Skills

I've excelled in these skills with the help of Purdue courses, online certification courses, and projects

Projects & Notes

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Shell

A shell Interpreter that mimics behavior of common command lines such as bash and csh
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Donkey Car

Converted an RC car to a self-driving car. Full instructions can be found on my Instructable: https://www.instructables.com/Self-Driving-Car-2/
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OOTD: Outfit of the Day

A virtual closet with marketplace and social features
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Marketplace

A Java GUI app that allows messaging between accounts and selling
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Personal Website

A website built from Scratch

Here are some notes I've taken for my classes

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Object-Oriented Programming in Java

can be found at:
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Programming in C

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Data Structures and Algorithms

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Systems Programming

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Experience

Cisco - San Jose, California

Sofware Engineering Intern

May 2024 - Present (on-site)

○ Contributed towards Cisco's Catalyst SD-WAN Manager, a Network Management System product.

○ Backend - Develop an API from scratch enabling advisory notifications with configurable options to be sent to the customer-side.

○ Frontend - Designed the UI for the notifications.

○ The feature will be a permanent addition beginning the product’s next release.

○ Took initiative as one of the ten Global Intern Ambassadors in all of Cisco, hosting events for all Cisco interns around the globe.


The Data Mine - West Lafayette, Indiana

Head Undergraduate Teaching Assisstant

December 2023 - Present (on-site)

Undergraduate Teaching Assisstant

August 2023 - December 2023 (on-site)

○ Conduct regular office hours, providing one-on-one and group support to students working on R, Python, Bash, and SQL projects.

○ Responded to over 500 questions posted by the 1300 students on Piazza (course online forum) during the Spring 2024 semester.

○ Proactively create effective solutions for the projects for the Teaching Assistants to utilize.

○ Organize and lead weekly meetings to review the TA team's agenda, evaluate performance, and gather feedback from the staff.


BoilerMake - West Lafayette, Indiana

Director

February 2024 - Present (on-site)

Executive Board - Sponsorship Committee

March 2023 - January 2024 (on-site)

○ Club that organizes Purdue’s premier software-oriented hackathon event, spanning 36 hours, with 500+ participants and 10+ sponsors.

○ Lead a team of 32 board members to promote the hackathon, coordinate logistics, and secure sponsorships from companies.

○ Spearheaded the recruitment process by conducting over 150 interviews to select executive board members.


The Data Mine - West Lafayette, Indiana

Undergraduate Data Science Researcher

August 2022 - May 2023 (on-site)

○ Upgraded Renzoe Box’s color smart matching program.

○ Train advanced algorithms aimed at precise customer skin-tone matching with cosmetic products.

○ Worked closely within a 10-member team to efficiently complete assigned tasks, ensuring successful project delivery.


Coding Tomorrow Initiative - Fremont, California

President

April 2020 - September 2022 (online)

Established and served as the inaugural president of a student-run non-profit organization.

Designed curriculum and instructed over 700 students for courses in Scratch, Scratch Jr., C, Java, Python, and Competitive Programming.

Managed registration processes, delegated responsibilities to officers, and supervised the creation of the organization's website (irvingtoncti.org).

Led a 7-member office team in successfully organizing various events, including fundraisers and an online hackathon.


Girls Who Code

President

June 2021 - June 2022 (on-site)

Secretary

March 2019 - June 2021 (on-site)

○ Allocated tasks to officers based on club needs and served as the primary liaison with the advisor.

○ Developed curriculum for coding language classes, and taught the material to club members during weekly club meetings

○ Created content and hosted workshops in collaboration with other STEM clubs on campus.


Irvington Robotics Academy

President

Team Captain

March 2021 - June 2022
February 2021 - June 2022

Outreach Officer

April 2020 - April 2021

Team Member

June 2019 - January 2021

○ Built and programmed robots using C++ to earn points in both autonomous and remote-controlled gameplay.

○ Recruited engineers for the club.

○ Competed in competitions and formed alliances with other teams.


Certifications

I am a learner and take initiative to learn new concepts outside of the classroom.

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C Programming: Getting Started

Issued by edX in 2019
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C Programming: Language Foundations

Issued by edX in 2019
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C Programming: Advanced Data Types

Issued by edX in 2020
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C Programming: Modular Prorgramming and Memory Management

Issued by edX in 2020
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C Programming:Pointers and Memory Management

Issued by edX in 2020
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Linux Basics: The Command Line Interface

Issued by edX in 2021
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OnShape: CAD

Issued by OnShape in 2020
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OnShape: Data Management

Issued by OnShape in 2020
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Neo4j Fundamentals

Issued by Neo4j in 2024
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Cypher Fundamentals

Issued by Neo4j in 2024
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Graph Data Modeling Fundamentals

Issued by Neo4j in 2024

Baking

Outside of my interest in the STEM field, I love unleashing my creativity by baking. It helps me relieve stress and the end result is so sweet (quite literally!). I make all of these from scratch (meaning no box mixes) and don't use eggs