Jul 2025 – present
Researcher — Stanford University
Paid research assistant at the Stanford Deliberative Democracy Lab. Overseeing AI-focused citizen deliberations and developing an AI fact-checking tool for democratic discourse analysis.
Experience
Technical Work & Research
Research positions, publications, and specialized roles.
Research Experience
Feb 2026 – present
Research Assistant — UCSC AI Ethics and Accountability Lab
Working under Professor Leilani Gilpin on AI safety and explainability research at UC Santa Cruz.
May 2025 – present
Researcher — Cambridge Center for International Research
1:1 research mentorship under Professor Faisal Nawab (UC Irvine). Benchmarking high-level AI risks including self-preservation and misalignment.
May 2025 – present
Leading Author — Algoverse AI Research
Writing and coding an empirical research paper on real-time AI agent interpretation for transparency and safety. Submitted to ICLR.
Leadership
Jun 2025 – present
Founder — The AI Compass
Founded and run a nonprofit educating Bay Area residents on AI literacy and safety. ~400 people educated; partnered with Sunnyvale School District; advising the Sunnyvale AI Task Force.
Apr 2025 – present
Co-President — CT Debate
Co-leading a nonprofit that provides debate access to students globally. Responsibilities include curriculum design, media outreach, teaching, and organizational oversight. Hosts summer camps and topic analysis content for underprivileged students.
Aug 2024 – present
Vice President — Mitty Speech & Debate (NSDA)
Leading the team that placed 1st in California. Personally ranked 2nd in California (field of 399) and #18 nationally in Lincoln-Douglas Debate. Mentoring and educating 180 student debaters.
Education
2022 – 2026
Archbishop Mitty High School — Bay Area, CA
Grade 11. GPA: 4.0+ (5x Principal's Honor Roll). Coursework includes AP Calculus AB, AP Computer Science A, AP Physics C: Mechanics, AP World History, AP English Literature, and Spanish 3 Honors. Recipient of the Undergraduate Excellence Award for Social Studies — awarded to 4 top scholars from a class of 450+.
Ongoing
Foothill College — Los Altos, CA
Concurrently enrolled in college-level coursework: Object-Oriented Programming in Python, Introduction to Machine Learning, Introduction to Psychology, and Ethics in Artificial Intelligence.