Experience

Learning Research & Development Center

• United States
• Research
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Undergraduate Research Assistant

  • Apr 2023 - Present

  An Undergraduate Research Assistant under Dr. Angela Stewart, Department of Informatics and Networked Systems. • Taught a two week summer camp focusing on uplifting young girls of color in the technology industy • Program Facilitator, curriculum design • Design interactive curriculum for a group of learners aged around 4th and 5th grade • Work with hummingbird robot kits to create engaging activities for learners • Asked research questions about technosocial change agency, co-creation design, and reflections on power and identity • Attended Culturally-Relevant Pedagogy trainings under Dr. Tara Nkrumah at Arizona State University, to apply this framework to my teaching for this camp • Attend weekly meetings and work with the team, both technological and design wise, to understand our progress and abilities before the camp • Studied concepts of human-computer interaction, technosocial change agency, and co-creation design Show less



University of Pittsburgh

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• 2D & 3D Artist

  • Mar 2023 - Present

  A University of Pittsburgh research group run by Dr. Dmitry Babichenko, Department of Informatics and Networked Systems. •Research alongside the team using culturally relevant practices • Create assets for the 2D Unity game • Work with researchers cross-disciplines to study the Indigenous culture and language of Kichwa, located mainly in Ecuador • Create mini-puzzles for level design • Implement agency and awareness between player and game using ecological storytelling and game mechanics • Travel to Ecuador in 2024 to conduct field work with researchers and Kichwa officials Show less



Welcomed By Design Podcast, University of Pittsburgh

• Producer & Transcriber

  • Feb 2023 - Present

  The Welcomed By Design Podcast is a Digital Narrative and Interactive Design-backed project overseen by Dr. Jessica Fitzpatrick. • Run weekly team meetings to check in with the team and overview production schedule • Send mass communication and project manage deadlines • Create production schedules and episode release timelines • Communicate with team that all pre and post production tasks have been completed before posting an episode • Delegate tasks to others • Transcribe episodes using accessible formats Show less


Emiliano’s Mexican Restaurant and Bar
• Bartender

  • Sep 2019 - Aug 2022