university of houston
bachelor of science in computer science
minor in mathematics
recent CS graduate aspiring builder + designer
i'm a recent cs graduate from the university of houston with experience in full-stack development, machine learning, and site reliability/production engineering. i'm passionate about building technology that's both technically sound and thoughtfully designed.
bachelor of science in computer science
minor in mathematics
learning site reliability + production engineering through the mlh fellowship under meta's production engineers, focused on reliable, scalable infrastructure.
conducting research on computer vision–based road debris detection using deep learning models to improve roadway safety. developing and evaluating image-based object detection systems to identify hazardous debris in diverse driving environments.
connecting students with industry leaders through career fairs, internship bootcamps, and employer partnerships. i organize initiatives that strengthen employer relations, support student career development, and build pipelines for future stem talent.
teaching students ages 6–14 the fundamentals of programming through hands-on projects in javascript, block coding, and game development. i lead interactive camps on minecraft and roblox modding, robotics, and creative engineering, helping students build problem-solving and critical thinking skills in a fun and supportive environment.
built a vietnamese–english medical translation model using opennmt-py and mbart50. optimized performance with advanced preprocessing and collaborated with researchers to enhance translation quality for low-resource clinical data.
invited to present poster at great minds in stem conference 2025
Built at the 2025 CodeRed x MLH hackathon — an AI-powered personal assistant that brings email, calendars, maps, and voice into one conversational interface. Built on our modular MCP framework with Google Gemini and ElevenLabs for seamless, low-latency integrations.
An immersive VR burger restaurant in Unity featuring interactive gameplay, VR UI, and scene management. Developed with C#, the XR Interaction Toolkit, and Blender for the Meta Quest.
GitHub
Built a full-stack volunteer platform that matches users to opportunities based on their skills, availability, and location. Includes encrypted authentication, automated matching, persistent user profiles, reporting tools with PDF/CSV exports, and a PostgreSQL database hosted on AWS.
GitHub
Built a full-stack zoo management system with a React frontend and AWS-hosted MySQL backend. Designed a normalized database with auditing triggers, transactions, and soft deletion to manage real-time zoo operations.
GitHub
Developed a Vietnamese–English neural machine translation system using the mBART transformer model. Built custom preprocessing and evaluation pipelines, measuring translation quality with BLEU, METEOR, and BERTScore.
Posterwhenever i have a little creative inspiration and some free time, you'll usually find me editing videos in adobe after effects. i occasionally share my work on tiktok too; check it out!
coming of age
brokeback mountain + the cure
eternal sunshine and the spotless mind + elliott smith
the perks of being a wallflower + elliott smith
i'm always looking to learn from new people and collaborate. outside of work, i like to play guitar and cook/bake!