Resume
Education
2019-2023
Wellesley College
Bachelor of Arts | Computer Science | magna cum laude
Relevant Courses: Ethics of Technology, Cultures of Computing, Machine Learning, Data and Text Mining for the Web, Advanced Algorithms, 3D Design, Advanced Sculptural Practices, Advanced Print Concepts.
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Activities: STEMKit Executive Board, Nordic Ski Team.
2024-2025
The University of Edinburgh
MSc | Data and AI Ethics
Edinburgh Futures Institute
Experience
Oct 2023 - present
Research Collaborataor
Data Provenance Initiative | MIT Media Lab
Auditing large language model training data to determine how access to web data has shifted over time. Working to measure concepts such as cultural representation and advocate for AI transparency.
June 2023 - Dec 2023
Research Fellow
Wellesley College Lab for Ethics & Equity in Digital Technology
Working with my PIs to realize a grant for establishing a Center for Ethics and Equity in Digital Technology (CEED) at Wellesley.
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Analyzing the Ethics Statements from social computing conference proceedings using NLP and LLMs to identify what topics researchers are interested in relating to the ethical implications of their work.
2020
Research & Development Intern
STEMKit
Built and maintained the STEMKit website.
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Developed and created a brand identity for the STEMKit program.
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Sole first-year awarded a Wellesley Signature Internship in 2020.
Projects
Algorithms
Surveyed different algorithms for political redistricting and applied one to the state of PA using current census data. Defined and implemented fairness metrics to help identify gerrymandering and minority vote dilution. Read more here.
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Tech stack: Python, Jupyter Notebook (pandas, geopandas, numpy, plotly)
Machine Learning
Designed an automated a collage generator. Image segmentation was implemented using the Generic Region of Interest Extractor (GRoIE) package. Read more here.
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Tech stack: Python, Colab (mmcv, mmdet, torchvision, matplotlib, numpy)
Data & Text Mining
Designed a bot to scrape TikTok and engage with posts to analyze how engagement algorithms play a role in political polarization. Read more here.
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Collected data for 3,000 geographical locations to analyze local and government tax resources.
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Tech stack: Python, Jupyter Notebook (pandas, sklearn, selenium, beautifulsoup, plotly)
Computer Systems
Deployed a series of buffer overrun attacks on a vulnerable executable file to gain experience with exploits of a common type of security vulnerability in operating systems and network servers.
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Built a dynamic memory allocator for C programs to better understand general principles and trade-offs in memory allocation.
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Tech stack: C, VSCode
Other Experience
2021
Collections Official
Roche Harbor Marina
Monitored, mapped, and collected an average of $20k in daily moorage fees at one of the busiest private harbors on the West Coast. Worked closely with the marina back office to ensure all transactions were complete and accurate.
2021
Au Pair
Schio, Italy
Responsible for teaching English and managing three children (6, 10 and 13 y.o.) during quarantine restrictions. Supported the family while the parents were busy running a business and pursuing advanced education.​
2016-2019
Creators and Innovators Club (CIC) for Girls
Mentor
CIC empowers middle school girls to explore the intersection of robotics and the arts.
Mentored nearly 50 students weekly.
Expanded program to an additional middle school.
2016-2019
Whatcom Community Foundation Youth Philanthropy Project (YPP)
Committee Member
YPP inspires the next generation of philanthropists by expanding nonprofit leadership and development skills.
Oversaw grant proposals and guided more than $40k in funding decisions.
Keynote speaker for organization presenting at an annual grant award ceremony.