Experience

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  Plastime s.r.l.

  Oct 2018 - Oct 2019

  Interpreter technical translator

  Worked as a contract technical interpreter translator at ArgenPlas for 2 consecutive years.Collaborated in setup and adjustment of machinery with over 10 international providers; executed engineering specific translations between English, Spanish, and Chinese.Conducted specific in-depth research on 5 different machines to ensure communication and understanding.

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  Debmedia | software de customer experience

  May 2019 - Jan 2020

  Quality assurance intern

  - Collaborated with developers and product owners to stay current on product features and intended functionality. - Proposed development and testing improvements to positively impact usability, function and performance.- Participated in all aspects of software development activities, including design, coding, code review, testing, bug fixing, and code/API documentation.

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  Redwood research

  Jun 2022 - Aug 2022

  Research collaborator

  - Conducted interpretability research on GPT 2 small, performed statistical analysis and used contemporary techniques to find quantitative axes such as 'lawfulness' and 'confidence'. Isolated behavior through influence studies.

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  Language acquisition lab at ucla

  Mar 2023 - Jun 2024

  Research assistant & software engineer

  We are interested in studying how infants tune into their native language(s) and how children eventually develop the implicit rules of language that allow them to comprehend and produce grammatical sentences. To do this we study infants’, toddlers’, and young children’s language perception and production abilities.Responsibilities:- Recruited, scheduled, and organized participants; explained research methodologies and outcomes to low-SES Spanish-speaking families.- Assisted PIs in Spanish Inflection and Harmony Preference experiments and data processing.- Distilled psycholinguistic research into accessible social media posts aimed to improve children-parent relationships and familiar environments.- Created visually appealing and responsive web interfaces to enhance user experience. Designed in Figma.- Designed UI/UX according to user feedback through standardized surveys.- Developed effective skills in communication and psycholinguistics as result of working independently in deadline-oriented setting.- Deployed multiple research projects and websites in HTML and Javascript using React framework. Show less

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  Language and cognitive development lab at ucla

  Apr 2023 - Jun 2024

  Research assistant

  Working closely with phd candidate Amalia Ionescu on using machine learning algorithms and NLP analysis to extract causal relationships in children corpora. Conducting independent research on language learning technologies and strategies, mentored by the LCD lab.- Developed high-performance, reliable, testable and maintainable code for research experiments using Python and Psychopy software.- Worked both independently and collaboratively in fast-paced laboratory environment.- Performed statistical, qualitative and quantitative analysis.- Planned, modified and executed research techniques, procedures and tests.- Performed quantitative linguistic experiments and research and documented findings. Show less

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  Computational vision and learning lab at ucla

  Jun 2023 - Jun 2024

  Research assistant

  Working closely with phd candidate Andrew Lee and Shuhao Fu in machine learning behavioral interpretability. Extracting relational and ontological representations in state of the art diffusion and transformer models.

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  La blueprint

  Oct 2023 - Jun 2024

  Full stack developer

  Blueprint strives to make technology accessible and useful for those who assist communities and promote public welfare . Blueprint uses agile methodologies to build full-stack mobile and web applications for nonprofits to maximize their impact and performance.

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  Pocketful

  Dec 2023 - now

  Chief executive officer