CSS, HTML, JavaScript, Java, SQL

React, Bootstrap, jQuery, Styled Components, GatsbyJS, Webpack, Babel, Flux
Node.js, Express, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Cassandra, MongoDB

Git, AWS, Docker, Jest, Postman, Loader.io, Heroku

Hack Reactor at Galvanize December 2019

Software Engineering Immersive

University of Washington June 2017

Bachelor of Arts in Political Science
Dean's List for Academic Achievement: Winter 2016, Spring 2016, Spring 2017

Seattle Central College June 2015

Associate of Arts
Dean’s List for Academic Achievement: Spring 2014, Fall 2014, Winter 2015, Spring 2015
President and Founder: Art & Culture Club

Twitook Social network system with post, comment, and home feed features

Constructed using Flux architecture with React on the front end, and JWT authentication and MongoDB on the back end.

JASTdance Music streaming service

Architected a system design into production. Conducted performance evaluation on Cassandra and PostgreSQL before deploying on AWS. Configured Nginx to balance traffic across three Dockerized servers running on separate EC2 instances. Applied throughput analysis using Loader.io and New Relic to discover a bottleneck in the database.

Hungry Crafted selection of highly rated restaurants in close proximity

Integrated geolocation functionality and Yelp’s Graphql API to develop an iOS application with a RESTful backend using React Native, Node.js, and MongoDB.

Distilled Clothing item detail page

Created a web application rendered by a proxy server, serving various Dockerized React components running in separate AWS EC2 instances. Used Jest and Enzyme, and version control with Git feature branch workflow to maintain TDD. Utilized text-compression and minification to achieve 100% Google Page Speed Score.

ACLU of WA 2018-2019

Public Relations Assistant

Migrated local volunteer system to an online database, doubling participation; created documentation for onboarding staff. Produced the annual department report by analyzing communications activity, and determined where to divert energy and funds for the next year.

City of Seattle 2018-2019

Community Engagement Ambassador

Audited programs receiving grant funding. Engaged underrepresented communities on public services available to them. Provided translation services in Amharic for presentations.