I like making things that help people do something they couldn’t do before.
I grew up across Pakistan, France, and the United States. Moving taught me to get comfortable with being a beginner, finding common ground, and starting again.
Now I’m studying computer science in the Honors College at Alabama. My work lives somewhere between interface design, engineering, and research.
I started HackBama with my co-founder and a few people who wanted to build. I lead its partnerships, outreach, and teaching program.
Singaura Project
Software lead
October 2025 — now
Interface work for singing practice.
Gleyzer Group
Undergraduate researcher
November 2025 — now
Mission Genesis / Heptapod, following earlier quantum machine-learning research.
Barton Lab
Undergraduate researcher
March 2026 — now
Reproducible genomics and quality-aware data pipelines.
Thompson Lab
Undergraduate researcher
September 2026 — now
Interfaces for materials researchers working with the lab’s ML models.
EcoCAR EV Challenge
Spotify Connect contributor
Completed contribution
I built the Spotify Connect integration for the team’s infotainment system.
Crossgoose
Founder
2020 — February 2025
Five years running a design studio: client work, UI/UX, websites, and remote collaboration.
Safara Global
Procurement & tech operations intern
Summer 2025
Vendor analysis and Python automation for recurring procurement work.
Also: Bama Bound orientation leader, summer 2026; barista at Starbucks, since November 2025.
A place to make things.
I started with Hackerspace in November 2025: my co-founder, a few students, no budget, and a shared interest in building. I wanted to turn that energy into something students could keep coming back to.
In May 2026, I co-founded HackBama and became its Vice President. I pitched it to the university’s Office of the President, raised support, and built the partnerships and teaching program around it. My work is getting people into the room, giving them a reason to start, and helping them keep building.
As of September 2026: 150+ active members, a 15-person officer team, and $8,000 raised. The part I care most about is the room full of people trying something new.
Talking through ideas at a HackBama workshop.Working through a problem together.Taking a project out of the laptop and into a conversation.Air Writer getting a hands-on demo.A room of people making things.The HackBama demo table.
Off the clock.
Many places.
Three countries I’ve called home, six languages, and a fondness for French cinema and a city worth walking through.
Good coffee.
Pour-over experiments, baking bread, slow cooking, and the small satisfaction of getting a familiar thing just right.
More questions.
Quantum computing, astronomy, and the maths behind things that look like magic. I’m happiest when I’m learning something.
Design came first.
Crossgoose / 2020–2025
I started a design studio at thirteen, working with local businesses in Paris and later collaborating across borders. Five years of client work taught me to listen, explain a decision, and make an interface somebody else could actually use.
Design still runs through the engineering. I care about the system behind an interface, and what it feels like for the person in front of it.
