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Aspiring Product Manager in Tech

I’m a Computer Science student eager to enhance my skills and kickstart my career in product management.

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Check out my portfolio showcasing my work and projects in product management and computer science.

  • BeReal Product Management Externship
    BeReal Product Management Externship
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    BeReal. · Sep 2026 · ✅ Verified by Extern

    BeReal Product Management Externship

    Discover how product teams at social apps like BeReal design for authenticity while driving user growth. In this externship, you’ll explore what keeps users coming back— benchmarking competitors, analyzing engagement features, and designing your own growth-driven app feature. You’ll learn how to balance product innovation with BeReal’s unique mission of real, unfiltered connection. Perfect for those interested in product management, UX strategy, or social media innovation, this experience gives you a hands-on look at how product teams grow platforms without losing their core values.

    DesignUI/UXProduct Management
  • EchoMatch

    Aug 2026

    EchoMatch

    Python-based music recommendation simulation

    PythonGoogle GeminiAIAI-Enhanced DesignAPI IntegrationArtificial IntelligenceBack-end DevelopmentClaudeCritical ThinkingData AnalyticsDesign Systems

About me

I’m a Computer Science student eager to enhance my skills and kickstart my career in product management.

I'm a sophomore studying Computer Science at Virginia Commonwealth University, passionate about building technical skills and starting my career. Currently, I am gaining hands-on experience as a Product Management Extern at BeReal, where I aim to grow and learn in a dynamic environment.

Externships

BeReal Product Management Externship

BeReal.

Experience

Extern @ BeReal

BeReal · Jul 2026 - Aug 2026

Education

Virginia Commonwealth University

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science · Class of 2028

Skills

Product ManagementComputer ScienceTechnical SkillsTeam CollaborationProblem Solving
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BeReal. · Sep 2026 ↗

✅ Verified by Extern

BeReal Product Management Externship

Discover how product teams at social apps like BeReal design for authenticity while driving user growth. In this externship, you’ll explore what keeps users coming back— benchmarking competitors, analyzing engagement features, and designing your own growth-driven app feature. You’ll learn how to balance product innovation with BeReal’s unique mission of real, unfiltered connection. Perfect for those interested in product management, UX strategy, or social media innovation, this experience gives you a hands-on look at how product teams grow platforms without losing their core values.

DesignUI/UXProduct Management

Overview

The work mapped BeReal's end-to-end user journey from download and onboarding through posting and reacting, recording user thoughts and feelings at each step. It produced a PM-style problem statement and a defined opportunity to increase engagement when friends have not yet posted. The work also audited competitor features and linked them to retention and engagement behaviors.

BeReal Product Management Externship
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What I've accomplished

Mapped the full BeReal user journey with recorded user sentiments, produced a PM-style problem statement and an opportunity to increase engagement when friends had not posted, and audited competitor features linking them to retention and engagement signals.

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Aug 2026

EchoMatch

Python-based music recommendation simulation

PythonGoogle GeminiAIAI-Enhanced DesignAPI IntegrationArtificial IntelligenceBack-end DevelopmentClaudeCritical ThinkingData AnalyticsDesign Systems

Overview

Python-based music recommendation simulation

What I've accomplished

EchoMatch is a music recommender and explanation system. It asks a user a short quiz about their preferred genre, mood, energy level, and acoustic preference, then ranks songs from a dataset based on those preferences and produces a grounded explanation for why each recommendation fits. It uses a RAG/LLM-style explanation layer to justify why each song fits, but only using data

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Jan 2026

Legally Web Application

Hackathon Project

React

Overview

Hackathon Project

What I've accomplished

Built a responsive React interface that processes user-input legal ticket text and displays structured, simplified explanations. Implemented API integration and real-time UI updates using React state management. Collaborated with a cross-functional team to design and refine user interaction flows during development.

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Jan 2026

Franciscan Brethren of Saint Phillip Website

Designed and developed a responsive website using HTML and CSS to showcase organizational services, mission, and contact information.

HTMLCSSGitJavaScript

Overview

Designed and developed a responsive website using HTML and CSS to showcase organizational services, mission, and contact information.

Franciscan Brethren of Saint Phillip Website

What I've accomplished

https://franciscanbrethrenofsaintphilip.com/

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