Bio

Currently, I’m a software developer at IBM Research working on AI for code and LLM evaluation.

I grew up in a small town in Northern Italy and moved to NYC in 2014.

I came to New York to study languages and music. I used to think that computers were just the boring machines I had to wrestle with to make my school presentations look half-decent.

Things changed when I took an Intro to CS class on a whim. I still remember the spark I felt when I wrote my first program (a Python function to check whether any string is a palindrome). It turned out that I could tell these incredibly powerful machines exactly what to do, and that thinking up clever things for them to do was a lot of fun. As I programmed more and more, I realized computers are incredibly empowering and we can use them to build creative things and empower others.

I’ve also recently co-founded Sanctuary Jam, combining my interests in music and community-organizing. Sanctuary is an open jam session that serves the community, where musicians and neighbors improvise, network, and learn from each other.

Some other things I’m passionate about: free software, jazz, and cats.