Eighteen. Morehead-Cain Scholar at
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Computer Science.
My Work...
Cultura
Co-founded an app delivering crop phenology, financial, and weather tools to small-scale Ontario farmers. Originally started as a hackathon idea, which went on to place in Buildspace's S5 Top 32 projects. Received recognition and funding from Emergent Ventures, Ingenious+, and The Iris Project.
Collimator
I host a podcast with Unmol Sharma. We've featured over 30 professors, investors, and founders from across a variety of industries, focusing on exposing young people to the future of technology and how to make an impact in the world.
YouTube
I post a variety of educational videos, ranging from talks I've given to projects that I've built. Topics include quantum computing, tackling specific issues in world hunger, and what I've learned from life as a young adult.
Clara
HackPrinecton '24. Addressing over 16 million failed US visa applications, Clara is an interactive coach that helps ace your interviews, answer questions about the immigration process, and find resources. Conversant in more than 40 languages.
UNC Applied Engineering Lab
Working with Jim Mahaney, Sofia Morais, and the Exercise Science Department to create a hand-movement tracking glove to optimize swimmer hand positioning.
The Catherine Wheel
Interned at a Toronto-based Advisory Fund. Engaged directly with pre-seed and seed stage founders, gained insight on company building from the ground up, and pitched GPs potential investment opportunities.
Issues in Global Hunger: Tackling Corn Disease
Worked on Global Hunger from a first-principles basis, and identified corn disease in advanced and developing nations as an important factor to alleviating food supply pressures. Created a CV algorithm for flyover drones to identify and treat disease as soon as it happens.
brAInstorm
HackTheNorth '22 Winner. Created a BCI that analyzed brainwaves for feeling, and fed the outputs into an generative model that created artwork based on emotion.
GPT from Scratch
Re-Built a Shakesperean LLM from scratch thanks to Andrej Karpathy. Learned a great deal about how GPTs work under the hood.
Student Consulting
Consulted with IKEA group on revitalizing big-box stores and adapting to the changing needs of Gen Z, and with CAE on applying their existing products to new markets. Constructed standalone slide decks and pitched directly to VP-suite executives.
Speaking Engagements
Spoke at various conferences and venues around the world about my projects, including WebSummit, SXSW, The Change Leadership Conference, and the Toronto Microsoft HQ. Met some incredibly cool people along the way, like Brad Smith, Cathie Wood, Kelly Rutherford...