TL;DR: These are unpaid, student-level contributions. I focus on documentation, onboarding notes, and small fixes that help communities move faster—and I’m upfront about the scale of each effort.
Contributions
Volunteer & community contributions
Engineering contributions (volunteer)
CIRIS AI Ethics Engine
Role: Volunteer contributor · 2024 – Present
- Updated README/setup steps after running through the project locally.
- Opened small PRs (typo fixes, lint cleanups) and logged bigger ideas as issues.
- Documented prompt logs + AI assistance for transparency.
Result: Modest improvements to onboarding docs; no production ownership implied.
CIRIS Covenant Site
Role: Frontend helper · 2024
- Followed maintainers’ guidance to tweak the contributor application form.
- Added notes about environment variables and preview workflows based on my setup experience.
Result: Documentation updates merged; any remaining feature work is marked as TODOs in the repo.
Documentation contributions
Developer Runbooks
Role: Author (volunteer) · 2024 – Present
- Wrote onboarding notes and smoke-test checklists targeted at fellow new contributors.
- Proposed lightweight PR templates to encourage clear descriptions and AI-disclosure notes.
Result: Documentation now reflects what it’s like to set up the project as a student contributor.
Community involvement (student)
Tech Talk Club · Full Sail University
Role: Student coordinator · 2023 – Present
- Plan agenda + facilitate weekly standups and peer-review sessions.
- Share my AI prompt logs + accessibility notes so classmates can reuse them.
Result: Keeps our student projects moving, even if the stakes are low and the goal is learning.
Game Jam · Fallen Knight: Requiem of Honor
Role: Gameplay volunteer · KAJAM 2023
- Helped script simple combat events and hooked up assets (with AI assistance) during a 72-hour jam.
- Coordinated with the art team to keep builds running on our laptops.
Result: We shipped a playable jam build and logged lessons for next time.