ABOUT

Filipino-American designer and engineer studying CS & Design at Georgia Tech. Passionate about tackling systemic inequalities.

EDUCATION

2020 — 2023

💾 B.S. in Computer Science @ Georgia Tech

🎨 Minor in Industrial Design @ Georgia Tech

EXPERIENCE

2022 — Now

2022 — Now

2022

2021 — 2022

2020

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Designed, built user-centric UI to automate resiliency failovers for hygiene tasks conducted by asset managers using Figma, Spring Boot (Java) and Angular (TypeScript). Collaborated with product management and engineering for launch in Q3 2022.

Lowered capital expenditure for Asset & Wealth Management by 14%, using Spring Boot, SQL, OpenAPI to build automation system that allows internal application owners to create, modify, & execute scalable resiliency tasks at user discretion.

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Led 6 cross-functional teams of up to 10 members each, working with design, engineering, and logistical departments to organize marketing campaigns, career fairs, and corporate-partnered hackathons.

Successfully launched 4 new initiatives, leading to $30,000+ in sponsorships, 250+ new members, 3000+ attendees within 12 months. $3B+ evaluation spanning across all alumni companies (now as executive director).

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<aside> 🌿 Digital Campaign Manager @ Cazares for COC **Wireframed and developed a thoughtful, user-friendly web app for Sebastian Cazares, the winning candidate for College of the Canyons Board of Trustees, Area 3. