Résumé

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Objective

Use design and engineering techniques to improve the quality of people’s everyday lives

Interests:

 user experience design, user research, ethics, accessibility and disability advocacy

Education

University of Washington     2012-2015(expected)

Undergraduate Student

Department of Human Centered Design and Engineering

Focus on Human-Computer Interactions

Academic Honors: Annual Dean’s List 

Cascade High School     2008-2012

Academic Honors: Commencement speaker, CHS Hall of Fame inductee, Faculty Scholarship, Everett Rotary Club Academic Achievement Award, Washington State Honors Award, Washington State Principal’s Scholars Program Award, Academic Athlete Award – Varsity Soccer

Experience

Researcher | University of Washington Information School

06/2014 – Present

Designing and conducting user studies for the peer mentoring project which aims to connect cancer patients on online health communities.

Volunteer | Pike Place Market Foundation

04/2013 – 06/2013

Building and maintaining the new Pike Place Community Garden at Pike Place Market

Cast Member | Applause Studio

09/2010-10/2012

Setup and performance at children’s princess camps (Princess Ariel)

 Projects

Accessible Technology | Hummingbird Mobility Aid System

A multimodal sensor attachment for a standard white cane that helps vision impaired users detect and avoid raised obstacles through haptic feedback

Health and Wellness | Directed Research

Survey development – why do users stop self-tracking activity, location and/or finance?

Community involvement

Relay for Life (UW and Everett) – Annual fundraisers for cancer research

Cascade Community Food Drive – Annual food drive supported by Cascade students and alumni

Applause Performance Team – Dance/vocal performances at senior centers and community events

Skills

Experience programming with Java, Python, PHP, JavaScript, Ajax, SQL, HTML and CSS

 Physical computing and prototyping with Arduino hardware and software

 MakerBot 3D printing and modeling (123D Design)

 Statistical analysis (SPSS software package)

 Ethical reasoning

 Ethnographic methods (observation, interviews and surveys)

 User research and usability testing

 Project management

 Event planning and organization

 Strong written and oral communication skills

 Entertainment (singing, dancing and acting)