Marilu is currently looking for remote US roles in tech/data science for the next 6 months to a year, and then she hopes to return to Ireland/Europe after. As a Mitchell Scholar, she studied Criminology with a focus on Cyber Crime at Technological University Dublin. Her work is at the nexus of national security, cybersecurity, and machine learning (ML). A first-generation American from Florida, she was raised with profound patriotism towards the community that welcomed her Cuban father and Dominican mother. She learned early that technology has not always served vulnerable communities well. As an undergraduate student at New York University, Marilu was the NYC Regional Lead for the Hispanic Heritage Foundation's Code as a Second Language program and taught 60 plus students in the Bronx. She has spoken at various conferences about her experience as a young Latina in STEM and her experience in higher education. She served as a Naval Research Enterprise intern at the US Marine Corps Warfighting Lab and as an eIntern for the Department of State. She is currently a Cyber Threat Intelligence intern at FireEye where she identifies actionable intelligence to inform customers of potential cyber threats to critical infrastructure. Through her work, she came to learn about Ireland's National Cybersecurity Strategy, which made citizen security and privacy protections a top priority. Marilu graduated from New York University, with a Bachelor's degree in Integrated Digital Media, and from the University of Michigan – Ann Arbor with an MS in Information in 2021.

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