Student · Responsible AI Hobbyist

Exploring & Building Ethical AI for Fun

This is my personal playground. I'm currently studying Responsible AI and using this space to share my hobby projects, academic experiments, and learning journey.

Federal HR background · AI hobbyist · coach in training · small-shop owner

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About me

What I’m into.

Build

AI projects for fun

I love tinkering with AI and turning curiosity into working apps.

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Build responsibly

AI agents with guardrails

I build agent-powered apps with clear AI disclosure, honesty checks, and compliance in mind from day one.

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Grow

My coaching practice

I’m training toward my ICF credential and offering peer and pro-bono coaching sessions.

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Background

Federal HR experience

I bring a background in federal HR — working with people, policy, and process — to how I think about fair, responsible technology.

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Shop

CraftyGalShop

My online shop for personalized gifts for off-roading enthusiasts — custom engraving, blankets, drinkware, and trail-ready humor.

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Projects

Notes from my studies.

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In Development
Current Experiment

Wellness Coach AI

A hobby project exploring how AI can support behavioral coaching. I am building this to test ethical guardrails in personalized wellness guidance.

Next.jsTypeScriptPythonFastAPIOpenAI GPT-4PostgreSQLRedisTailwind CSS
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Prototype

Decision Studio

A lightweight tool that helps teams structure ambiguous decisions, surface tradeoffs, and document the reasoning behind their choices.

Next.jsTypeScriptAnthropic ClaudeTailwind CSS
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Research

Focus Companion

A calm, distraction-aware productivity companion that learns your work rhythms and gently suggests when to push, pause, or stop.

TypeScriptReactElectronLocal-first AI
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Writing

Latest from the blog.

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Why I'm building practical AI
Artificial Intelligence

Why I'm building practical AI

A short note on what I mean by 'practical AI,' why I think it matters now, and the kinds of problems I'm choosing to work on.

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Responsible AI

Notes on keeping my AI experiments honest

Responsible AI doesn't have to be a sweeping framework. Sometimes it's three small habits you build into the team's daily work.

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Product Development

What I'm learning about building useful AI

Most AI product failures aren't model failures. They're product failures wearing a model-failure costume.

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GitHub

Open source, in the open

A selection of repositories I've been working on. Stars, forks, and ideas welcome.

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LeanMindAI

A wellness AI built with regulatory compliance from day one — a hobby project testing ethical guardrails.

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irena-portfolio

This website — a statically-exported Next.js portfolio deployed to GitHub Pages.

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Contact

Let's geek out over AI.

I am always happy to connect with fellow students, hobbyists, or anyone passionate about ethical tech. Feel free to explore my code on GitHub or say hello!

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