CV

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Education

Bachelor of Science Honours in Computer Science (CS) — York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada — Graduating June 2023

PROJECTS

AdaptAbility - Mobile App (In development)

  • Working with 6 other students in an interdisciplinary project.
  • The fitness app enables people who are paraplegic and rely on the use of wheelchairs in Canada to mobile fitness app.

Nomination List — Web Application

  • Programmed responsive website that utilizes IMBD API to allow users to search for movies, add and delete a movie to a 5-max list (HTML, CSS, jQuery, JavaScript).

Chemar (Elle Hacks) — Image Recognition

  • Worked as part of a team to create an educational application incorporating Augmented Reality and Image Recognition using C#.
  • Pitched the idea and project to the judges and to Accenture; awarded runner-up out of 100+ teams based on ingenuity.

MuQueue (Hack the Valley) — Web Application

  • Developed a web application with a team that connects event organizers and the attendees.
  • Built the web page using HTML, CSS and JavaScript to create a responsive website that enables users (attendees) to search for songs in the database created.

Work Experience

Student Success Mentor Lead - Lassonde School of Engineering with (k2i Academy) — Toronto, ON

September 2021 - Present

  • Coordinate and host GoEngGirl with over 10 grade 7-10 female students in attendance.
  • Creating hands-on activities to encourage and inspire the next generation of women to pursue engineering careers.

K2I Program Mentor — Lassonde School of Engineering (COOP), Toronto, ON

May 2021 – Present

  • Collaborate with a professor in their field concerning the research project.
  • Mentoring 8 high-school students to explore and research the application of drone technology, image processing, and geospatial data with goals 9 and 11 of the UN SDGs.
  • In coordination with physics teachers to help and tutor eight students in their development in the applications of physics in an everyday scenario.

Research Assistant — Lassonde School of Engineering (K2I Program), Toronto, ON

January 2021 – May 2021

  • Facilitate a group of 5 high-school students in learning about the engineering design process and the application to science and mathematics to solve real-world problems.
  • Analyze data collected from experiments done by the students and conduct a final analysis on how the data relates to the UN Sustainable Goal of Clean Water and Sanitation.

SCHOOL INVOLVEMENT

President (United Student Developers) — York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

September 2019 – April 2020

  • Routinely organized bi-weekly executive meetings, which have resulted in ideas such as code nights every week and hosting MLH events for over 10 students.
  • Delegated tasks to executive members to ensure the club is running smoothly and following through with deadlines such as funding applications and event locations.

Student Ambassador (CS Hub) — York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

April 2019 – December 2019

  • Actively interacting with the club members in order to gain feedback to further improve and grow the club.
  • Led a “How to Build and Deploy your Website” & “How to Collaborate with GitHub” workshop (MLH)”

Interest

Art

Create black and white portraits of black women who are making a difference in their community or in the world.

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