I grew up in Encinitas, California, but spent many of my summer and winter breaks in my parents' home city of Lausanne, Switzerland. Thanks to their efforts with my younger sister and I when we were children, we both speak fluent French.

I just graduated from UCLA with a Bachelor's in CS & Linguistics and a minor in Math. While there, I focused on computational linguistics & machine learning. During my last two years I conducted research with Professor Tim Hunter, who taught me to model the innately human skill of language acquisition using computation.

I love coding, reading, travelling, yoga, and the beach. When I'm craving a little more adrenaline I love skiing, Formula 1 (forza!), skydiving, and bungee jumping. Currently, I'm learning to wingfoil, much to the delight of my wind-and-water-sport obsessed father.