About Me 👋

I am a recent college graduate from UC Irvine currently working at Quick Release_ as a Project Analyst. I would say my interest in programming is the result of growing up being interested in computer related technologies and the opportunity to solve challenging problems. Before I had decided to study data science, I was always interested and proficient in physics throughout high school and some college courses. However, I'm very happy with the choice I made to pursue a computer science related field since that knowledge can be applied to work with many different fields.

I consider myself to be somebody who is capable of adapting to different situations and as a person who remains positive despite whatever may be happening around me. I like to think of myself as somebody who is rational and kind to others and as somebody who can inspire and adapt in group situations so my peers can have a good experience and enjoy working with me. In my free time, I enjoy playing games with friends, spending time with family, and going to the gym. I used to sprint in high school and have recently gotten back to going on runs. My longest run is 15 miles (as of Jan 2023).

Education 🎓

My college education started at Irvine Valley College where I was first exposed to programming. I decided to take the introductory computer science courses as I was interested in computers since I was a child and spent a lot of time playing games like RuneScape. I had really great professors who continually sparked my growing interest in programming and challenged me to always strive to improve my knowledge and abilities. While at IVC, I also joined the Model United Nations club.

After two years at IVC, I transferred to UC Irvine and chose to be in the Data Science program as I was also very interested in statistics. I enjoyed the data science courses and capstone project at UCI as they allowed me to experiment with programming through a statistical lens. I graduated with a B.S. in Data Science from UCI in June 2022. Shortly after graduating, I wanted to learn something new and so I began learning web development through The Odin Project, which is how I learned to create this webpage!

Projects 🛠

The code for all projects below are available on my GitHub.

• Life Expectancy Study: Data exploration and analysis I conducted using Python and R to study how and why life expectancy differs in different geographic locations and countries. (View Report)
• Landing page: My first project with CSS use, specifically using flexbox to handle positioning and alignment.
• U.S. Election predictions: UC Irvine senior data science capstone project. My responsibilties in the project were based around data engineering datasets from multiple sources using Python and libraries such as Pandas and NumPy to create a single comprehensive dataset of information regarding political elections in the U.S. by county. This dataset was then used to train machine learning models to predict election outcomes. (View Report)
• Etch-a-Sketch: A small project using JavaScript to allow users to draw with different colors and grid dimensions.
• Suduko: This is a naive board generator meaning that cells are positioned randomly but still respect sudoku rules each time the page is refreshed. However, because of the randomness, it is not able to be solved without guessing unlike a regular board. It was still interesting to try and accomplish.
• Calculator: A basic calculator app similar to the kinds of calculators built-in on most phones and computers.
• This webpage! Made by me to add a greater experience in getting to know me and my skills that is not appropriate for a standard resume.