The Story

Engineer. Advocate.
Survivor.

I build AI that helps everyday humans — because I have been the everyday human who needed it. Mental health survivor. Global speaker. AI Engineer. Solo founder of 4 live apps. Executive Director of a nonprofit in 8+ countries. The path was never straight. And that is exactly why the work matters.


The path that led
here

I did not start in tech. I started in survival. Mental health brought me to advocacy. Advocacy brought me to speaking. Speaking brought me to training. Training brought me to tech. And tech brought me back to everything that mattered to me from the beginning — making sure people have access to the things that can save their lives.

I became a Mental Health in Tech Global Speaker and Suicide Prevention Advocate because I lived it. I founded Finesse Our Minds — a survivor-led mental health nonprofit now serving communities in 8+ countries — because I knew what it felt like to need something that did not exist yet.

I did not start in tech. I started in survival. And everything I build is shaped by that.

I spent years in technical roles at GoDaddy, Gusto, Google, Tesla, and LA County — learning systems, learning people, learning what breaks and why. I trained teams. I built things. And I kept asking the same question: why is it so hard for the people who need technology most to actually use it?

So I started building the answer. MedCompanion AI — a health literacy platform so that patients could understand what was happening to their bodies without needing a medical degree. FinesseKey so that underserved communities could access credit tools. FinesseWins so that certified small businesses could compete for government contracts. FinesseShield for cybersecurity. FinesseGrants for nonprofits. All of it built from the inside out — from someone who has been on the other side of every problem these tools solve.

I have spoken at Facebook HQ, trained teams internationally in Vietnam and South Korea, presented alongside Dwayne Wade, and trained government employees at LA County. I have 60+ certifications in AI, ML, cybersecurity, and cloud. I am completing a BS/MS in AI Engineering at WGU while building and shipping in parallel.

I am writing a book. Because the story does not fit in a bullet point.

If you found this page, you are probably looking for someone who has actually done it — not someone who teaches from a template. That is me. Book me to speak. Hire me to build. Come learn in the free workshop. Or just watch Finding Finesse on YouTube and see for yourself.


The Timeline

Where I have been

2024+
Founder, CEO & Solo AI Architect
Millennials Creatives LLC · WOSB · MBE · DBE
Shipped 4 apps to iOS and Android. Built a 5-node LangGraph production pipeline for healthcare AI. Submitted 32 government bids. Building 5 AI SaaS products including FinesseShield (cybersecurity). CAGE 18ZQ0 · UEI WBGAAWMD3YE5.
2019+
Executive Director & Founder
Finesse Our Minds (Nonprofit) · EIN 84-2050882
Survivor-led mental health nonprofit serving 8+ countries. Global Speaker on Mental Health in Tech and Suicide Prevention. The lived experience behind everything I build.
2021–24
Senior Web Developer
GoDaddy
Enterprise web development. Production-grade engineering standards at scale.
Prior
Technical & Training Roles
Gusto · Google · Tesla · LA County Technical Trainer
Customer success, product operations, and technical training across enterprise SaaS, fintech, and government. LA County Technical Trainer role directly informs training and workshop delivery today.
2014
Speaker
High-Profile Event alongside Dwayne Wade
One of the early milestones on a decade-long journey of speaking to audiences that needed to hear something different.
Active
BS/MS in AI Engineering (In Progress)
Western Governors University
Completing formal AI Engineering degree alongside building and shipping production AI systems in parallel.
Credentials

60+ certifications

RAG & Agentic AI
LangChain for LLM Apps
IBM AI Engineering
Google Cloud ML
Microsoft Azure AI
Cybersecurity Fundamentals
DevOps & CI/CD
Python for Data Science
Deep Learning Specialization
Prompt Engineering
MLOps Fundamentals
+ 49 more on LinkedIn
By the Numbers

The work in numbers

4
Apps Live
iOS + Android
281
YouTube Videos
Finding Finesse
5.3K
Instagram
Followers
32
Gov Bids
Submitted
8+
Countries
Reached
60+
AI/ML
Certifications

Now you know
the story.

Join the free workshop. Explore resources. Book me to speak. Or hire me to build. The door is open.