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425 E 61St Street, 5Th Floor, New York, Ny 10065

• Provided patient education and instruction for portable home sleep apnea testing equipment.• Performed portable monitoring equipment preparation, data download, and report writing. • Performed PAP-NAPs with patients, guiding them through difficulty acclimating to treatment and assisting in proper PAP mask selection. • Reviewed in-lab sleep study data as per American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) standards and generated reports tailored to each patient’s medical history. • Monitored patient satisfaction regarding the clarity of educational material and implemented changes as necessary. • Performed troubleshooting on malfunctioning equipment.

New York, United States

Immersive coding bootcamp that gives students the education to become lifelong professional software engineers. Flatiron’s full stack program teaches programming fundamentals (HTML & CSS, OOP, Ruby, SQL, ORM), web frameworks (Sinatra, Rails), JavaScript, and front-end frameworks (React, Redux, JSON). Students build advanced portfolios to demonstrate their technical skills and creativity and immerse themselves in the technical community.During my time as a Flatiron student, I developed these projects:+ Gallery Management Tool ➡️ https://youtu.be/fjelaYtEb9M+ Graphic Novel Review App ➡️ https://youtu.be/HoD-s_CxtoE+ TV Show Catalogue ➡️ https://youtu.be/4yNwKN9qKMY+ The Fanworks Archive ➡️ https://youtu.be/73_zj48vrC4

2001 Oriental Blvd, Brooklyn, Ny 11235

• Crafted lesson plans, homework, exams and technical evaluation in Polysomnographic Technology. • Educated students in the various polysomnography equipment from testing equipment to software use.• Demonstrated proper hook up procedures. • Observed and corrected students’ hook up procedures.• Educated students in identifying sleep disorders and cardiac abnormalities, as well as scoring as per the standards of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM).

1275 York Avenue

• Managed treatment schedule for patients on clinical trials, and ensured that all study related medical exams were performed at the required time points. • Prepared and submitted protocol amendments to sponsor and IRB. • Ensured all study personnel had appropriate training and maintained Delegation of Authority Logs.• Collected and analyzed research data in order to draft various progress and safety reports such as IRB Continuing Review Reports and safety reports to sponsor. • Ensured patient confidentiality was not breached when discussing research projects with external sponsors. • Collaborated with and provided administrative support to principal investigator and research team during the development of research projects, databases and protocols. • Drafted and/or edited Standard Operating Procedure manuals. • Delegated tasks to research study assistants, provided guidance, and reviewed their work. • Acted as liaison between hospital and outside sponsors, ensuring that the interests of all parties were addressed courteously and efficiently. • Performed systematic audits of internal research databases and regulatory binders and implemented corrective actions when audit findings were inconsistent with institutional, federal and sponsor regulatory guidelines.

100 Broadway New York, Ny 10005

• Ensured compliance with all standards, policies and procedures, and documentation requirements set by Delete Blood Cancer, National Marrow Donor Program and other regulatory authorities. • Investigated instances of noncompliance of policies and procedures so as to create and implement appropriate corrective actions and changes in standard operating procedures (SOP). • Maintained both electronic and hard copies of donor's medical records.• Obtained, reviewed, submitted medical paperwork associated with the bone marrow collection process.

425 E 61St Street, 5Th Floor, New York, Ny 10065

•Performed hook up procedures for routine overnight polysomnography and other types of tests such as nocturnal seizure, bruxism and REM behavior disorders•Experienced with various PAP treatments such as CPAP, BiPAP, and ASV, and experience with non-PAP treatments such as MAD and positional restriction.•Performed PAP interface fitting and desensitization. •Educated patients regarding overnight polysomnography, including differing treatments in both English and Spanish. •Reviewed the patient’s history and verify the medical order.•Collected data for variety of different research studies and medical studies.•Trained technicians in Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) protocols, interacting with participants, recognizing and responding to medical emergencies and utilization of research implements. •Responded to heart related medical emergencies including but not limited to myocardial infarction, asystole, atrial and ventricular fibrillation, tachycardia, bradycardia.

1111 Amsterdam Ave, New York, Ny 10025

• Recruited, screened, accessed eligibility and scheduled participants for the Eating Motivation Study and the Eating Study.• Administered various dietary questionnaires to participants during experimental trials. • Operated the investigative tool known as the Universal Eating Monitor (UEM) during experimental trials to measure food intake and the subjective ratings of hunger, fullness and palpability. • Drafted the technical instructions and the technicians’ logs for the Eating Motivation Study.• Handled the accounts for food supplies and reimbursement of participants in all studies.• Collected and handled hazardous laboratory specimens including centrifuging blood.• Coordinated with doctors and nursing staff for screen day evaluation of the participants.

525 W 120Th St, New York, Ny 10027

• Filing and inventory• Managed online courses including but not limited to scanning and uploading course material

Software Engineering

Master'S Degree, Developmental Psychology

I was an assistant in the Humanities department. I also wrote my master's thesis on the topic women's body image satisfaction.

Bachelor'S Degree, Forensic Psychology

Activities and Societies: Contributed to the university newspaper