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Rochester, New York, United States

Rochester, New York, United States

• I teach kindergarten through eighth grade in classrooms of 20-25 students.
• I work on my breaks when I am home from college and school is still going on.
• I am responsible for ensuring the continuity of instruction for one to five days based on written instructions given by the teacher.
• My tasks were often given day to day and varied from giving a math lesson to running physical education class.

Potsdam, New York, United States

• Helped groups of students, with sizes varying from 1 to 6 students, with extra review and support for their classes.
• Worked with students taking Calculus, Introduction to Computer Science, and Data Structures and Algorithms.

Chicago, Illinois, United States

• Collaborated with cross-functional teams to ensure the deployment and maintenance of AI-powered applications, fostering a data-driven approach in the career advice and assessment domains using React.js, Node.js, and.
• Developed career recommendation applications using OpenAI's GPT-4, prompt engineering, and student data from a MongoDB database. Transformed into Node.js-based endpoints, enabling easy access and integration.
• Fine-tuned GPT-3.5-turbo for student attribute scoring. Used cleaned student profiles and detailed prompts to enhance visibility of critical student attributes for recruiters in assessing candidates comprehensively and.
• Developed an AWS SageMaker-deployed K-nearest neighbors (KNN) model to enhance attribute assessment. Analyzed student data and scores to derive scores for new students from neighboring profiles.

Rochester, New York, United States

• Designed, modeled, developed, and implemented database solutions that enable better data-driven decision making and analytic reporting capabilities using Oracle Database and PL/SQL.
• Collaborate with Solution Architects, Developers, Testers, and Business Analysts to design and implement database solutions.
• Profiled data, identified/validated table keys and relationships. Validated that nullability rules can be enforced and that table data types are correct.
• Performed the job functions of the data modeler – identified and organized the required data logically and physically and generates optimal build ready DDL. Modeling consists of relational, transactional, and.
• Assisted in the development of overall project plans and timelines and reviews Data Architect deliverables with Data Architecture team and project team while populating and maintaining technical metadata repositories.
• Exposure to new technologies like data vault and cloud solutions like AWS and Azure. As well as attending completing AWS skill builder courses and attending an AWS jam session.

Potsdam, New York, United States

• I worked as a Differential Equations TA where I was in charge of running a weekly recitation of around 30 students. We would review any material and practice problems from the previous week.
• I would also field questions so I could focus on what the students needed the most help on.
• I was responsible for maintaining student - professor confidentiality and keeping track of attendance and grading periodic quizzes.

Potsdam, New York, United States

• I worked as a teaching assistant for a Calculus 3 class where I led weekly recitations, created and graded weekly quizzes, and created a practice final exam as well as offering review.
• I facilitated weekly discussions, supporting students with questions on topics learned during the weekly lectures and provided practice problems based on what they were learning in class.

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Mathematics And Computer Science, Magna Cum Laude; Gpa In Major Classes: 3.92; Cumulative Gpa: 3.76

Activities and Societies: Clarkson Open Source Institute - Computer Science club where students collaborate on software SIAM.

High School Diploma