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Washington, DC, US

Ashburn, Virginia, United States

• Spearhead the integration of research-backed UX/UI decisions into the corporation and enhance product experiences
• Lead and conduct UX research, informing product development and strategy
• Established and manage Research Operations from the ground up, streamlining processes and ensuring the smooth execution of UX research initiatives
• Collaborate cross-functionally to integrate research insights into design and development

Newark, Delaware, United States

Designed and led mixed-methods research to identify and deliver user-centered guidelines for educational technology design opportunities, specifically catered to benefit the K-8 Computer Science teacher audience. Work supported by the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship.

Newark, Delaware, United States

Research member of the Partner4CS & CS4DE team. Designed and delivered professional development to DE K-12 teachers interested in integrating culturally responsive computer science pedagogy into existing curricula. Introduced module on teaching Artificial Intelligence education in K-12.

Newark, Delaware, United States

Equity and Inclusion in Computing Innovations (CISC367, F21, F22)

Newark, DE

• Contributed to a multi-institution effort (UD, UVA, UTSA) aimed toward developing a performance testing and recommendation framework for applications deployed in cloud services in the presence of elasticity (2018.
• Investigated how novice software engineers divide their focus in Stack Overflow posts (2019).

Newark, DE

Developed a logging and sequential pattern mining approach to explore common programming behaviors amongst novice programmers in Scratch as a PI for Senior Thesis. Preliminary work presented as a Summer Fellow at the 2019 Undergraduate Research and Service Scholar Celebratory Symposium.

Newark, DE

• Educational Game Design (CISC374, S20): Assisted with course planning and delivery, grading, and assignments as students develop educational games. Served as an informational resource from Software Engineering.
• Engaging Youth in Computing (CISC357, F19): Supervised and provided feedback to students assigned to hold Computer Science workshops at local K-12 classroom settings on a weekly basis.

Newark, Delaware

Helped to promote the work of researchers, students, and faculty at the school's College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment and the Delaware Sea Grant College Program through websites, social media, videos, photographs, and more. Contributed to the production of Delaware Sea Grant's renowned video series '15 Second Science' and 'Sea Talk.'

Master Of Science - Ms, Computer Science

Activities and Societies: Reviewer (ACM IDC, ACM SIGCSE, ACM CHI), President's Student Advisory Council Member, Graduate College Diversity.

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), Honors With Distinction, Computer Science, Minors In Interactive Media And Art

Activities and Societies: The Review (UD News Publication), Main Street Journal (UD Art Publication), Outing Club, Delaware Innovation.

Computer Science

Partook in a study abroad program through University of Delaware. Worked with local students at the K-12 level to teach them introductory.

High School Diploma, Communication Arts, With Focus On Digital Media