📁 Experience

Here is some of my professional experience! Feel free to also check out my LinkedIn for more up to date information on where I am working.


✏️ Education

🐻 University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)

B.S. in Computer Science

September 2021 - June 2025

Los Angeles, CA

Details
  • Coursework: Introduction to Programming in C++, Data Structures & Algorithms, Software Construction, Computer Organization, Operating Systems, Computer Security, Secure Computing Systems, Deep Learning & Neural Networks, Computer Network Fundamentals, Computer Architecture, Programming Languages, Compiler Construction, Trustworthy AI, Efficient Cryptography-Based Systems, Data Management Systems, Software Engineering, Distributed Systems, Web Applications, Theory of Computing

💼 Professional Experience

🔒 Security Engineer

Meta

July 2025 - present

New York City, NY

Enterprise Application Security Engineering (EASE) Team

🛰️ Security Software Engineer Intern

SpaceX

September - December 2024

Hawthorne, CA

Starlink Product Security Engineering Team

🔐 Security Researcher Intern

Microsoft

June - September 2024

Redmond, WA

Global Hunting Oversight and Strategic Triage (GHOST) Team

💾 Security Engineer Intern

Trail of Bits

December 2023 - January 2024

New York City, NY

Program Analysis & Compilers

🔬 Undergraduate Researcher

Computer Security & Privacy Lab at UCLA

November 2022 - June 2024

Los Angeles, CA

Computer Security & Privacy Lab at UCLA working on security research advised by Dr. Yuan Tian.

🦅 Software Engineer Intern

CrowdStrike

June - September 2023

Irvine, CA

Cloud Ingestion Team

☁️ AI Intern

LatticeWork, Inc.

August 2022 - May 2023

San Jose, CA

AI & Multimedia Apps Team

Details
  • Developed the initial version of the LatticeWork License Plate Recognition Network Video Recorder (LPR NVR)
  • Built computer vision-based IP camera monitoring software to track and log automobiles based on license plate recognition
  • Developed for the Amber Pro edge cloud device and proprietary machine learning inference acceleration hardware
  • Feature later became a core component of the AmberOS operating system

📊 Data Science Intern

Renaissance Learning

July - August 2020

New York, NY

Learning Science Internship

Details
  • Worked under a data scientist on an independent research project analyzing the impact of unemployment benefits in the United States
  • Learned data science applications of Python, Git, and Jupyter Notebook
  • Gained experience with data sourcing and cleaning techniques

June - July 2020

New Brunswick, New Jersey

Accepted as a Scholar among the top 72 NJ high school students (<1% acceptance rate).

Details

🏢 Organizations

🔐 Co-President

ACM Cyber at UCLA

February 2023 - March 2024

Los Angeles, CA

Helped grow cybersecurity education at UCLA!

⛳️ Team Director

Psi Beta Rho | UCLA

February 2022 - March 2024

Los Angeles, CA

Lead UCLA's competetive CTF team!

⛳️ CTF Director, Founder

LA CTF 2023

February 2022 - February 2023

Los Angeles, CA

Founded and directed LA CTF, UCLA's first large-scale cybersecurity competition.

Details
  • Managed Psi Beta Rho, UCLA's competitive Capture The Flag (CTF) cybersecurity team
  • Facilitated weekly practices covering industry-standard cybersecurity tools including Linux programs, Python scripting, reverse engineering, and forensics tools
  • Organized guest speakers and collaborations with other colleges to provide exposure to diverse cybersecurity experiences
  • Managed team members and students while competing at external CTFs

🔐 Cyber Officer

ACM Cyber at UCLA

February 2022 - February 2023

Los Angeles, CA

Helped grow cybersecurity education and infrastructure at UCLA.

Details
  • Organized Cyber Academy, a weekly workshop series teaching cybersecurity fundamentals (file analysis, XSS, steganography) to 20-30 security engineer at Metas
  • Facilitated DevOps through weekly deployment of challenges to an AWS EC2 server using Git and CI/CD tools
  • Maintained the Cyber website platform written in Rust and improved documentation for maintenance and deployment
  • Developed workshop challenges involving C and common Linux tools

🔐 Cyber Intern

ACM Cyber at UCLA

November 2021 - February 2022

Los Angeles, CA

Contributed to cybersecurity education initiatives during Winter Quarter 2022.

Details
  • Helped organize Cyber Academy, a weekly workshop series promoting cybersecurity fundamentals with a focus on forensics
  • Contributed to the weekly cyber newsletter covering current trends and tips for cybersecurity
  • Developed challenges for workshops and CTF After Dark covering Linux and other forensics tools