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program management intern
microsoft corp. (xbox product services)
summer 2020 | ithaca, ny (remote)
Created XLens dashboard visualizing unique user and device customer impact for three high-priority Xbox Live scenarios.

Improved incident investigation by clarifying the scope and impact of service failures.

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program management intern
microsoft corp. (cloud ai & cybersecurity)
summer 2019 | redmond, wa
Designed and oversaw implementation of end-to-end feature for an internal security compliance training website.

Improved discoverability of out-of-compliance training requirements for Cloud & AI engineers.

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diversity & inclusivity chair
theta tau cornell
spring 2019 | ithaca, ny
Surveyed, evaluated, and summarized members' sentiment towards diversity efforts within a Greek organization.

Interfaced with various executive board members to improve inclusivity of applications and education process.

Created diversity related workshops for existing members, for new members, and for external students at Cornell -- in order to encourage an attitude of introspection and self-improvement.

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volunteering coordinator
cornell student resource center
aug 2018 - present | ithaca, ny
Managed and mentored team of 7 volunteer office staff (whose contributions total to 35 hours/week) working on 2-3 newly created, semester-long, event-oriented community programs.

Redesigned volunteering system which was previously only office-oriented to become more project-oriented in order to increase volunteer retention and engagement with the program.

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research assistant
social dynamics lab
jan 2018 - present | ithaca, ny
Research assistant to Professor Michael Macy’s Social Dynamics Lab, which uses computational sociology to investigate human interactions in technology.

Created and maintained test website used for political opinion cascade experiment using PHP, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.

Parsed through several hundred PhD candidate recommendation letters using NLP tools (word2vec, word embeddings, basic text processing) in a project meant to study subtle gender bias in areas of academia.

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staff writer
cornell daily sun
aug 2016 - present | ithaca, ny
Staff Writer for News section for 2 years, then staff writer for Arts & Entertainment section since Fall 2018.

Wrote news stories every 1-2 weeks regarding events happening on, around, or about Cornell and Cornell students.

Scheduled and conducted phone and in-person interviews with various Cornell students and alumni.

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art editor
thread magazine
aug 2018 - present | ithaca, ny
Art editor for Thread Magazine, a student-run fashion editorial magazine.

Designed 'Secret Societies' section of magazine using Adobe inDesign.

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contributor
guac magazine
aug 2018 - present | ithaca, ny
Contributed to Fall 2018 issue of Guac Magazine, an award winning student-run travel publication.

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software engineering intern
google, llc
may 2018 - aug 2018 | kirkland, wa
Front-end web developer on Web Contacts.

Built, reviewed, presented, and set up to launch: two highly requested user-facing features in three months using JavaScript, Java, HTML, CSS (and internal tools).

Restructured previously hard-coded back-end preferences to fit requirements for upcoming new feature.

Debated and planned design details with UI/UX engineers, Product Managers, and Tech Leads. Was in constant communication with designers and PMs to ensure that project was going on track and ready to launch.

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webmaster
theta tau cornell
dec 2017 - may 2018 | ithaca, ny
Worked with Flask and Bootstrap to maintain and add features on Theta Tau website.

Created new “spotlight” feature on website which displays a carousel of current events.

Wrote back-end (in Python) to expand a previously one-page website to multiple pages with news articles for new spotlight feature.

Managed Excel datasheets of member information to keep website up to date.

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engineering practicum intern
google, llc
may 2017 - aug 2017 | mountain view, ca
Designed and managed own timeline in team of two to execute a three-month-long project from conception to completion.

Worked with managers, software engineers, and partner companies to write thorough design documents and presentations for weekly presentations and meetings.

Developed and launched desktop IDE for Google Blockly’s developer tools, formerly a web application with limited features.

Refactored entire Blockly developer tool codebase to be more readable, extendable, and organized.

Worked with JavaScript (and jQuery), HTML, CSS. Used NW.js to create desktop application, Github to collaborate.

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software team lead
cornell cup robotics
july 2017 - may 2018 | ithaca, ny
Directed and led the Mini-Modbot project, a modular educational robotics kit made in partnership with DaVinci Labs (a ed-tech startup in Taiwan).

Delegated tasks and managed team of five software engineers to produce (1) modular, beginner-friendly software to run on Raspberry Pis (used for the robot), and (2) a web GUI that interfaces with the RPi to communicate via TCP/HTTP.

Collaborated with team members on other subteams (electrical and mechanical) to produce a coherent prototype.

Presented progress and vision to visitors, companies, and CEO of Da Vinci Labs to promote Mini-Modbot's mission and goal.

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software team member
cornell cup robotics
aug 2016 - may 2017 | ithaca, ny
Developed SwarmBot (a communciation-focused extension of Mini-Modbot inspired by swarm robotics) with team of 3 using Python, ZMQ, and Raspberry Pi Zero.

Designed and created web GUI prototype for Mini-Modbot controls, communication, and custom scripts using Java, Python, HTML/CSS/JavaScript, Apache Spark, Pixi.JS which uses a server system to connect to Raspberry Pi Zeros on Mini-Modbots.

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