Jun 2022 – Jan 2025 · 2 yrs 7 mos · Boston, Massachusetts, United States

• Optum | June 2021 - Present
• Contributed to development of Gradient Boosting classifier for the Advocacy department to identify potential customers that will have out-of-network claims, aiming to reduce costs for both customers and the company.
• Designed and deployed a web application in Azure to test an LLM model capable of extracting key information from medical plan benefit documents.
• Developed and deployed a Collaborative Filtering model to recommend insurance plans to brokers for Fully Insured and Level Funded plans, aiming to significantly improve decision-making and reliability.
• Contributed to the development of a new platform for brokers and employers that provides a single and simplified user experience across all commercial applications.

Jun 2021 – Jun 2022 · 1 yr · Boston, Massachusetts, United States

• - Contributed as both developer and scrum master to the implementation of Transparency in Coverage (TiC) within our organization, a process that included data ingestion, processing and file publishing to disclose crucial healthcare pricing information for in and out-of-network services and providers.

Jun 2020 – Aug 2020 · 2 mos

• Leverage existing data assets for machine learning to offer insight on policy plan irregularities and their root cause in their configuration; Make predictions on plan policy configurations, store the results of these predictions and build dashboarding capability to monitor trends, all with constant incoming data and in real-time.

Oct 2019 – Feb 2020 · 4 mos · Cambridge, Massachusetts

• I used signal processing methods to computationally model physiological responses to repetitive and unpredictable stimuli. In this way, tried to understand temporal integration and prediction mechanisms in the brain to comprehend conditions like autism.

Jun 2019 – Aug 2019 · 2 mos · Santiago, Chile

• I conducted research in the neuromodulation of the spinal cord to treat Parkinson’s Disease. I used single pulse recordings, computational methods and data analysis to find the time it takes for neurons to fire after spinal cord stimulation of rats.

Feb 2019 – May 2019 · 3 mos · Cambridge, Massachusetts

• I worked on developing a program for early readers that combines outstanding intervention to support reading in children who are falling behind with rigorous characterization of individual student profiles and of reading outcomes. My tasks included assisting with research related activities, including neuroimaging and scans, and collecting and analyzing the data from imaging and behavioral sessions. My main project was developing an R pipeline to score parent and child questionnaires that assess parental history of dyslexia, child motivation, home literacy, and other psychosocial and familial factors.

Jan 2019 – Feb 2019 · 1 mo · Cambridge, Massachusetts

• I developed a prototype and SolidWorks design of a stand used in the hospital room for an electroencephalogram (EEG). My tasks included designing the enclosures for the Pascall EEG device electronics through CAD and proposing materials and dimensions for these.

Sep 2018 – Jun 2021 · 2 yrs 9 mos · Cambridge, Massachusetts

• I mentored girls in a friendly and meaningful way, helping them to grow in knowledge and understanding of math. In this way, I can conduct direct math education and help girls become better thinkers and problem solvers.

Jun 2018 – Aug 2018 · 2 mos · Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

• I analyzed silicone’s mechanical properties, such as durability, hydrophobicity, and bacterial adhesion, before and after surface characterization with silver, which gives medical devices antimicrobial properties. My tasks included preparing sensor samples to be used to test biomass and biofilm formation in a dynamic system with Quartz crystal microbalance with dissipation monitoring (QCM-D) and performing in vivo studies.

Feb 2018 – May 2018 · 3 mos · Cambridge, Massachusetts

• I helped develop nano-biosensors for cancer research applications, in particular to probe biologically relevant analytes in vivo. I also studied chemotherapeutic drug delivery, tumor development, progression, and response to cancer-treating therapies.

Sep 2017 – May 2018 · 8 mos · Greater Boston Area

• I assisted in the coordination and execution of weekly events for greater charities around Boston. My tasks included managing groups of service project volunteers, completing administrative tasks, and recruiting volunteers from the MIT community.