Hi, I'm April!

I'm passionate about using technology to help make the world a better place.

I’m a software engineer at Watershed. Previously, I built software and researched machine learning fairness at Facebook and Adobe, and graduated from Harvard with my Bachelor's and Master's in 2023.

I also like to read, run, and make music!

Let's chat!

Education

AB in Computer Science and Government

Harvard•May 2023

Phi Beta Kappa (Senior 48)

Hoopes Prize Winner 2023

Teaching fellow for CS50; CS50 for MBAs, Gov 50, CS 96 (Head TF), CS 121 (Head TF)

SM in Computer Science

Harvard•May 2023

Concurrent masters degree program

Work

Full Stack Engineer

Watershed•July 2023 - Present

We're helping companies measure and reduce their environmental impact.

Some of my work

Graph Learning with Localized Neighborhood Fairness

Research at Adobe which became my senior thesis at Harvard (Hoopes Prize Winner 2023). Advised by Dr. Ryan Rossi and Professor James Waldo.

Enumerating Numerical Sets Associated to a Numerical Semigroup

Number theory research at the 2019 San Diego State University pure math REU, presented at JMM 2020 and published in Discrete Applied Mathematics 2023.

Analyzing Social Media Misinformation: Incitement to Ethnic Violence and Human Rights Implications

Research on the impact of misinformation on Facebook on ethnic violence in various regions of the world, presented to the Facebook Misinformation Policy Team.

Tech for Social Good

I led Harvard Computer Society's social good branch (~100 students) as a board member and executive director for 2 years, overseeing ~24 pro-bono tech projects for nonprofits and government agencies.