I am a software engineer at Waymo developing world models to enhance simulation of long-tail scenarios. Previously, I completed my Ph.D. with Stefanos Nikolaidis in the ICAROS Lab at USC, where I researched applications of quality diversity optimization to reinforcement learning and robotics. Overall, I am passionate about delivering polished solutions to challenging machine learning problems. My work includes pyribs, which has become one of the most popular open source libraries for quality diversity, and Discount Model Search, which was published as an oral at ICLR 2026. In my spare time, I enjoy competing in ballroom dance, visiting museums, and hiking.