hi, I'm Zee. — welcome to my little corner of the Internet. part sandbox, part lab, part love letter.

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Things I've Worked on
KPMG

KPMG

AI Studio Fellow

Aug 2025 – Present

Remote

  • Lead a team of 5 fellows in developing machine learning models to estimate employee-level energy demand by integrating structured energy logs with unstructured task descriptions
  • Leverage advanced NLP techniques (NLTK, scikit-learn) and PyTorch to improve sustainability reporting and inform strategic decisions within the firm
  • Build end-to-end ML pipeline from data preprocessing to model deployment for corporate sustainability analytics
Machine LearningNLPPyTorchTeam LeadershipSustainability
Eskwelabs

Eskwelabs

Education Innovation Fellowship Intern (Data & AI)

Jul 2025 – Sep 2025

Philippines

  • Engineered an AI-driven question generator with NLP, deployed within the firm, cutting instructor content creation time by 70% and enabling personalized, scalable assessments across 10+ courses
EdTechAI EngineeringNLPWeb ScrapingData Analysis
Break Through Tech AI

Break Through Tech AI

AI/ML Fellow

Apr 2025 – Present

Remote

  • Selected from 3,000+ applicants for national AI program focused on building real-world AI projects for social good
  • Built production-ready AI solutions using NLP and recommender systems to address real-world challenges
  • Earned ML certification from Cornell Tech and practiced responsible AI design principles throughout project development
Machine LearningNLPRecommender SystemsPythonResponsible AI
CWRU Computer Science Department

CWRU Computer Science Department

Teaching Assistant for CSDS 233: Data Structures (Java)

Jan 2025 – Present

Cleveland, OH

  • Served as the department's youngest TA for its largest course, supporting 150+ students with 100+ office hours and mentoring
  • Helped achieve the highest student satisfaction rating in the course's history and a 15% increase in average scores
  • Refined regrading policies, published targeted study guides, and mentored an assigned cohort of students
TeachingJavaData StructuresCS EducationPeer Mentorship
Beats by Dre

Beats by Dre

Data Analyst Extern – Consumer Insights

Nov 2024 – Feb 2025

Remote

  • Extracted sentiment insights from product reviews using TextBlob and Gemini AI to understand customer perceptions
  • Conducted exploratory data analysis (EDA) to identify trends and patterns in user feedback across product lines
  • Visualized findings through interactive dashboards to support product development and brand strategy decisions
NLPEDAPythonConsumer AnalyticsData Visualization
UWC ISAK Japan x Chubu University Neurocybernetics

UWC ISAK Japan x Chubu University Neurocybernetics

Student Researcher – Fish2Meta Project

Oct 2022 – Mar 2024

Japan

  • Streamlined weekly analytics reporting by developing a custom Python pipeline to automate data extraction, cleaning, and visualization
  • Contributed to neuroscience research on prism adaptation and cerebellar error correction by developing experimental protocols
  • Coordinated 40+ participant study sessions and collaborated with team to refine hypotheses and task execution
EEGPythonExperimental DesignNeuroscienceData Pipeline
Featured Projects

Turning ideas into code. Explore projects ranging from AI research to full-stack apps—each one solving a different problem.

F1 Fantasy Optimizer [Building...]

F1 Fantasy Optimizer [Building...]

Developing a fantasy Formula One optimizer by scraping historical race and weather data, training models to predict driver performance, and deploying a full-stack app for fantasy lineup recommendations

PythonXGBoostOptuna
CWRU Course Notification System [Building...]

CWRU Course Notification System [Building...]

Designing a real-time monitoring system to alert students of seat availability changes during peak registration periods

ReactMongoDBNodejs
BayBai

BayBai

Baybai is a mobile app that teaches and revives Baybayin, the pre-colonial Filipino script. It features flashcards, a translator, and a social space for collaborative learning.

PythonKivyMDFlask
Club Hub

Club Hub

A full-stack app to manage student-led clubs, track attendance, events, and inventory.

React.jsNode.jsFirebase
Research on EEG signal denoising algorithms

Research on EEG signal denoising algorithms

How does a stochastic algorithm compare to a deterministic iterative algorithm in removing artifacts in simulated EEG time series data?

Python
Truth or Truth

Truth or Truth

A webapp that encourages meaningful conversations through curated question decks.

React NativeFirebaseExpress.js
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Field Notes

Some treasured moments (algorithm randomly picks 5 each time). If you want my thoughts, I write weekly on Substack

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best roommates ever

best roommates ever

Yasaka Pagoda, Kyoto

Yasaka Pagoda, Kyoto

Boracay

Boracay

Reine

Reine

con Mayte en CDMX

con Mayte en CDMX

Let's make something great together.

zeespanto@gmail.com

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