I am from Chandler, Arizona, and I have chased the same question for as long as I can remember. What makes the brain work, and can a machine be taught to do the same? That thread runs through everything I do.

It has led me into three ASU research labs, where I build machine learning pipelines on real colorectal cancer patient data at the Biodesign Institute, model neural dynamics with differential equations in the math department, and study protein folding for tumor biomarkers at the College of Health Solutions. Alongside the research, I teach. I founded Aztecs Who Code, grew it into city wide coding bootcamps at the Chandler Sunset Library, and as a National Ambassador for the Mark Cuban Foundation I have helped carry AI literacy across the country. This fall I begin Computer Science at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.