Hello, I'm Ember

Software Engineering Intern • Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)

• Engineering an autonomous multi-agent pipeline with LangGraph, GitHub Copilot, and a Model Context Protocol (MCP) integration, backed by a VectorDB-powered RAG knowledge base, to automate codebase context retrieval and generate bug-fix patches.

Software Engineering Intern • Overture Maps Foundation

• Adapted 3+ lightweight language and embedding models (Meta Llama, Microsoft Phi-3, Google Electra) into sequence-classification architectures, matching 3,000+ geospatial data points with 90%+ accuracy.
• Built PyTorch optimization pipelines with LoRA fine-tuning to improve model efficiency, while documenting OKR progress to maintain cross-team visibility into performance gains.

Software Engineering Intern • PicnicHealth

• Shipped 2 foundational full-stack AI features (React, Node.js) that cut clinical trial record processing time by 95%.
• Integrated 3+ API endpoints with REST controllers, real-time React/Apollo GraphQL components, Temporal workflow triggers, and PostgreSQL/Hasura data operations.

Machine Learning Researcher • AIEA Lab

• Researching autonomous vehicles through AI-driven modeling and systems work.

Machine Learning Researcher • UCSC Biomedical AI Lab

• Processed 150+ Hepatitis B capsid PDB files with MDTraj and MDAnalysis and scripted automated protein dimer identification via center-of-mass proximity.
• Simulated protein structures with OpenMM and ChimeraX to generate PDB data for ML model training in a Linux server environment under Professor Razvan Marinescu.

Machine Learning Researcher • UCSC Computational Ecology Lab

• Improved machine learning models in PyTorch and R to predict species movement, analyzed algorithmic fairness, and led software work to improve model efficiency under Professor Luca de Alfaro.

President | Girls Who Code

• Creating tech opportunities for underrepresented minorities on campus.
• Leading speaker events, conference sponsorships, coffee chats, and mentorship opportunities.

Vice President | Google Developer Group

• Hosting quarter-long hackathons, workshops, and Google club collaborations.
• Organized G-Hacks Hackathon and ongoing community events.

President | Santa Cruz Artificial Intelligence

• Creating AI research project collaborations and startup research opportunities.

Co-Lead | Hack.dev (NVIDIA x ASUS Hackathon)

• Hosted the NVIDIA x ASUS Hackathon with NEMOCLAW, leading community hackathon operations and partnerships.

Computer Science B.S.
University of California, Santa Cruz