Hello! ◡̈ I am a Computer Science graduate student at Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi, beginning my master's in Spring 2026. I graduated with a BS in Fall 2025, with minors in Mathematics and Criminal Justice.
I seek to pursue a Ph.D. in Computer Science focused on AI safety and alignment, with a career in academia, supported by three NSF REUs, research assistantships, and teaching experience.
My research centers on the safety and trustworthiness of agentic and multi-agent AI systems, particularly alignment failures, unsafe behavior in LLM agents, and LLM security. I am currently exploring directions in deceptive alignment, goal misgeneralization, and unsafe behaviors in the perception-action interface of computer-use agents. (See "Research" section!)
Beyond research, I taught College Algebra recitations, completed NSF mechatronics training at Michigan Tech, served as a CAHSI advocate, and led statewide student volunteer efforts.
Starting as a research fellow at PRISM (Peer-Vetted Research Initiative for Safety Methodologies) on LLM Decision Update Consistency (DUC) under epistemic conflict.
Starting the MIT AI Alignment (MAIA) AI Safety Fundamentals Fellowship (AISF) to deepen expertise in alignment theory and interpretability!
- June 2026 Accepted into the MIT AI Alignment (MAIA) AI Safety Fundamentals Fellowship! Learn more here!
- June 2026 Accepted as a research fellow in PRISM 2026!
- Dec 2025 Graduated magna cum laude!
- Nov 2025 Awarded a $1,700 conference scholarship from AAAI 2026 out of a highly competitive pool of applicants!! Award
- Oct 2025 Student abstract received a strong acceptance at AAAI 2026, and selected from accepted abstracts for the 3MT competition — an acceptance rate of only 11%! Read it here. Publication
- Oct 2025 Published first first-author paper at IEEE CogMI AIRET. Read it here. Publication
- Oct 2025 Invited to Johns Hopkins University and The Pennsylvania State University for PhD interview weekends!!
- Oct 2025 Won second place at the National GMiS Data Analytics Challenge with an R² score of 0.98 — only 0.000001 off of first place!! Award
- Jul 2025 Awarded a scholarship to attend the Great Minds in STEM (GMiS) Conference, Student Research Poster Competition. Award
- May 2025 Completed the NSF ExLENT Mechatronics and Robotics program at Michigan Technological University, which includes hands-on labs in mechanical, electrical, and robotics engineering, visits to industry partners, and 5-month online training.