about me

My path to engineering wasn't traditional. I spent my early career in design and running a private nutrition counseling practice. Frustrated by software that was clunky, expensive, or missing what I actually needed to help my clients, I thought, "What if I just build something better?" That question led me down a rabbit hole into computer science, and I haven't looked back.

Since that pivot, I earned my BS in Computer Science (3.93 GPA) and started my Master's at Georgia Tech, focusing on ML and AI.

Rocket | Software Engineering Intern (Remote)

It was a full-circle moment to return to Rocket as a software engineering intern. I had started there years ago as a graphic design intern. Over 11 months on a 7-person team, I built full-stack features for an internal support app used by ~50 agents, working across an Angular/TypeScript frontend and a NestJS/Node.js backend with a BFF architecture. I earned "Exceeded Expectations" on all performance reviews, resulting in two internship extensions.

I integrated multiple internal corporate services into the BFF, coordinating with other teams' engineers to establish service connections and obtaining authorization through the internal auth hub. I built a credit report viewer, a client information update tool, and a debt comparison feature that aggregated data from two distinct systems into a single agent view. This was the first time the application handled SSNs, requiring careful attention to data handling standards.

I also initiated agent shadowing sessions to surface tooling gaps that shaped several new features. The practice caught on, and the BA formalized it as monthly cross-team meetings.

Projects

Right now I'm building Forager, a full-stack app that identifies wild plants and fungi from a photo using a custom ML model, a streaming data pipeline, and a deterministic safety layer. I also built a citizen science platform as the sole backend engineer for my OSU capstone. Details and live demos are on my portfolio.

Education

M.S. Computer Science | Georgia Institute of Technology | Jan 2025 – Present

B.S. Computer Science | Oregon State University | Dec 2024 | 3.93 GPA

B.F.A. Graphic Communications | College for Creative Studies

Skills

Languages: Python, TypeScript, JavaScript, SQL, HTML, CSS/SCSS

Frameworks: React, Angular, FastAPI, Flask, Node.js, SQLAlchemy, REST APIs, Tailwind

ML & Data: PyTorch, PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB, Computer Vision

DevOps: Docker, Git/GitHub, Terraform, CI/CD (CircleCI, GitHub Actions), Linux

I'm currently exploring Full Stack SWE and Applied ML opportunities. See my work