About
I came from Uganda to the United States with questions and resolve. In May 2026 I earned a B.S. in Mathematics and Data Science from the University of Mary Washington, a first-generation degree built on family sacrifice, community, and steady work.
Employers know me for shipping AI that teams can trust: schema-valid pipelines, LLM evaluation and guardrails, PII/PHI redaction, and clear stakeholder communication. Mantra: one day at a time.
The Journey
I started my internship search as an international student on an F-1 visa, where extra documentation requirements and employer hesitation made an already competitive process harder. Early applications were rough. I didn’t yet know how to present my skills, pitch myself, or use LinkedIn as more than a listing board.
The turning point was becoming a Student Alumni Ambassador in spring 2023. That role put me in rooms with alumni and mentors who helped me rebuild my resume around the right experience, sharpen my elevator pitch, and learn the most underrated skill in a job search: following up with genuine, lasting follow-through. UMW’s Center for Career and Professional Development backed that growth with workshops and one-on-one advising.
That discipline paid off directly: a spring 2025 internship with Banduri and a summer 2025 Business Intelligence internship with Navy Federal Credit Union, both sourced through networks I had to learn how to build. Now, as a Rise Peer Mentor and Resident Assistant, I pay it forward, helping other students, especially fellow international and first-generation students, navigate the same path.
Success is rarely a solo journey. There are people who genuinely want to see you thrive.
Experience
Supporting executive operations and innovation initiatives at a Northern Virginia government services firm operating under ISO 27001, NIST, and CMMC security frameworks. Researching, evaluating, and piloting emerging technology including AI tooling in a Microsoft Azure / Azure DevOps environment, and translating business needs into technology recommendations.
Built AI-powered compliance automation for regulated data workflows. Python/FastAPI ingestion with MinIO quarantine storage, PostgreSQL metadata, SHA-256 hashing, RabbitMQ publishing, and idempotent artifacts. Designed job state machines, Redis worker contracts, schema validation, and async pipelines. LLM enrichment via Ollama and AWS Bedrock with structured JSON, PII/PHI redaction, and executive PDF/HTML compliance exports.
Analyzed credit and debit card transactional data to understand how Active Duty members’ spending changes during Permanent Change of Station (PCS) moves, 2019–2024. Built Databricks pipelines with PySpark, developed Power BI dashboards, and delivered stakeholder presentations with actionable member-support recommendations.
Contributed to Jade Rabbit, an AI-driven healthcare product, in banduri’s inaugural internship cohort with UMW College of Business. Applied Change Architecture and agile design thinking to surface pain points, validate problem–solution fit, and deliver roadmap insights to executives.
Concurrent leadership across residence life, alumni relations, mentorship, and orientation. Active in African Student Union, NAACP, National Society of Collegiate Scholars, COAR volunteering, and Pi Mu Epsilon.
Education & Credentials
B.S. Mathematics, Data Science
African Student Union · NAACP · National Society of Collegiate Scholars · Resident Assistant · Student Alumni Ambassador · Orientation Leader · COAR volunteer · Peer mentor · Pi Mu Epsilon
Projects & Research
2nd Place · UMW Eagle Egg Pitch Competition
Proof-of-process for student writing, checkpoints and revision evidence, not AI detection. Tamper-evident PDFs, field-level encryption, signed JWT sessions, Argon2 hashing.
Presented at NCUR 2026 · Richmond, VA
RAG pipeline for emergency alerting regulatory documents. Pinecone embeddings, grounded retrieval, Streamlit and CLI interfaces.
Production-style AI assistants for restaurant, real estate, med spa, home services, and law. Claude with Ollama fallback, local embeddings, and operator dashboards.
Skills
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AI Alo Demos
Functional AI automation for local businesses. Claude with Ollama fallback, local embeddings, open source.
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Restaurant · Aria books reservations and answers menu questions 24/7
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Real estate · Scout qualifies leads and powers a mini-CRM dashboard
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Med spa · Luna recommends treatments and screens candidacy
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HVAC & trades · Rex dispatches jobs and quotes from live data
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Law firm · Vera handles intake, SOL triage, and booking
Beyond the resume
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Contact
Open to AI/ML roles, innovation teams, and thoughtful collaborations. I respond the same day.
