Selected projects

AI/ML and systems work — LLMs, voice, pipelines, and agents.

TurtleTalk

Emotional AI companion for children — production voice stack

Production

Production STT–LLM–TTS pipeline (LiveKit) for real-time, low-latency voice; adopted by families and demoed at a technology fair. Architected inference and audio streaming loop with production LLM deployment experience.

LiveKit
LLM
Voice
TypeScript

CREA — Crisis Resilience Emergency App

Fine-tuned 7B model on Ready.gov & FEMA data; offline-first crisis guidance

Production

Browser-based, local-first app for accurate crisis guidance. Integrated STT–LLM–TTS; used by organizations for emergency preparedness planning.

LLM fine-tuning
RAG
Edge/web
Python

FrostySpark

Privacy-first AI platform for educators

Production

Lesson plans and camp curricula via AI-assisted code and image generation with custom safety guardrails; 10+ active educators, zero data breaches.

EdTech
Safety
Full-stack

Tammy the Tattle Turtle

Tuya IoT Hackathon — 3rd place (innovation & impact)

Research

IoT-connected build in a 50+ team hackathon; recognized for innovation and real-world impact.

IoT
Hackathon
Hardware

ML & agent engineering

RAG, prompts, and coding agents in production workflows

Production

~15% LLM token reduction and better accuracy via systematic prompt design. RAG pipelines for retrieval; ~20% faster delivery on scoped projects. Coding agents for automation and rapid prototyping.

RAG
Agents
MLOps