In his ICSE 2015 Keynote, Grady Booch said, "Software is the invisible writing that whispers the stories of possibility to our hardware." Software developers are "story makers and story tellers."
Software engineering is essentially a human activity. Empirical Software Engineering could help us better understand this activity. One of my main research interests is to apply Empirical Software Engineering to help software professionals develop high-quality software artifacts in the process of product implementation.

Expanding access to computer science begins with supporting the educators who introduce it to students. My research examines how K–12 educators develop programming skills and AI literacy, what challenges they encounter, and how professional learning can support their classroom practice. Through this work, I aim to help educators build confidence and create meaningful computing opportunities for students, particularly in rural and under-resourced communities.