I design and develop AI systems to help people heal and reconnect. From data engineering to constructing curriculum architectures and training methodologies, I work on creating relational models grounded in attachment science, and use mechanistic & representational interpretability as well as empirical evaluations to explore model behavior and build with greater care and precision.
My background is in psychotherapy, aesthetics, and technology, with degrees from the University of Chicago focused on mental and behavioral health interventions; from The European Graduate School focused on psychotherapy, philosophy, and technology; from The City University of New York in psychology. Additionally, I've studied human expression and meaningful connection at Stanford University and The Juilliard School.
In my technical work I focus on multimodal socioaffective alignment — designing and building integrated systems for ameliorative presence in embodied AI.* In my clinical work I focus on helping people navigate relational ruptures, finding their way to healing repair—often enough first with themselves and then, having done so, by emerging slowly and steadily and significantly back into connection, and community, and trust with each other.
I was part of the International Psychoanalytical Society's 10,000 Best Young Minds Program, was quoted in The New York Times on attachment theory and human bonding, and I believe in beauty from ashes, in harvesting sweet nourishment from bitter roots of Sutton's good guidance, and in helping grow polytheoretically aligned ameliorative AI to help us return to healing, together.
I still see clients, couples, and run groups — gladly.
* so far we've got the brain and the voice — next up are ears and eyes