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Education Manager @ AI4ALL • Planned and executed 6 summer programs teaching 248 underrepresented high school students about AI in collaboration with faculty and staff at the top AI universities across North America (Stanford, UC Berkeley, Princeton, CMU, BU, SFU)• Created the premier AI curriculum for high school students with emphasis on accessibility, culturally relevant pedagogy, and...

Education Manager @ AI4ALL • Planned and executed 6 summer programs teaching 248 underrepresented high school students about AI in collaboration with faculty and staff at the top AI universities across North America (Stanford, UC Berkeley, Princeton, CMU, BU, SFU)• Created the premier AI curriculum for high school students with emphasis on accessibility, culturally relevant pedagogy, and ethical implications of AI, reviewed by over 20 top AI faculty, researchers, and practitioners• Fostered relationships with key organizations in the diversity and inclusion and social implications of AI spaces, such as AI Now, Partnership on AI, Black in AI, Queer in AI, and Women in Machine Learning and Data Science (WiMLDS)• Conducted research on the efficacy of our program models and compiled educational learnings on best practices for teaching AI to underrepresented populations• Built and ran year-round programs to support 500+ alumni including technical mentorship, professional development, college prep, and funding for research and conference visits From September 2017 to August 2019 (2 years) Oakland, CAFull-Stack AI Software Engineer and Designer @ Cogitai, Inc. • Developing the full stack for our platform, involving AWS (EC2, S3, RDS, EB), Python (Flask, SQLAlchemy), MySQL, and HTML/CSS/JS, and setting up continuous integration (Travis)• Researching state-of-the-art reinforcement learning and continual learning algorithms• Improving team workflow via researching and managing collaborative tools, services, and practices for the needs of a rapidly growing distributed team• Designing company branded media including business cards, flyers, banners, and other marketing products From August 2016 to September 2017 (1 year 2 months) Brooklyn, New YorkGraduate Teaching Assistant @ NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering CS2134 Data Structures and Algorithms• Designed an entire semester of homework problems and solution sets with the professor• Graded both programming and written homework, quizzes, and midterms for over 130 students• Taught data structures topics during midterm reviews, recitations, and office hoursCS1122 Introduction to Computer Science• Restructured the entire course based on the guidance of several professors and student suggestions• Lectured and assisted over 150 students on a variety of breadth-based survey topics in CSEL6483 Real-Time Embedded Systems• Facilitated lab work for deploying basic ARM C projects using the STM32F4 Discovery Board• Graded and assisted over 80 graduate students dealing with embedded systems concepts From August 2013 to May 2016 (2 years 10 months) Brooklyn, NYSummer Research Intern in Philosophy of Science @ NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering • Assessed the historical and philosophical significance of Aether theories in Maxwell’s electromagnetism• Delivered a professional presentation for over 60 peers and professors detailing research findings• Co-authored a philosophical essay evaluating a new method of scientific explanation utilized by Maxwell From June 2014 to August 2014 (3 months) Brooklyn, NYFrontend Developer @ Percolate Inc. • Front-end web development with HTML5/CSS3/JavaScript (Backbone, LESS, and React)• Collaborated on UI/UX design and wireframes for rapidly growing SaaS web platform• Developed unit tests on Chai and integration tests on Selenium frameworks for QA automation From June 2015 to August 2015 (3 months) Greater New York City AreaFront-End jQuery Developer @ BT Trading • Designed and implemented a web-based jQuery trading platform to graphically visualize and modify live trading algorithms and market metrics• Researched and used basic capabilities of HTML5 WebSockets to interact with, display, and update real-time stock market data From July 2014 to May 2015 (11 months) New York CityInstructor and Educational Coach @ Five Points Learning • Guided 300+ students by creating educational goals for high school and college prep• Worked individually with students on topics such as Web Design, Calculus, and AP Subjects• Created and taught programs for middle and high school students in SAT, SHSAT, and Regents From April 2013 to March 2015 (2 years) Brooklyn, NYSummer Research Intern in Human-Computer Interactions @ NYU-Poly • Conducted experiments in citizen science by analyzing community interaction at the Gowanus Canal• Created visualizations of sensor data and analyzed how citizen interaction changed with aforementioned visualizations• Coded several visualization scripts in Python, PHP, and JavaScript for the Brooklyn Atlantis website From June 2013 to August 2013 (3 months) Brooklyn, NYBassist/Vocalist/PR @ Seventh Day Breakdown • Recorded 12-track album as bass guitarist and backup vocalist for iTunes- and Spotify-released alternative rock band• Managed, promoted, and performed with the band for various local concert performances From 2010 to June 2012 (2 years) San Francisco Bay Area