Feeling overwhelmed by your PhD? Stuck between career options? Building a startup while battling imposter syndrome?
I get it. I've been the international student navigating a PhD at UBC, the intern at Google wondering if I belonged, and now the founder building an AI mental health startup while managing constant uncertainty.
Here's what I actually help you with: organizing your thoughts when everything feels like chaos.
When you're facing a tough decision about your career path, I'll help you see your options clearly. When PhD pressures make you question everything, we'll work through it together. When you're building something new and the uncertainty is crushing, I'll help you stay grounded.
What working with me looks like:
We meet twice a month for 60-minute sessions. You bring whatever's weighing on you a career decision, a rough patch in your PhD, startup stress, interview anxiety, or just needing to talk through your next steps with someone who's been there.
I don't just give generic advice. I listen, ask the right questions, and help you untangle what you're really dealing with. Sometimes that means helping you prepare for a big interview. Sometimes it's processing a setback. Sometimes it's just having someone validate that yes, this is hard, and no, you're not failing.
Why mentees work with me:
My mentees have landed roles at Meta, aced their AI courses, and graduated but what they tell me mattered most was having someone who understood their specific pressures. Someone technical enough to get what they're going through, but focused on helping them think clearly and move forward.
You're not looking for someone to just teach you PyTorch (though I can do that too). You need someone who gets the mental load of being in AI right now. The imposter syndrome when everyone seems smarter. The paralysis when you have too many options. The loneliness of the PhD grind. The fear of making the wrong career move.
My story:
I finished my PhD in Computer Vision from UBC while interning at Google's XR team and am now founding an AI mental health startup. I've built production computer vision systems that reduced manufacturing errors by 70%, published in top journals, won hackathons at Siemens and Sick, and led ML teams.
But honestly? The technical stuff came easier than managing the pressure. Learning to navigate uncertainty as an immigrant, dealing with PhD setbacks, choosing between opportunities, managing co-founder relationships, raising funds that's where the real growth happened.
I've taught 40+ students Python and Machine Learning since 2020. I've delivered corporate workshops. I've explained complex AI to non-technical teams. But my real strength is helping ambitious people survive the mental game of building an AI career.
This is for you if:
You're transitioning into AI and feeling lost, a PhD and need someone who gets it, building something and the uncertainty is heavy, making big decisions and need a sounding board. let's talk!