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Newark-born builder

From Newark to becoming an AI builder.

My path into AI did not begin with code. It began with where I come from, how I was raised, and a need to make work that helps people.

AI systems builder, product thinker, and UX/UI developer

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Chapter one

I was born and raised in North Jersey. That is where my sense of people, community, and useful work began.

Born in Newark and raised in North Jersey, I bring curiosity, care, and a people-first mindset to AI, UX/UI, and product design.

I learned early that work matters most when it stays connected to real lives, real needs, and the place you come from.

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Chapter two

Growing up in an African household taught me discipline, responsibility, and the weight of choosing the right path.

Growing up in an African household, I understood the pressure to choose a familiar path, but I also knew I wanted to learn, build, and give back in my own way. That is what led me toward computer science and AI, and eventually toward UX/UI, where I can create work that is thoughtful, useful, and inclusive.

What that shaped in me

  • A strong sense that work should be useful to other people.
  • The habit of taking responsibility for what I make and how it affects others.
  • A desire to build my own path instead of only following the expected one.
7recent projects framed as products, tools, or systems
3core lanes carried through real builds
40+flows, pages, prompts, and delivery details shaped across projects
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Chapter three

Curiosity and the desire to give back are what pulled me toward computer science, then AI, and finally toward building products people can trust.

I did not start out interested in computers. I mostly knew them as the place where I could play video games. What stayed with me was the curiosity behind them and the desire to help people. I once thought about becoming a pediatrician because I wanted to care for others, but over time I realized that path was not mine.

  • Designing interfaces that explain complex systems clearly.
  • Building AI-assisted workflows that still keep a human decision-maker in the loop.
  • Connecting product thinking, frontend implementation, and documentation in one deliverable.
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Chapter four

Becoming an AI builder means more than using the tools. It means learning how to guide them, explain them, and keep people at the center.

  • I use AI as part of structured product and content workflows, not as a shortcut that replaces judgment.
  • My projects show AI being used for orchestration, content generation, automation, and decision support with clear system boundaries.
  • I care about explainability, proof, and user trust, so the workflow always matters as much as the output.
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Proof

This is where the journey turns into visible work.

Recommendation Product

CurlCare Match

Inclusive hair product recommendation web app that helps users build a hair profile, avoid unwanted ingredients, and receive explainable matches based on fit, budget, and hair goals.

Data Product

Student Reality Lab

Interactive housing-affordability experience that tests whether a recent graduate can realistically buy a starter home.

AI Orchestration

AI Orchestrating Chat

Next.js counselor-style chat system that uses server-side AI tool calling and MCP architecture to guide users through orchestrator design.

AI Music Discovery

LyricLens AI

AI-powered emotional music discovery platform that helps users find songs through mood, lyrical meaning, themes, and semantic similarity instead of searching only by title or artist.

AI Data Cleaning

CleanFlow

FastAPI-based dataset cleaning application that combines a deterministic Pandas pipeline with retrieval-grounded explanations and a smart cleaning assistant for messy CSV workflows.

AI Content Workflow

blogtalk

Next.js blog with an AI consultant flow that turns voice input into publishable markdown content.

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