Research, technical prototyping, and human performance inquiry focused on housing systems, administrative friction, and AI-supported regulatory tools for vulnerable populations.
I am an Occupational and Technical Studies Senior at Old Dominion University (3.95 GPA), serving as the Lead Technical Researcher for The Living Lab and an Operations Associate at UZURV. My work is rooted in an ethnographic audit based on almost 30 years of lived experience navigating federal housing systems, which I formalized in 2025 to address the "Bandwidth Tax" - the 30% cognitive drain caused by administrative friction. By integrating operational logistics with AI-assisted development, I engineered the RFTA Validator and an 11-prototype technical ecosystem submitted to the OpenAI Codex Creator Challenge. These Human Performance Technology (HPT) interventions replace cumbersome documentation with streamlined, bilingual "Hard Stops" to eliminate the "Signature Gap" and reduce program attrition. Currently, I am scaling this initiative through the $250,000 Virginia Housing Flagship Grant and the $2 million 2026 Housing Affordability Breakthrough Challenge, with the goal of early entry into a PhD program in HPT to advance AI-driven regulatory compliance for vulnerable populations.
Partnership and Submission
Collaborating with CVRC and RIL to scale The Living Lab research through the $2M Housing Affordability Breakthrough Challenge and the $250,000 Virginia Housing Flagship Training Grant.
Each card shows one language at a time and keeps the focus on the prototype itself.
A longitudinal 30-year ethnographic archive and visual narrative documenting the development of the RFTA Roadmap.
Launch NarrativeA diagnostic tool replacing 20-page information dumps with bilingual logic-checks to eliminate the signature gap.
Launch PrototypeAn HPT diagnostic tool visualizing 25 years of ethnographic data to identify institutional bottlenecks.
Launch PrototypeA research-driven web app tracking national housing voucher program openings to improve resource access.
Launch PrototypeA character-driven bilingual simulation helping families navigate the Section 8 process and avoid administrative hard stops.
Launch PrototypeA tool that quantifies the 30% resource drain and error rate identified in my longitudinal study.
Launch PrototypeAn AI-driven platform synthesizing qualitative ethnographic data to map systemic administrative failure.
Launch PrototypeAn HPT-driven prototype designed to mitigate the "Bandwidth Tax" through high-visibility signaling.
Launch PrototypeA 12-month implementation strategy for transitioning housing authorities to a "Teaching Agency" model.
Launch PrototypeA functional navigation structure for the RFTA (Research, Foundation, Theory, and Application) framework.
Launch PrototypeA professional simulation quantifying the impact of scarcity on cognitive resources during move-in logistics.
Launch PrototypeA digital repository containing the longitudinal ethnographic audit and narrative research for The Living Lab.
Launch Prototype