I was born and raised in San Francisco, California (making me a lifelong Giants, Niners, Warriors fan!) I spent two years in Washington D.C. working for McKinsey & Company. At McKinsey, I focused mainly on artificial intelligence and its responsible implementations across industries, including work I did in financial services, manufacturing, high tech, and education. 

My academic interest lies at the intersection of democracy and technology: where the Internet and AI can be a potential accelerator or threat to the political landscape. I wrote my undergraduate thesis (now published) on an experiment where AI was utilized to depolarize a group of college students.

Outside of academics, I have a diverse range of interests, including history, astronomy, baseball, and poetry.