• Cofounder of Tufts BSCS (Tufts Black Students in Computer Science), the first department-sponsored organization for Black students in computer science and related fields at Tufts University. Advisor: Professor Kathleen Fisher, Dept. Chair

• Founder of Code With Hezekiah, a free coding boot camp based in Boston, MA that provides training in data analytics, web development, and research methods (est. 2018).

• Founder of B.L.A.S.T.O.F.F. Industry Speaker Series, a multinational career series providing professional development to 96 Black/Latine alumni with experts from Nike, Sesame Workshop, the University of Chicago, and other leading companies.

• Head of Tufts Black Jumbos, the largest and oldest-running social media platform for Black students at Tufts University. Founded by a powerful group of Black alumni from the historic Class of 2018. Leading engagement on Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Meta.

• Creator of the Capen Challenge, a multiyear initiative of campus-wide  competitions and events with the purpose of increasing community and engagment for students of color (est. 2017).

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Awards and Honors:

• Tufts Presidential Award for Civic Life

• Honos Civicus Society

• Tisch Scholar for Civic Life

• NSF FAST TRAC Scholar

• Data Analytics Graduate TA (2021)

• Tufts ExCollege Board

• 2X Forbes Under 30 Scholar

• SXSW EDU Speaker (2020)

• Workshop Lead, PennApps, UPenn

• IBM Blue Movement (2020)

• #FirstFlight @Twitter Fellow

• LinkedIn Accelerate U

• Code2040 Fellows Finalist

• Capital One Ignite

• LSAMP Research Scholar

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Technical Expertise:

• Artificial Intelligence

• Bayesian Modeling

• Cognitive Neuroscience

• Data Science & Analytics

• Natural Language Processing

• Network Science

• Machine Learning

• Software Engineering

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Technical Toolbox:

• Python (sklearn, pytorch, tensorflow, networkx, spacy, nltk, pandas, numpy, plotly, matplotlib, nilearn, scipy, seaborn)

• R (dplyr, ggplot2, tidyr, JAGS)

• C++ (OOP, Make, STL, Valgrind)

• MATLAB (Image Processing)

• Apache Spark (pyspark, scala)

• Deep Neural Networks

• Brain Image Processing

• Neural Signal Processing

• Experimental Design

• Data Mining

• Data Visualization

• Data Wrangling

• Hypothesis Testing

• Pattern Recognition

• Visualization]

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Spoken Languages:

• Spanish (NSE Gold Medalist)

• Brazilian Portuguese (Former Minor)

• Reading in French