About

A casual photo of Sam from the knees up. She has short, black hair with pink tips, and a big smile. She's wearing white pants and a loose green button up over a black tank. She's leaning against a railing above the Amstel river in Amsterdam.

Hi, there! I'm Sam Lee (she/her), a software engineer at Microsoft and Cybersecurity Master's student at the University of Washington–Bothell. I'm based in Seattle and originally from New Jersey, which are the traditional lands of the Coast Salish and Munsee Lenape people, respectively.

I graduated from Rutgers University–New Brunswick with a B.S. in Computer Science, a B.A. in Cognitive Science, and a minor in Political Science. There, I was an active leader and organizer in various tech communities and focused on diversity, skill-sharing, and K-12 education.

Interested in...
  • > Data sovereignty
  • > AI ethics & alignment
  • > Fandom & pop culture analysis
Spending time...
  • > Climbing rocks
  • > Skating ice
  • > Watching birds
  • > Experimenting with different art mediums
Learning about...
  • > Horizontal surveillance
  • > Local transit infrastructure
  • > Sewing techniques
Eager to...
  • > Build a closed ecosystem
  • > Get another tattoo
  • > Boulder V6
  • > Try new things

Check out my projects or gallery to see what I've been up to!


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I also recommend Tuca and Bertie (2019) and The Good Place (2016).