Community

The Coding School

Lead Instructor, Instructor, Young Advisory Board Member, Teaching Assistant & Developer
Aug 2019 – Present
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  • Tutored 5 students in data structures, OOP, algorithms, and AI in both Java and Python
  • Authored the deep learning and SQL curriculum and edited the machine learning curriculum
  • Taught Python courses to over 150 students in the Glendale Unified School District; taught AI in the EmergingTech and AI bootcamps; taught AI to 40 high school students and 300 HBCU and community college professors as part of the TRAIN initiative;
  • Provide guidance as a member of the Young Professional Advisory Board

Brigham Young University – Idaho

Online Adjunct Instructor
Apr 2022 – Present
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  • Taught the online pilot course “CSE 450: Machine Learning and Data Mining”
  • Served as the Online Course Representative for CSE 450
  • Students ranked me on average 12% higher than all other online instructors in terms of: enthusiasm for the subject, concern for students, and timely responses/grading

Summer STEM Institute

Research Mentor
Jun 2021 – Aug 2021
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  • Advised a high-school student who built a glioblastoma detector on MRI scans using a pre-trained CNN
  • Guided another student who built an arrythmia detector on ECG signals using a pre-trained ResNet (project took first place in Biomedical Engineering at the New York State and Long Island Science Fairs)
  • Delivered a talk on deep learning in medical imaging to ~300 high school students

Rice University

Panelist, Mentor, Teaching Assistant
Aug 2019 – present
  • Spoke on a graduate student panel for the Rice CS/IO club
  • Mentored undergraduate students in the 2022 Rice Datathon
  • Tutored international online master’s students who were struggling with the data science curriculum

Kids Who Code

Executive Director
Feb 2018 – May 2019
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  • Established a BYU service organization that brings 50+ university students out to teach youth to code in 10+ local community organizations
  • Taught a Girls Who Code class (20+ girls) in the Provo School District
  • Received a top leadership award from the Y-Serve organization

Utah STEM Action Center

Ambassador
Apr 2018 – Apr 2019
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  • Promoted STEM at 10+ events (including my own booth at FanX Comic Con)
  • Called 100+ schools to teach them about STEM opportunities for their students
  • Spoke on a “Girls Who Code” panel at Adobe to 200+ middle school girls
  • Received award from Utah Governor Gary Herbert for service

BYU Women in Computer Science

Public Outreach Officer
Jan 2018 – December 2018
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  • Planned a lazy hackathon event to help BYU women get projects for interviews
  • Interacted with companies to send out opportunities
  • Increased the number of social media followers by 500%

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Young Women Counselor
Feb 2020 – Current
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  • Mentor girls ages 12-18 in four main areas of growth: spiritual, physical, mental, and social
  • Plan and implement activities for the young women to build friendships and confidence
Relief Society President
Apr 2018 – Dec 2018
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  • Served as President of a branch of the largest women’s organization in the world
  • Supervised the implementation of over 25 other positions and 30 meetings
  • Oversaw the welfare of over 120 women
 Full-Time Representative

Oct 2013 – Apr 2015

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  • Managed volunteers in events for specific audiences of ambassadors and diplomats
  • Gave tours to people from 100+ countries in Spanish and English
  • Trained new representatives