Guiness World Record Attempt (Pending)
Fastest 10 consecutive solves of the Fifteen Puzzle
Founded Sika
Stealth fashion-technology venture
2018
Debuted Chen Fou AW17 Collection
Chen Fou is a concept streetwear brand focused on uplifting and affirming Black identities
Twitter Software Engineering Internship
Developed machine learning model to increase efficiency in detecting abusive content on Twitter platform
2017
Acted in First Theatre Performance
Played Elmore in August Wilson's "King Hedley II"
Matriculated to Columbia University in the City of New York
Pursuing bachelor's degree in Computer Science (Intelligent Systems Track)
2016
Joined FinTech Startup as Employee #1
Poncho (Acquired) made intelligent assessments about your insurance portfolio
Entered Stanford University's StartX Batch
StartX accelerates the development of Stanford's top entrepreneurs through experiential education and collective intelligence
Won second place at Stanford University TreeHacks
Developed Fabric, an application that uses the Oculus Rift, Leap Motion, and Myo to create a virtual world to manipulate objects for 3D printing
2015
Won first place at Carnegie Mellon Venture Challenge
Awarded first place and $4,000 for Chesscademy
Won second place at Ebay Opportunity Hack
Developed Santa, an application that helps the local non-profit Family Giving Tree simplify their distribution process of gifts to thousands of underprivileged children in the San Francisco Bay Area
Won first place at Bitcasa CloudFS Challenge
Developed Sentinel, an application that uses a laptop webcam to create an in-home or business security system and automatically uploads recorded data to the cloud
Won first place at Meta Augmented Reality Hackathon in San Francisco
Developed Pulse, an application that uses the Meta Glass, an Augmented Reality headset, in tandem with the Eulerian Video Magnification algorithm to determine an individual's heart rate by just looking at them
Entered YCombinator Education Accelerator
YC provides founders with seed funding, access to the world’s largest community of edtech founders and investors, and a network of experienced partners and educators who support startups throughout their lifecycle