Proof
Verifiable credentials, external recognition, and graded work.
Every item on this page is independently verifiable. Certifications link to issuer verification pages. The Microsoft AI Innovation Challenge result was awarded by external judges. The IronCircle investigations were graded against submitted incident response reports, not multiple-choice assessments.
Recognition
3rd Place — International
Microsoft AI Innovation Challenge
Placed 3rd internationally in the Microsoft AI Innovation Challenge (March 2026), an invitation-only competition co-hosted by Microsoft and Women in Cloud, evaluating production AI system design.
Awarded for ClearStep, a decision-support application deployed across 10 Azure services with a three-layer safety pipeline (Azure AI Content Safety, Azure OpenAI signal classification, Anthropic Claude reasoning), a Python validation layer enforcing prompt-injection mitigation and deterministic schema output.
Industry Certifications
TDX Arena IR Expert
IronCircle · Externally graded incident response simulations
Awarded on successful demonstration of both theoretical knowledge and applied cybersecurity skills, including advanced TDX Arena simulations and submission of detailed incident response reports. The investigations graded under this certification are documented here.
Issuer · IronCircle
CyberAdvantage
IronCircle · Applied cybersecurity simulation & verbal assessment
Awarded on verbal articulation of incident response approach followed by an advanced simulation in which the candidate managed a cyber incident and submitted a detailed IR report.
Issuer · IronCircle
Cybersecurity Professional Certificate Program
California State University, Long Beach · College of Professional and Continuing Education · Powered by ThriveDX
Coursework across DFIR, threat hunting, network security, Microsoft security administration, and ethical hacking. Module breakdown below.
Verify credentialProgram Coursework · CSULB
The nine completed modules inside the CSULB Cybersecurity Professional Certificate Program. Each module required hands-on lab work, not just coursework completion.
Computer Networking Fundamentals
Securing Your Network
Designing Your Cybersecurity Infrastructure
Integrating Your Infrastructure Security
Microsoft Security System Administration
Digital Forensics and Incident Response
Threat Hunting and Intelligence
Social Engineering and Ethical Hacking
Cybersecurity Professional Capstone
In Progress
Microsoft Azure Security Engineer Associate (AZ-500)
Studying toward certification in Azure security controls, identity and access management, platform protection, and security operations — aligning credential with hands-on Azure work already in production (Sentinel, ClearStep, AXIOM).
Affiliations
Authorized VDP Researcher
via Bugcrowd · WiCyS Vulnerability Disclosure Program
WiCyS Member
Women in CyberSecurity
Women in Cloud Member
Community affiliation