I am a U.S. National Science Foundation GRFP Fellow, Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) Researcher, and PhD Candidate in the department of Computer Science (CS) at Northwestern University (NU). My work is advised by Maia L. Jacobs in the Personalized & Adaptive Technology for Health (NU-PATH) lab.
I specialize in using Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) methodologies to design and evaluate human-centered Artificial Intelligence(AI).
I have worked with Microsoft on GenAI for Software Development; Northwestern University on AI (broadly) for healthcare; The NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research on UX for data visualization software.
My ongoing interdisciplinary doctoral research focuses on developing and applying participatory design methods to co-design ML across different healthcare contexts.
Research interests/experience: Human-Computer Interaction; artificial intelligence/machine learning/GenAI + design; UX; digital interventions; behavioral science, participatory design methods; software engineering; applied research.
Portfolio
Co-Designing Patient-Facing
Machine Learning for Prenatal Stress Reduction
Product Managers’ Integration of
Generative AI into Knowledge Work
Designing Clinician-Facing
Machine Learning for Advanced Heart Failure Detection
Understanding the
UX of Advanced 3D Data Visualization Software
Developing a
Real-Time Weather Museum Touchscreen
Publications
News
- 🎉 04/2025 I am working as an Applied Research Scientist with Microsoft in Redmond, WA
- 👩🏻🏫 04/2025 I am attending the 2025 CRA-WP Grad Cohort for Women & Grad Cohort for IDEALS in Denver, CO
- 👩🏻🏫 03/2025 I am attending the 2025 Women in Science Conference at NEIU in Chicago, IL
- 👩🏻🏫 01/2025 I am teaching a workshop on Technology-Facilitated Abuse (TFA) & Methods for Designing Trauma-Informed Technologies with the Center for Human-Computer Interaction + Design at Northwestern University
- 🏆 10/2024 I passed my CS PhD Qualifying Examination and advanced from PhD Student to PhD Candidate
- 👩🏻🏫 08/2024 Presented on the User Experience (UX) of Advanced 3D Data Visualization Software at The National Science Foundation’s (NSF) National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, Colorado
- 👩🏻🏫 06/2024 Presented ongoing research on the design of patient-facing machine learning (ML) at The International Society for Research on Internet Interventions (ISRII) in Limerick, Ireland
- 👩🏻🏫 05/2024 Started collaborating on user experience (UX) research initiatives with The National Science Foundation's (NSF) National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, Colorado
- 👩🏻🏫 04/2024 Attended the 2024 CRA-WP Grad Cohort Workshop for IDEALS in Minneapolis, MN
- 👩🏻🏫 11/2023 Gave a talk on public scholarship & building impactful research as an alum of The Graduate Engagement Opportunities (GEO) Community Practicum
- 👩🏻🏫 11/2023 Attended the Gender and Intersectional Bias in Artificial Intelligence Conference in Chicago, IL
- 👩🏻🏫 10/2023 Presented at the Computer-Supported Cooperative Work And Social Computing (CSCW) workshop on Supporting User Engagement in Testing, Auditing, and Contesting AI in Minneapolis, MN
- 👩🏻🏫 10/2023 Served as a JEDI Ambassador at UbiComp/ISWC conference in Cancún, Mexico
- 👩🏻🏫 07/2023 Served as a panelist in the NEIU SCSE, TRIO, and McNair Graduate School Panel
- 👩🏻🏫 06/2023 Served as a volunteer at the Interaction Design for Children conference in Chicago, IL
- 🎓 06/2023 Received a Master of Science (MS) degree in Computer Science from Northwestern University
- 👩🏻🏫 04/2023 Served as a panelist in the NEIU Computer Science Alumni Forum
- 👩🏻🏫 04/2023 Presented at the CRA-WP Grad Cohort Workshop for Women in San Francisco, CA
- 🏆 03/2023 Awarded the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship
- 👩🏻🏫 02/2023 Attended the Preparing Future Faculty of Color Conference at Northern Illinois University (NIU)
- 📝 11/2022 First-authored Invisible Clinical Labor Driving the Successful Integration of AI in Healthcare
- 👩🏻🏫 10/2022 Presented at NU's Center for Human-Computer Interaction + Design conference
- 🏆 09/2022 Awarded the Segal Design Cluster Fellowship
- 👩🏻🏫 09/2022 Attended the Tapia Conference in Washington, DC
- 🏆 07/2022 Awarded the Social Justice Mini-Grant from Northwestern
- 👩🏻🏫 07/2022 Served as a panelist in the NU SROP Navigating Graduate School Event
- 👩🏻🏫 03/2022 Started my PhD Internship with We All Code
- 👩🏻🏫 09/2021 Started my PhD studies in CS at Northwestern University
- 🎓 05/2021 Graduated with a Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in Computer Science from NEIU
- 🏆 01/2021 Awarded the NEIU CS Scholarship
- 🏆 11/2020 Awarded the Abraham Lincoln Civic Engagement Award
- 👩🏻🏫 07/2020 Presented at the UCLA National McNair Conference
- 👩🏻🏫 07/2020 Presented at the The National Center for Atmospheric Research Presentations
- 🎉 05/2020 Started my internship with NSF The National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)
- 👩🏻🏫 10/2019 Attended and presented at the 2019 SACNAS Conference in Honolulu, HI
- 👩🏻🏫 09/2019 Presented at the 11th Annual NEIU Student Symposium
- 👩🏻🏫 08/2019 Started leading programming workshops with the NEIU CS department
- 👩🏻🏫 05/2019 Started my summer research internship at Northeastern Illinois University (NEIU) SCSE
- 🏆 09/2018 Awarded The National TheDream.US Scholarship