I’m a computer science student at UC San Diego!
I’ve worked across research, software engineering, and infra — from shipping internal tools at Amazon,
to auditing AI systems for privacy and bias, to building games and hackathon projects for fun
- Software engineering — with a focus on building reliable, scalable, and maintainable systems
- AI / ML — especially computer vision, bias, and real-world deployment risks
- Security, privacy, & trust — threat modeling, secure system design, privacy-first architectures
- Creative computing — games, graphics, UI, and the occasional music composition
- Mentorship & community — helping people get unstuck and feel like they belong in tech
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Amazon – Alexa Smart Home
shipped internal dashboards and APIs using AWS CDK + Lambda, turning messy integration data into actionable insights -
Ujima S&P Lab (Privacy Research)
conducted a full Privacy Impact Assessment for an AI web app explored privacy + bias risks in computer vision systems -
CalHacks – SpotlightAI
built UI for a voice-controlled Chrome extension that turns LLM outputs into animated navigation cues -
Ride Ready (TSE @ UCSD)
helped build a gamified e-bike safety app with real users, access control, and structured learning flows -
Blockography.AI
ML competition — placed 1st (beginner) using an XGBoost classifier with custom feature extraction
Languages
Python · TypeScript · C/C++ · Java · HTML/CSS · ARM
Frameworks / Libraries
React · Next.js · Node.js · Express · Flask · MongoDB · Firebase · Tailwind
Misc
AWS (CDK, Lambda, S3, IAM)
- I have made over 1000 mini origami omega stars!
- I play too much of Wild Rift (the mobile version of League)
- Discord: discord.com/users/741131422626086984
- Instagram: instagram.com/origamistarz
- Linkedin: linkedin.com/in/isabelku
Always down to chat about anything!