Archive to Access: Custom OCR Models
Poster at Symposium of American Indian Languages, Tucson, Arizona
CV
Skills
Programming & Machine Learning
- Python programming with libraries including NLTK, pandas, matplotlib, Tesseract, and scikit-learn
- Building machine learning and neural network pipelines using Transformers, TensorFlow, and PyTorch
Natural Language Processing
- Academic and project experience in text analysis, machine translation, and text classification
- Experience working with OCR systems and multilingual language technologies
Web Programming
- Building interactive websites using JavaScript, HTML, and CSS
Work experience
Localization Intern
June - August 2024
- Analyzed and presented machine translation data to support localization workflows and decision-making
- Assisted with project management and cross-team coordination
- Used data visualization and reporting tools including Tableau and Microsoft Excel to deliver actionable insights
Natural Language Processing Intern
April 2023 - May 2026
Coeur d’Alene Online Language Resource Center
- Led a team of five undergraduate researchers on NLP and language technology projects
- Trained and evaluated custom Optical Character Recognition (OCR) models for Indigenous languages
- Collaborated using GitHub for version control and project management
Machine Translation Apprentice
May - August 2025
- Developed a personal portfolio website using the company’s patented machine translation technology
- Worked on machine translation and multilingual content integration projects
Disability Technology Intern
July - August 2025
Digital Cinema Distribution Coalition
- Conducted research on accessibility technologies used in cinema for individuals with hearing and visual impairments
- Communicated decision-making information to prospective investors through written reports and verbal/visual presentations
Awards
- 1st Place in a Text Classification competition Code Repository
Top 5 in a Neural Networks competition Code Repository
NLP Projects
- Linguistic Analysis and Machine Learning of mental health texts (Transformers, SpaCy and text processing)
- Optical Character Recognition Project (Neural Networks, Data gemeration)
- Language Wiki Website (APIs, SQL, Web scraping)
- Portfolio Website (HTML, CSS)
Talks
Advancing Indigenous Language Technology
Talk at Arizona Linguistic Circle, Tucson, Arizona
Education
University of Arizona 2024-2026
- MS Human Language Technology: A program in computational linguistics and Natural Language Processing where I learned about AI and advanced techniques for machine learning and text analysis.
University of Arizona 2020-2024
- BA Linguistics with a minor in Foreign Languages: I focused on language technology and computer science, while taking American Sign Language, French, and Russian.
Service and leadership
- Heads a team of dozens of members from all over the world on an online gaming community with hundreds of players, teaching them skills like JSON, Git, and creative writing to create fun quests for our game.