Education

University of Southern California. Los Angeles, CA.

• M.S. in Computer Science - Artificial Intelligence

University of Washington. Seattle, WA.

• B.S. in Human Centered Design & Engineering - Human-Computer Interaction
• (GPA: 3.82 GPA, Cum Laude)

Work Experience

iSoftStone. UI/UX Designer.
February 2024 - January 2025. Bellevue, WA.

• Redesigned the Nuxeo DAM Demo (website to bulk download images) and added an AI reverse image search feature.
• Built a comprehensive design system from scratch (colors, typography, logos, icons, navigation, components, and templates) to support responsive desktop, tablet, and mobile development.
• Collaborated with engineers in an agile environment to deliver customer-focused designs, integrating iterative feedback and testing into production workflows.
• Conducted a full UX evaluation of the company website across platforms and provided actionable design recommendations.

University of Washington. Teaching Assistant.
January 2023 - March 2023. Seattle, WA.

• Provided technical instruction and led bi-weekly office hours for 40+ students in Python programming.

T-Mobile. Software Engineer Intern.
June 2022 - September 2022. Bellevue, WA.

• Built a project management tool using Power Apps, Power Automate, and PowerBI.
• Created E/R diagram for enhanced data flow visualization and optimized database efficiency.
• Collaborated with cross-disciplinary teams to define, design, and implement scalable solutions.
• Led weekly status meetings, ensuring alignment and efficient decision-making among cross-disciplinary teams.

Project Experience

AI Pacman.
September 2024 - October 2024. Seattle, WA.

• Implemented an AI Pacman with multiple search and decision algorithms (DFS, BFS, A*, minimax, Q-learning, etc.) to solve planning and adversarial problems.

COVID-19 Vaccine Scheduling Application.
May 2023 - June 2023. Seattle, WA.

• Built a vaccine scheduling application for hospitals/clinics using Java and SQL.
• Designed optimized database schema using E/R diagrams.

Senior Capstone (happy to be Included). Backend Engineer & UX Researcher.
January 2023 - June 2023. Seattle, WA.

• Designed and developed a job recruitment platform for Included.ai to source and hire qualified, diverse, candidates.
• Conducted a literature review, stakeholder interviews, surveys, and usability tests to ensure customer focus.
• As the sole back-end developer, implemented relational databases and the candidate filtering system using SQL and Python.
• Connected back-end code to front-end website through Python, utilizing the pyodbc library and Flask framework.

CodeHelp.
January 2023 - March 2023. Seattle, WA.

• Leveraged OpenAI’s large language models to implement a Python application that assists novice programmers with debugging, code explanations, and optimization.
• Defined key features and developed the REPL system to facilitate interaction between user and AI.
• Initiated usability testing to ensure the tool’s effectiveness for all novice programmers.

Space Partitioning Algorithms.
March 2021. Seattle, WA.

• Modeled space partitioning algorithms to improve the efficiency and features for nearest neighbor search and range search.
• Analyzed quadtrees, k-d trees, and uniform partitioning, as well as implications of each.

Awards

Brave Award @ Human Centered Design & Engineering Undergraduate Capstone Showcase 2023
Overall Best Project Semifinalist @ Women in Informatics Hackathon 2020

Additional Skills

• Programming & Databases: Java, Python, C, C++, SQL, Bash, R, HTML, CSS, JavaScript
• Frameworks & Tools: Flask, APIs, JSON, object-oriented programming (OOP), Jira, Confluence
• Design Tools & Methods: Figma, Adobe XD, FigJam, Miro, user research methods, wireframing, prototyping, information architecture, usability testing, heuristic evaluations