Accelerating talent into AI safety and policy

Santiago Metropolitan Area
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About

I'm a generalist, currently focused on AI Safety fieldbuilding. I've worked on a wide range of projects and organizations, spanning from public policy to cybersecurity.

Previous to working on fieldbuilding, I worked mainly as a software engineer, helping develop large-scale production systems, and complex scientific workflows. I've worked with at least a dozen different programming languages and started doing professional SWE work while in middle school.

Experience

  • Kairos Graphic

    Co-Director & Co-Founder

    Kairos

    - Present 1 year 8 months

    I founded and now lead Kairos, a nonprofit organization focused on finding and accelerating talent to work on AI safety. As part of this role, I lead the SPAR research program, the largest program of its kind in the world.

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    AI Safety Group Support Lead

    The Centre for Effective Altruism

    - 6 months

    I led support for regional, national, city, and university groups focused on AI Safety. As part of this role, I spun off all support of AI safety groups into a separate org, Kairos.

    Fun fact: CEA was in Y Combinator's W17 batch.

  • AI Safety Initiative @ UC Chile Graphic

    Co-Founder & President

    AI Safety Initiative @ UC Chile

    - 1 year 1 month

    I led the AI Safety Initiative at UC Chile, having run a hackathon, facilitated several technical fellowships and worked to help students pivot into the field.

  • Effective Altruism @ UC Chile Graphic

    Co-Founder & President

    Effective Altruism @ UC Chile

    - 1 year 5 months

    I worked as a community builder for the EA Chile (national) and EA UC Chile (student) groups. As part of my job, I organized events, mentored students, and facilitated in-person programs.

  • Rethink Priorities Graphic

    Software Engineer, Worldview Investigations

    Rethink Priorities

    - 7 months

    My work was focused on building stochastic models to inform resource allocation in the effective altruism community, as part of the new Worldview Investigations Team. This culminated in the release of the Cross-Cause Cost-Effectiveness Model.

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    Lead Software Engineer, Domus

    ConsiliumBots

    - 5 months

    I worked in Domus, a project that seeks to help people navigate social benefit systems through highly scalable evidence-based interventions. My work involved planning, development, and research to evaluate and prototype the first phases of the project, as well as engaging with various relevant stakeholders.

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    Research Fellow

    Supervised Program for Alignment Research

    - 4 months

    Worked on research engineering projects under the mentorship of Zac Hatfield-Dodds (PSF Fellow and Anthropic staff), as part of the Supervised Program for Alignment Research (SPAR) organized by UC Berkeley's AI Safety Initiative.

  • UC School of Engineering

    UC School of Engineering

    2 years 3 months

    • UC School of Engineering Graphic

      Co-host of The Second Derivative

      UC School of Engineering

      - 1 year 3 months

      As the host of the School's podcast, The Second Derivative, I've interviewed dozens of professors, alumni, and professionals while talking about STEM, interdisciplinary work, research, and innovation.

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      Pre-engineering Coordinator

      UC School of Engineering

      - 4 months

      As the pre-engineering coordinator, I was in charge of our work with high-school students, ranging from admission policies to collaborating with NGOs to run STEM workshops and courses.

    • UC School of Engineering Graphic

      Logistics/HR Coordinator

      UC School of Engineering

      - 1 year 1 month

      Santiago, Chile

      I worked as the Logistics Coordinator at the Communications team of the School of Engineering. I led teams of more than 20 people in different outreach activities and gave public speaking engagements.

  • América Transparente Foundation Graphic

    Head of Digital

    América Transparente Foundation

    - 2 years

    I led the re-implementation of Reguleque, a search engine that compiles information for more than 500+ different government entities, allowing to easily navigate government employment records. I also created Dueños Directos, a search engine for business ownership records that received wide media coverage.

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    Campus Director & Fellow - Millennium Fellowship

    United Nations Academic Impact

    - 5 months

    I was chosen as fellow and campus director for my university for the second semester of 2022. The Millennium Fellowship is a semester-long leadership development program focused on social impact, organized by the UN Academic Impact (UNAI) initiative and the Millennium Campus Network.

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    Founder

    Open Source eUC

    - 1 year 9 months

    Santiago, Santiago Metropolitan, Chile

    Open Source UC is a student community focused on the development and promotion of open-source software. After cofounding the organization in 2021, I participated as part of the board through 2022.

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    Youth Foresight Commisioner

    Senate of the Republic of Chile

    - 1 year 5 months

    Santiago, Chile

    I was a member of the Committee for Youth Foresight (CPJ) of the Commission for Challenges of the Future of the Chilean Senate.

    We promote youth involvement in the senate especially targeted towards long-term visions and ideas of the future, as well as actively participate in Senate discussions on a range of issues. We are the annual organizers of the Congress for Future Youth.

