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I am a PhD Candidate at the University of Washington (UW), doing human-robot interaction (HRI) research with Dr. Maya Cakmak and Dr. Siddhartha Srinivasa. Before that, I was a Fulbright Fellow at Kyoto University, and before that an undergraduate at Carnegie Mellon University. For a complete list of publications, please see my Google Scholar page.

My research interests involve developing robots that work effectively with and around humans. Much of my research has focused on developing physically assistive robots for people with disabilities, including a robot-assisted feeding system for people with motor impairments and a guide robot for people who are blind. My research spans the whole spectrum of human-robot interaction (HRI) research, from qualitative needs assessments; to technical contributions in realms such as modeling human behavior and robots recovering from failure by asking for help; to system development, deployment, and evaluation

Beyond academia, I am particularly interested in educational equity. I co-founded Teknowledge, a Carnegie Mellon student organization that taught after-school computer science courses to middle and high school students in the greater Pittsburgh area. In Summer 2022, I taught CSE/STAT 416 Introduction to Machine Learning, where I focused on providing an intuitive and practical introduction to machine learning to students from diverse non-computing majors. making powerful machine learning techniques high school students in Pittsburgh. I also volunteered to teach elementary school students in Japan about America and American culture, an experience you can ready about in my blog post “Explaining America.” 

In my free time, I enjoy hiking, playing violin, cooking, and doing just about any type of craft.  I invite you to explore my website at will: plunge into my projects, read my thoughts, share my travel experiences.  And, once you are ready, check out my resume and contact me!