I was born and raised in San Francisco, California :) I've lived in SF, Amsterdam, DC, and Oxford, and I hold dual Dutch-American citizenship, which has greatly shaped my international perspective.

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After completing my undergraduate degree in Symbolic Systems at Stanford, where I focused on Human-Centered AI (HAI) and minored in Poetry, I spent two years in Washington D.C. as a Business Analyst at McKinsey & Company. There, I worked primarily on projects involving artificial intelligence strategy and responsible deployment, across sectors ranging from financial services to manufacturing and education.

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Now, as a Clarendon Scholar at the University of Oxford, I’m pursuing a Master’s in the Social Science of the Internet. My research explores the ideology of Silicon Valley, and focuses particularly on the rise of effective accelerationism and its implications for the AGI race.

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At Stanford, my undergraduate thesis (now published) investigated the use of AI in depolarizing political discourse among college students through Deliberative Polling with the Deliberative Democracy Lab at Stanford, under Dr. Alice Siu and Professor Larry Diamond. I continue to freelance occasionally with the Deliberative Democracy Lab: I most recently served as an expert panelist on a Stanford x DeepMind x CloseUp panel on "Youth Perspectives on GenAI" in July 2025, and a moderator for "National Deliberative Poll on AI Policies" in September 2025.

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Beyond academia, my interests run the gamut from the ancient to the cosmic. I study the Mesopotamian and Assyrian empires, contribute to citizen science projects on black holes, and try to read 52 books a year. I also write poetry, an extension of my minor in Creative Writing. I'm a devoted Giants, Niners, and Warriors fan, though I've also developed an affinity for the Premier League during my time in Oxford.

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I love the outdoors: I spent a month in Patagonia in 2024, which felt like a natural extension of growing up with Yosemite as my backyard (only three hours from SF). These days, I run regularly through Oxford's Uni Parks when I'm there, or Golden Gate Park when I'm home, and play tennis whenever the weather cooperates.