In the CollabLab, I am currently researching the impact of AI technologies on blind and low-vision (BLV) individuals. I'm especially interested in workarounds used by the community to make AI tools better suit their needs. 

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At the Center for Democracy and Technology on the Disability Rights and Tech Policy Project, I'm working on a privacy by design manual for assistive technology developers. This ties into my broader interests in tech policy/advocacy and privacy.  

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Through a grant from the Kaplan Public Humanities Institute at Northwestern and collaboration with San Diego Writers Ink, I launched the Reimagined AI website and workshop series focusing on using speculative fiction to engage creative writers in AI ethics topics. I also published the "Reimagined AI Vol. 1" anthology of speculative fiction.  

 

​During my MS in Computational Media at UC Santa Cruz, I worked in the ASSIST Lab to develop and evaluate socioemotional VR games for preteens with cleft lip and/or palate and children/adults with autism. 

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While attending UC Davis for my BS in Electrical Engineering, I created BRight (Breathe Right), a wearable device to help people detect and improve their breathing patterns using an accelerometer.