Experience

Research Experience

Dependency length minimization (2019–2020)
Collected experimental data on dependency length minimization preferences for speakers of different languages.
Advisor: Dr. Masha Fedzechkina
Connecting morphological complexity to orthography (2018–2019)
Analyzed writing system age and morphological complexity of languages; research was accepted to Evolang 2020 (canceled due to COVID).
Advisor: Dr. Andy Wedel

2023: Lecture on algorithmic complexity methods for formal language theory (UCI Language Science colloquium)
2022: Invited lecture on algorithmic and information theoretic complexity for neural networks (UCI Data Science Club)

2022: DEI Summer Fellowship for improving accessibility in teaching formal languages
2018: Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society
2018: Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society

2024: Tibetan - Lecture on grammatical and phonological features of Lhasa Tibetan
2022: Formal Language Theory - Presented work on transducers and weak determinism

Linguistics Subject Matter Specialist, Top AI Company (2024–Present, Remote)
Providing linguistics expertise for LLM training datasets.
Tech Support Specialist, Banner Health (2016–2020, Phoenix)
Provided technical support for Arizona’s largest hospital chain.
Customer Support Manager, APAC (2014–2015, Tucson)
Managed customer escalations and trained new employees.
Tech Support Specialist, Integrated Axis (2012–2013, Tucson)
Provided tech support for small businesses.
Tech Support Specialist, University of Arizona (2011–2012, Tucson)
Supported university community with technical issues including hardware recovery and malware removal.