New neighbor moved in next door, a Software Engineer for Microsoft. She showed me Visual Studio, and let
me borrow coding books. I truly fell in love with making Windows Forms Apps: dragging and dropping the
TextBoxes and Buttons, using conditionals to make little login windows...
First official CS class, Computer Science Principles
I had waited years for this. Finally being able to take official classes in Computer Science. I
couldn't wait. An introduction to Python, and very simple algorithms, were just what I was hoping
for.
Accepted into California State University, Long Beach for Computer
Science
After years of "drudging" through high school, studying all these boring General Education
topics like English and Math, I had finally made it to college, where I would be studying Computer
Science for real!
My Senior Design Project, Runtime.live, developed with a Software Development team of 5. My group aimed
to bridge the gap between general-purpose notetaking apps and platform-specific watchlists with a
Watchlist keeping, sharing, and expanding, app called Runtime.live. We used React.js and Firebase to
develop a full-stack social media-type app surrounding movie bucket lists.
Graduate from CSULB with my Bachelor's in Computer Science
After 5 long years, including 2 years of weirdness and unfortunate circumstances, I graduated with a
Bachelor's of Science in Computer Science on August 11th, 2023.
Collaborated with the founder to develop a tailored website for an animal rescue and adoption
non-profit, aligning closely with organizational needs and goals and saving them $129 annually by
removing the need for a subscription model site from Looka. Utilized Next.js to build, and Netlify to
deploy at whiskersandwagsinc.org.
Passion Projects and Continuous Education
Since graduating, I have only been growing my skills. Working on freelance projects from Upwork, and
passion projects of my own to specialize and hone my skills. Check out my GitHub for some of my latest
creations!