Computer Vision II
• Web Mining & Recommender Systems (Machine Learning)
• Statistical Natural Language Processing
• Computer Vision I
• Principles of Software Development
• Interaction Design Research (HCI)

M.S.

University of California, San Diego

Computer Science

B.S.

Xavier University of Louisiana

Computer Science

Gem Fellow

Present

UC-HBCU Fellow

Present

Sloan Scholar

Present

McNair Scholar

2018 – 2021

Norman C. Francis Full-Tuition Scholarship

2017 – 2021

Educational Workshop Leader

Girls Inc

Led a Capture the Flag workshop teaching cyber-safety to high schoolers from underrepresented backgrounds through interactive challenges.

Digital Safety Instructor

FANCY Girls Workshop

Organized a small-scale Capture the Flag workshop teaching online safety to middle schoolers from underrepresented backgrounds.

Graduate Advocate Mentor

UCSD STARS Mentor Program

Mentored undergraduate HBCU students on Ph.D. preparation through weekly meetings covering imposter syndrome, conference presentation, abstract writing, and reading/writing research papers.