Resume

SUMMARY AND SKILLS


EDUCATION

Tufts University, Somerville, MA, GPA - 3.81

Graduated Summa Cum Laude

Inducted into Phi Beta Kappa

On Dean’s List all semesters

CS classes taken – Introduction to Computer Science, Data Structures, Machine Structure and Assembly Language Programming, Programming Languages, Computation Theory, Algorithms, Web Programming, Cybersecurity, HCI, Concurrency, MITRE eCTF (independent study)

Oak Park, CA, GPA – unweighted 4.0/4.0, UC weighted 4.5/4.0

Honors: Summa Cum Laude with Highest Honors


WORK EXPERIENCE

Assistant staff

Intern

Lab Management Assistant for Halligan Hall

Maintained supplies around lab and ensured that the computers were running smoothly after updates

Office Assistant

Reorganize office space, help with recycling and trash set-up in buildings, etc.

Teacher’s Assistant (TA) for COMP11 (Intro To CS), COMP20 (Web Development), and COMP116 (Cybersecurity)

Helped students internalize and apply course material; held office hours for students with questions; Graded assignments and labs

Summer intern involved in LEGO research, specifically programming in Python on the LEGO Mindstorms EV3; EV3 brick internet-enabled (IoT) project; interpreted and created virtual data, including posting to Twitter; connected to and controlled the EV3 remotely and through a ‘When… Then…’ logic-based interface by another CEEO group

Counselor for a Co-ed Robotics workshop for elementary and middle school students

Front End Developer & UI/UX Designer

Implemented front end of demo website for a service based on a shared group vision. Responsible for design choices. Communicated with back end developers. Participated in group discussions.

Cashier; responsibilities included but were not limited to assisting customers; sorting/placing merchandise on the floor; checking out customers; creating defective item logs; preparing online textbook orders; making/correcting product labels; taking inventory; sometimes helped with textbook preparation, orders, and purchases, etc.

The bookstore is run through Barnes & Nobles so I was a Barnes and Nobles employee.


CERTIFICATIONS / ACHIEVEMENTS

Polyhack Team Finalist Designer (Tufts 2015 Hackathon)
“First-time Teams” category, November 2015

President's Volunteer Service Award,
April/May 2014

Scholars Program Semifinalist,
May 2015

Westlake Village Art Guild Finalist,
April 2015

AP Scholar with Distinction Award Recipient,
April 2015


VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE / ACTIVITIES

Journalism

September 2013 to present

Former writer and columnist for hs newspaper, The Talon; current Assistant Editor for News, writer of weekly police briefs, and article writer for The Tufts Daily, formerly graphic designer; Primarily entertainment/special event articles

Somerville High Art Show

May 2016

Prepared and set up gallery display in Davis Square business, Dowd Properties, of city-chosen winning historical, architectural renderings by local high school students

JumboCode

Weekly September 2015 to May 2016

Part of a team that worked on a “Snapchat for sporting events” iPhone application; Ruby on Rails (back end) and Swift (front end). I developed tests for Rails code implementation and found logic and implementation bugs; worked with MySQL.
JumboCode group is dedicated to helping solve problems at Tufts University and in local community; this was one of multiple ongoing projects.

Youth Project

Weekly September 2013 to June 2015

Voice actor for female lead and side role as a script writer; Part of a group that produced a short animated video teaching the basics of impressionism. The goal was to educate youth in the arts. Won White House Film Festival recognition.