About Me

(professional)

Skills & Interests

    • Certified Associate in Project Management, PMI - April 2023

    • Certified Departmental Analyst, MicroStrategy - November 2023

    • Certified Enterprise Analyst, MicroStrategy - February 2024

    • Python

    • PyTorch

    • NumPy

    • Pandas

    • TensorFlow

    • Communication

    • Public Speaking

    • Problem Solving

    • Cross-Functional Leadership

    • Critical Thinking

    • Teamwork and Collaboration

    • Attention to Detail

    • Data Analytics

    • MicroStrategy

    • Instructional Content Development

    • Project Management

    • Technical Writing

    • Basic Computer Vision

    • Machine Learning

    • Integrating data science, healthcare, and project management to improve patient outcomes

    • Developing pragmatic guides and ready-to-use tools to help others

Timeline of Achievements

For a full listing of my previous awards and recognitions, please visit my LinkedIn.

2024

  • [certification] Passed the examination for Certified Enterprise Analyst in MicroStrategy

February

2023

  • [certification] Passed the examination for Certified Departmental Analyst in MicroStrategy

November

  • [career] Began working at Alliance Health as a Data Analytics Training Specialist

October

  • [whitepaper] Internally published Best Practices for Imaging Projects in the Healthcare Domain: A Guide to Completing a Successful Computer Vision Project at Duke Health

April

  • [seminar] Presented A Guide to Conducting a Successful Computer Vision Project: Insights from Duke AI Health Fellows virtually to 100+ audience members

  • [poster] Presented Bridging the Gap Between Health Data Science and Project Management at the Duke AI Health Spring Showcase

  • [certification] Passed the examination for Certified Associate in Project Management, issued by the Project Management Institute

March

2022

  • [poster] Presented [In Progress] Developing a Deep Learning Pipeline to Measure the Hip-Knee-Ankle Angle in Full Leg Radiographs at the Duke AI Health Showcase

December

  • [conference] Attended professional development workshops at the Joint Statistical Meeting in Washington, DC

August

  • [certification] Received the Google Project Management Certificate

July

  • [outreach] Served as Senior Teaching Assistant for the Duke Machine Learning Summer School

June

  • [outreach] Served as Teaching Assistant for the Duke Machine Learning Virtual Winter School

January

2021

  • [career] Began the Duke AI Health Data Science Fellowship in Durham, NC

September

  • [education] Graduated from UCF with a Master of Science in Computer Engineering

August

  • [award] Terminated the NSF GRFP due to mental health

April

2020

  • [education] Started pursuing a PhD in Computer Engineering at UCF

August

  • [education] Graduated from UCF with a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Minor in Cognitive Science

  • [award] Received the Fulbright Research Grant to conduct medical image analysis research in Lubeck, Germany - declined due to COVID-19

April

  • [award] Received the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship to pursue a PhD in Computer Engineering at UCF

2019

  • [publication] INN: Inflated Neural Networks for IPMN Diagnosis was accepted into the International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention

October

  • [outreach] Served as a Peer Mentor for the Summer Research Academy

July

  • [outreach] Traveled to Chiapas, Mexico for a service learning trip, where I taught English and Ultimate Frisbee to middle school students

June

  • [publication] Brown Adipose Tissue Activation Detected by Artificial Intelligence Assisted Radiomics: An Early Biomarker for Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma (PDAC) was published in Gastroenterology and presented at Digestive Disease Week

May

  • [conference] Presented Fundamentals of Target Classification Using Deep Learning at SPIE Symposium on Defense and Commercial Sensing in Baltimore, MD, winning the Best Student Paper Award

  • [outreach] Began serving on the Student Undergraduate Research Council

April

  • [poster] Presented Abdominal Adipose Tissue Quantification Using Deep Capsule Networks at the UCF Showcase for Undergraduate Research Excellence

2016

  • [education] Started pursuing a BS in Computer Science at the University of Central Florida

August