CS & Biology Student and Management Minor @ McGill University (Expected 2028) · Montreal, QC

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Most of my projects are ideas that came from problems in my own life. If I don't love the existing solutions, I try to build something better.

Otium — native macOS menu bar focus timer with a fullscreen break overlay, analytics dashboard, and streak tracking.

Morning Briefing — an AI-generated news briefing across 7 personalized topics, delivered each morning.

RéponSanté — asynchronous medical triage navigation for the 2 million Quebecers without a family doctor (hackathon team project).

Lab Requisition Processor (private) — automated pipeline using Python and GCF to process medical lab requisitions end-to-end, auto-generating bilingual patient quotes and saving significant staff time per request (developed during internship with ISMI Montreal).

Currently working on: shipping my first commercial product, thoracic cancer research at the RI-MUHC, founding a student wrestling club at McGill, getting my Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu blue belt.

Long-term goal: medicine, with as many interesting detours as possible.

Open to internships and full-time roles in biotech, medtech, and AI. Feel free to reach out!