About me

🧠 I design Microsoft in-house foundation models.

👩🏼‍💻 I’m a Model Design Staff, MAI Superintelligence Team, Post-training. I hold a Ph.D. in Linguistics from UC Santa Barbara. I am based in San Francisco.

🔬 My background spans linguistics, human-AI interaction, and large language models, with deep expertise in mixed-methods research.

🏆 Before Microsoft, I completed three internships at Amazon AGI and won the Amazon Alexa Prize SocialBot Grand Challenge 5 with the GauchoChat team. I’ve also been selected for several competitive Google Research programs — including Research@NYC, the CS Research Mentorship Program, the Ph.D. Fellowship Summit, and the Product Inclusion & Equity Summit.

📢 Featured in:

• 🎙️ Linguistics Careercast (podcast episode)
• 📚 GauchoChat Team (Amazon Science)
• 🧠 AI as a Research Participant: Tips, Tools, and Techniques (UX Magazine)