E.M

Portfolio//2026

CS student and software engineer. I build full-stack apps and ML systems, compete in CTFs, and make games on the side.

Brooklyn, NY

Highlights

NowResearcher, CUNY MASS Lab
Summer 2026Intern, U.S. Marshals Service
ShippedXPStrength, iOS App Store
Best finish2nd of 7,873, NCL Individual Game

Experience

2020 - 2026
Jun2026

Undergraduate Researcher

CUNY MASS Lab, Brooklyn College|June 2026 - Present

  • Python
  • scikit-learn
  • pandas
  • pytest

The only student currently on the lab's reimplementation of CenDTect (NDSS 2024), advised by Prof. Hui Chen. It's an unsupervised method that trains per-domain decision trees over Censored Planet data and clusters them with DBSCAN to detect internet censorship events.

Investigating how Censored Planet and OONI diverge in what censorship they detect. Responsible for the correctness of the detection pipeline, from ground-truth audits against raw measurement data to algorithm fixes that match the paper. Built the evaluation infrastructure that scores results against OONI labels.

Jun2026

Intern

U.S. Marshals Service, Eastern District of New York|June 2026 - August 2026

Gathered usability feedback from Deputy U.S. Marshals on Capture, the USMS enterprise case management platform replacing the legacy JDIS system.

Filed defect reports and proposed interface changes that were adopted in later platform updates. Entered and organized sensitive law enforcement records under agency data-handling policy.

Sep2024

Creator & Developer

XPStrength|September 2024 - Present

  • React Native
  • TypeScript
  • Expo
  • Node.js
  • SQL

Built and shipped a cross-platform gamified fitness app to the iOS App Store with 50+ registered users. Server-calculated XP and muscle levels, live workout tracking, leagues that compete in monthly seasons, friends with live status, and a muscle-recovery map.

Running an IRB-approved human subjects study evaluating the effectiveness of gamification on workout adherence and outcomes in active users.

Jun2021

Learning & Development Assistant

Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP)|June 2021 - August 2023

Finished the assigned coding work in the first week and helped other participants finish theirs. Led a team of 4 making a vaccine-awareness video for the community and presented the final project to about 50 staff and participants.

May2020

Founder & Lead Developer

Platinum Inc.|May 2020 - October 2020

  • AWS EC2
  • Payments

Grew a profitable gaming community of 1,000+ active players and Discord members at age 13 through self-run marketing, content updates, and community management.

Deployed and maintained the server's AWS infrastructure (EC2, networking, backups), and launched a web storefront selling in-game ranks and crate keys with automated payments and in-game fulfillment.

Selected Works

2023 - 2026

About Me

Brooklyn College / CS

I'm a junior computer science student at Brooklyn College. Most of my time goes into building full-stack apps and AI/ML systems, competing in cybersecurity CTFs, and doing research. Right now I'm an undergraduate researcher at the CUNY MASS Lab working on internet censorship detection, and I spent this past summer interning at the U.S. Marshals Service.

My main project is XPStrength, a gamified fitness app I've been building since freshman year that's now live on the iOS App Store. We're running an IRB-approved study on it to see if gamification actually improves workout adherence. On the side, I do hackathons for the fun and the challenge of shipping a full-stack app under a strict time constraint.

Outside of all that, I like making Roblox games, something I've been into since I ran Platinum, a 1,000+ player game server, when I was 13. I work on everything that goes into them, from scripting and UI to SFX, VFX and 3D models. It's the one place I get to do code, art and sound all at once and then watch real people play it. Create a Factory is live right now, and Affliction and Too Much Loot are in development.

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Information

LocationBrooklyn, NYEastern Time (ET)
EducationBrooklyn CollegeB.S. Computer Science
ResponseWithin 24 hoursUsually faster
AvailabilityOpen to workSummer 2027 internships & freelance