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Lila Simpson

@lilasimpson

AI Trainer at Handshake AI Fellowship developing multimodal prompts to evaluate LLMs and agentic AI models.

United States
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At Handshake AI Fellowship, I develop multimodal prompts across three projects to evaluate and train LLMs and agentic AI models. I design challenging question-and-answer pairs to assess visual reasoning and real-world knowledge.

I also create realistic tasks in persona universes, compare model outputs, and score performance with a structured rubric. My conversational prompts test specific skills and assess communication and accuracy between two models.

At Micro1, I annotate robotic-task videos to help train models to recognize successful task execution and errors. At SMECareers, I audit English transcriptions, identify errors, and provide structured feedback using guidelines for normalization, disfluencies, and paralinguistic tokens.

Earlier, at the UCDavis PlantSciences Department's Schmitt Lab, I examined herbarium specimens and labeled plant data for machine-learning training. I also investigated climate change and apical tuft growth, analyzed data, and presented my findings.

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Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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AI Data Auditor

SME Careers

Aug 2026 - Present (3 months)

Analyzed over 70 audio clips to validate English transcriptions according to faithfulness and transcription rules. Provided structured feedback to annotators and applied guidelines for normalization and disfluencies.

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Outdoor Science Instructor

Santa Cruz County Office of Education

Feb 2023 - Dec 2025 (2 years 10 months)

Planned weekly programs for student groups, coordinated schedules, and adapted in real time to meet changing needs. Trained and supervised high school cabin leaders and communicated daily updates to teachers.

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Research Assistant

UC Davis Plant Sciences Department

Jun 2019 - Sep 2020 (1 year 3 months)

Examined over 1,000 herbarium specimens using Fiji (ImageJ) and labeled plant data to train a machine-learning model. Investigated the effect of climate change on apical tuft growth and presented findings.

Education

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University of California, Davis logoUD

University of California, Davis

Bachelor of Science, Evolution, Ecology, and Biodiversity

Bachelor of Science in Evolution, Ecology, and Biodiversity from the University of California, Davis, completed in June 2020.

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Mercor

Introduction to Agents Course Certification, AI Agents

Completed the 'Introduction to Agents' course certification from Mercor.

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