We Sparkle is a twin-cities-based startup that is dedicated to building a stronger, more inclusive economy by equipping underestimated entrepreneurs with the tools they need to succeed.- Collaborated with the CTO and led initiatives on developing the in-house chatbot service, creating immediate value for 10 of our client organizations, using React, JavaScript, HTML5, CSS, Azure and Microsoft Azure Framework Bot Composer to create important features for our clients to better communicate with their users. - Identified serious bugs in our vendor libraries from Microsoft, and sent bug fixes to Microsoft. - Presented an end-to-end encryption solution to web application, which aimed at aligning our technological solutions with HIPAA compliance standards, particularly catering to the needs of clients in the healthcare sector.

Teaching assistant of Object-Oriented Programming and Abstraction (Comp 127) and Data Structures (Comp 128).

Google Blockly is a JavaScript library for building visual programming editors. This research project aimed to improve the accessibility of Google Blockly for people with special needs.- Collaborated with research groups and professors from Macalester College and University of Washington to enhanced interface accessibility for users with visual impairments.- Optimized the interface for screen readers by fixing more than 50 bugs and improving functionalities with the Blockly Open Source community.- Devised a user test of 15 tasks using JavaScript, HTML and CSS to teach programming to children with vision impairments through nursery rhymes recreated with Blockly.