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Software Engineering Intern — Technology Intern Program Mar. 2026 – Aug. 2026
Morningstar · Chicago, IL
  • Shipped a production self-service AI pipeline platform on AWS with configurable ingestion, extraction, and multi-provider LLM support over PDF/HTML, enabling 2,000+ non-technical analysts across 5 global offices to build custom RAG workflows on 1,000+ financial documents.
  • Cut financial data-collection turnaround from a 5-week JSON build-and-test cycle to under a minute; adopted by 2 teams now extending the platform, and endorsed by senior leadership as the foundation for a document tagging and search tool.
  • Reduced rule authoring from 2 weeks to 2 minutes on a production data-validation engine governing financial data quality, refactoring the Vue frontend to cut duplicate code and load times and shipping a guided wizard over FastAPI/MySQL endpoints validated by golden datasets.
Software Engineering Intern May 2024 – Sep. 2024
University of Illinois at Chicago · Chicago, IL
  • Built the Python dependency-analysis engine for an enterprise Policy as Code compliance framework, parsing formal GDPR rule definitions to map inter-rule dependencies and expose ordering constraints for automated regulatory verification.
  • Translated GDPR regulatory language into formal, machine-checkable specifications and documented rule semantics for the tooling used to audit PII-handling software.
Academic Tutor Sep. 2024 – Present
University of Illinois at Chicago · Chicago, IL
  • Tutor 50+ students per semester across 4 semesters in algorithms and quantitative coursework: Computer Algorithms (MCS 401), Data Structures (CS 251), Systems Programming (CS 361), Cryptography (CS 488), Machine Organization (CS 261), CS 111/141/151, and Calculus I–III (MATH 180/181/210).
Embedded Systems Team Member Jan. 2026 – Present
UIC Lunabotics · Chicago, IL
  • Develop firmware and embedded control code for competition robot subsystems, debugging hardware/software integration across mechanical, electrical, and software subteams to improve operational reliability.

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Outreach Committee & Web Development Committee Fall 2025 – Spring 2026
Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) · University of Illinois at Chicago
  • Led high school visits teaching students about pathways into college and engineering.
  • Ran school and corporate outreach for Día de Ciencias and Equipando Padres, the chapter's flagship community events.
  • Organized DDC x EP Spring 2026, a K–12 STEM and parent empowerment event hosted at Northwestern.
  • Built a volunteer sign-up system using Google Forms and Apps Script.

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University of Illinois at Chicago Aug. 2023 – May 2027
B.S. Computer Science, Concentration in Software Engineering · Minor in Mathematics · Chicago, IL

> Coursework: Computer Algorithms, Data Structures, Systems Programming, Probability & Statistics, Cryptography, Applied Linear Algebra, Database Systems, Machine Organization, Data and AI

DeVry University Advantage Academy Aug. 2021 – May 2023
Associate in Business Administration, 4.0 GPA — earned concurrently with high school · Chicago, IL

> Coursework: Financial Accounting, Budgeting & Forecasting, Business Statistics, Operations Management, Business Ethics