I am a fourth year doctoral candidate in the Human-Computer Interaction Institute at Carnegie Mellon University, where I am co-advised by Anind Dey and Sara Kiesler. My research is at the intersection of applied sociology, public health, ubiquitous computing, and human-computer interaction.


I am an NSF Graduate Research Fellow, a Microsoft Research Graduate Women’s Scholar, and a Google Anita Borg Scholar. I have a BS with Honors in Informatics from the University of California, Irvine. My undergraduate research was advised by Gillian Hayes.


I am also a dancer, and have trained in ballet, contemporary, tap, hip hop, salsa, and Argentine tango.

April 16. Successfully proposed my thesis, making me ABD!


April. Presented our paper at CHI in Paris, and attended the Patient-Clinician Communication workshop


May. Featured in a great article about our efforts at CMU to diversify participation in computing


June. Attending HCIC