I began my education studying Mathematical Physics with an emphasis on generating simulations of physical phenomenon. I was first introduced to programming through an old system using FORTRAN. My professor said, "Yes, it's old, but it works." I soon moved on to a more substantial Data Structures and Algorithms series of courses that was taught in Java, which I would consider to be my first serious use of a programming language.
Since college, I have worked as a tutor for many years in both...
I began my education studying Mathematical Physics with an emphasis on generating simulations of physical phenomenon. I was first introduced to programming through an old system using FORTRAN. My professor said, "Yes, it's old, but it works." I soon moved on to a more substantial Data Structures and Algorithms series of courses that was taught in Java, which I would consider to be my first serious use of a programming language.
Since college, I have worked as a tutor for many years in both private and public education settings. I have worked with the public school system in Wisconsin as a free-range tutor. I would essentially go to different classrooms after school and look for students that needed help across a variety of mathematical, scientific, and computer science topics. I really enjoyed this and even petitioned the school to make use of their empty computer lab to start up a more serious and dedicated Computer Programming after school program that would use game development to get students excited about the core topics of Computer Science. I began developing some of the coding material they could use before moving on to other opportunities.
I have also spent the last five years running classrooms for Girls Who Code. In this capacity, I act as the Lead Instructor for a classroom of around 30-40 students during their Summer Immersion Program. In each classroom, I am responsible for 2-3 teaching assistants depending on the class size. The program introduces talented young women to web development using JavaScript and brings in women working in technology to broaden the student's perspective on what is possible for women in the technology field.
My primary work is as a full-stack developer for a company that helps public policy institutes redesign their online presence to maximize their reach and increase access to their research. In my free time, I have also produced educational videos on YouTube centered around game development using Unity and the C# programming language.
