Resume
Education
2021 - Present
Santa Monica College
Originally working towards AA in Fashion Design. Switched focus to Social Work. GPA: 3.8
2020
Draper University of Heroes- Fundamentals of Entrepreneurship
Completed accelerated Silicon Valley entrepreneurship program
2014 - 2017
Hampshire College | Bachelor's Degree
BA Animation, Computer Science and Studio Art GPA: available in evaluation form
2011 - 2012
University of Michigan
College of Engineering |
Working Towards Bachelor's Degree
Enrolled in BSE Program Majoring in Computer Science Engineering. GPA: 3.2
Work
Experience
2019 - 2022
Bent LA Founder/Owner
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Combined my creativity and passion of inspiring others to build a business from the ground up
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Designed and created prototypes of handbags for manufacturing, sale, and ultimately donation to non-profit GLAM4GOOD
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Collaborated with many individuals on all aspects of Bent LA including leather selection, product development, marketing, website improvements, and overall brand creation
2017 - 2019
Whalerock Industries 3D Technology Associate
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Applied my curiosity and passion for learning to create a number of prototyped games, Virtual Reality, and Augmented Reality experiences
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Collaborated with a number of clients to make their nonconventional visions a reality
2015, 2017
‘Women in Game Programming’ and ’Intro To Programming in Python’ Teaching Assistant
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Developed innovative and visual methods to help students learn and enjoy computer programming
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Not all students learn the same way, so I used my ability to connect with students as individuals to reach them in a way that was conducive to their learning styles
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In ‘Women in Game Programming’ I inspired female-identifying individuals (an underrepresented minority in most areas of computer science) that no matter what they have been taught in their lives, they can do anything they want to do
Achievements
& Activities
2020
Bent LA Quarantine Crafts | Volunteer
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When the pandemic began, children were home from school with nothing to do and parents were juggling entertaining their kids with their own work. Quarantine Crafts offered a solution - craft tutorial videos on how to make handbags out of everyday household items.
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Responsible for every aspect of the project including: idea inception, design, filming, starring, and releasing videos
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Received several glowing responses from families
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Check out the tutorials
2016, 2017
ACM SIGGRAPH | Student Volunteer
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Accepted to a team of student volunteers with an interest in digital art to assist conference organizers in many aspects of conference facilitation
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Assisted international emerging technology companies (many of whom did not speak English) in communicating their influential product features and functions.