  • EDAE - Students for Aerospace Development Graphic

    Project Engineer

    EDAE - Students for Aerospace Development

    - 6 months

    Santiago, Chile

    I worked on the Telemetry, Tracking & Command Subsystem (TT&C) for the EDAE model rocket, using a custom designed telemetry packet protocol and advanced real-time visualization using NASA's OpenMCT platform.

  • Frente Conocimiento Graphic

    Co-Founder

    Frente Conocimiento

    - 2 years 9 months

    Santiago, Chile

    I'm a member and cofounder of Frente Conocimiento, an organization that organizes the yearly March for Science in different cities in Chile, as well as different sci-comm events.

Education

  • Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile Graphic

    Pontificia Universidad Católica of Chile

    Bachelor of Engineering - BE Computer Science Engineering 3.7/4.0 cumulative GPA

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    I'm currently studying to a Computer Science Engineering degree, with a minor in Industrial Engineering. I was given the academic excellence award at entry (2020), and got admitted through the scientists and entrepreneurs program (NACE).

    Relevant electives: Introduction to Public Policy, Topics in Strategic Analysis.

Licenses & Certifications

Volunteer Experience

  • Giving What We Can Graphic

    10% Pledger

    Giving What We Can

    - Present 1 year 11 months

    I pledged to give at least 10% of my lifetime income to the charities which will most improve the lives of others.

  • Wikimedia Chile Graphic

    Member and editor | Socio y editor

    Wikimedia Chile

    - Present 7 years 4 months

    Education

    I've edited Wikipedia rather regularly since 2018 and since May 2022 I'm a formal member of Wikimedia Chile.

    He participado como un editor activo de Wikipedia desde 2018, y a partir de mayo de 2022, como socio de Wikimedia Chile.

  • Consejería Superior de la Universidad Católica Graphic

    Communications Coordinator | Coordinador de Comunicaciones

    Consejería Superior de la Universidad Católica

    - 1 year 1 month

    Education

    I work in the Superior Council of the Catholic University of Chile in initiatives related to student inclusion and diversity.

    Trabajo en la Consejería Superior de la Universidad Católica de Chile en iniciativas relacionadas a inclusión y diversidad estudiantil.

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    Reviewer & speaker

    JuliaCon 2023

    - Present 3 years 10 months

    Science and Technology

    I participated as a reviewer, speaker and BoF co-chair during JuliaCon 2022. I also participated as a reviewer for JuliaCon 2023.

  • CAi - Centro de Alumnos de Ingeniería UC Graphic

    Generational Delegate | Delegado Generacional

    CAi - Centro de Alumnos de Ingeniería UC

    - 1 year 1 month

    Education

    I was the student government representative for my engineering generation (2020 admission), elected in April with the first majority of votes. I was also the co-leader for the feminism, gender and sexual diversity commission of the student government.

    Fui representante de la generación 2020 de ingeniería UC. Fui elegido en abril por la primer mayoría de votos.

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    Commission Member | Miembro de Comisión

    Sociedad Estudiantil de Investigación Científica

    - Present 5 years 10 months

    Science and Technology

    SEIC is an emerging undergraduate biomedical research organization.
    I've worked on several roles, from human resources to general coordination.

  • The New York Academy of Sciences Graphic

    Member | Miembro

    The New York Academy of Sciences

    - Present 5 years 6 months

    Science and Technology

    Participated in the NYAS ambassador program.

  • ACM, Association for Computing Machinery Graphic

    Member | Miembro

    ACM, Association for Computing Machinery

    - Present 5 years

    Science and Technology

    Participated in coordination to the local ACM chapter (2021).

  • Member of the Operations Circle | Miembro del Círculo de Operaciones

    Asamblea por el Conocimiento y la Investigación Chile (ACIC)

    - 9 months

    Science and Technology

    I was a cofounder and member of the circle of operations of ACIC.

    The Assembly for Knowledge and Research (ACIC) is an organization that was founded in the midst of the 2019 social crisis in Chile. The objective of this organization is to promote the visibility of different problems brought up by academic researchers, spanning public health, ecology, climate change and the social sciences.

Honors & Awards

  • University Organizer Fellowship

    Open Philanthropy

    Received a one-year grant to work as an organizer of Effective Altruism @ UC Chile and the UC Chile AI Safety Initiative, as part of the University Organizer Fellowship program.

  • Honor Scholarship (Academic Excellence Award)

    UC Chile

Test Scores

  • TOEFL

    Score: 115/120

  • SAT Subject Test: Biology E

    Score: 750/800

  • SAT Subject Test: Mathematics Level 2

    Score: 740/800

  • SAT Subject Test: Physics

    Score: 740/800

  • Security for Hackers and Developers, Pluralsight's Skill IQ

    Score: Expert 265

    98th Percentile

  • SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing (EBRW)

    Score: 690/800

  • SAT Math

    Score: 760/800

  • SAT Total Score

    Score: 1450/1600

    99th Percentile (Nationally Representative Sample)

Languages

  • English

    Native or bilingual proficiency

  • Spanish

    Native or bilingual proficiency

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