About LitStage (litstage.ai):

LitStage is an AI-powered platform that transforms textbooks into immersive worlds. Step inside The Raven, sail with Moby Dick, or explore biology in VR—where students don’t just read, they live the lesson. Seamless creation. Instant publishing. Learning that feels alive.

• Selected as an AI Fellow for the Chancellor’s AI Fellows Program, focusing on Spatial AI & XR AI.

• Leading the implementation of a California State-wide strategy across 116 community colleges, impacting 2M students.

• Collaborating with faculty, staff, and administrators to create frameworks for responsible AI adoption.

• Prioritizing student success in all initiatives, such as workforce, Spatial AI & XR AI immersive curricula design, professional training, and apprenticeship training for CCC faculty and students.

• Host a weekly Spatial AI podcast (3K audience), interviewing over 100 XR/AI industry leaders.

* Organized and hosted over 500 XR speaker events, workshops, and hackathons for XR creators in California.

• Managed a community-based initiative providing XR education to over 30,000 creators and 200,000 attendees both online and offline.

• Teaching MART 385 - Coding for Designers and Artists in 2024 and 2025

* Serving as the Academy Senate for 2024.

• Instructed courses in XR and Coding for Design and Artists, data visualization, and interaction design at Cañada College.

• Developed XR projects for training as a Unity Developer at XR Studio.

• Helped students secure jobs in the XR field through hands-on experience and guidance.

(Contract, AI & Wearable Team)

December 2024 – Feb 2025

• Working on the design initiatives for an innovative iOS/Android application that fuses Meta’s AI capabilities with cutting-edge wearable technology.

• Collaborating with cross-functional teams—including business development and engineering—to transform customer insights into user-centric design solutions.

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P.S. I contracted with Meta twice: first with the Horizon Team (June 2021–Dec 2022) and then rejoined with the AI & Wearable Team in Dec 2024 after a break (Dec 2022–Nov 2024).

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