# Faith Baca

> CS PhD @ USC | GEM Fellow

Location: United States, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/faithbaca

## Work Experience
### Research Engineer @ Adobe
Jan 2025 – Present | San Jose, California, United States

### Software Engineer @ Mila - Quebec Artificial Intelligence Institute
Jan 2023 – Present | Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Full-stack development of asynchronous multilingual AI data collection app for Indigenous language reclamation
- Utilize Deep Learning techniques to create novel automatic speech recognition software for Indigenous second language learners
- Coordinate scrum management workflow for a small team

### Admissions Ambassador @ Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Jan 2022 – Present | Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
- Recruit and support underserved BIPOC students

### Peer Mentor @ Leadership Enterprise for a Diverse America
Jan 2022 – Present | Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

### Community Impact Initiative Leader @ Greenhouse Scholars
Jan 2021 – Present | Boulder, Colorado, United States
- Lead a class of 32 scholars nationwide in the development and execution of an initiative designed to improve access to education for individuals from marginalized communities

### Speaker @ TEDxMIT
Jan 2024 – Jan 2024 | Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
- invited to give a TEDx talk about AI for Indigenous language reclamation and work with the First Languages AI Reality Initiative

### Invited Speaker @ NeurIPS
Jan 2023 – Jan 2023 | New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
- Invited to present about AI and NLP for Indigenous language reclamation at NeurIPS 2023 conference

### Squad Leader @ The Gates Scholarship
Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | Los Angeles, California, United States
- Mentored 6 scholars virtually and in person
- Assisted in executing a 5 day leadership conference
- Guided low-income, minority students through scholarship applications and the transition to college


## Education
### Bachelor of Science - BS in Linguistics, Mathematics with Computer Science
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

### High School Diploma in Valedictorian, International Baccalaureate
Smoky Hill High School


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/faith-baca-821a16219

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Last updated: 2026-04-10