I am a PhD Candidate in the Human Centered Design and Engineering department at the University of Washington. I was recently an intern with IBM Research’s Responsible and Inclusive Technology group for two summers, and I also was a Graduate Research Assistant at the AI Now Institute and an intern at Microsoft Research. Informed by my prior life as a software and firmware developer, I use ethnographic methods, interviews, surveys, and participant observation to study users’ and developers’ experiences with technology. I do research that can lead to the development of more equitable algorithmic systems. In addition to working in academia, I have also worked with industry researchers and practitioners at Microsoft Research, Microsoft Corporation, IBM Research, and Meta.
I am part of the human-computer interaction (HCI), computer supported cooperative work (CSCW), HCI design, and science & technology studies (STS) communities, and my research often lies at the intersection of critical algorithm/data studies and infrastructure studies. Many of my projects are related to critically examining algorithmic systems for hiring, well-being, and/or behavioral health.
In 2018, I received my MS in Informatics from the University of California Irvine. I am originally from Seattle, WA and I went to the University of Washington for my undergraduate in Computer Engineering with a specialization in hardware.
In my spare time, I enjoy cooking, hiking, video games, table top games, reading scifi, and metal music.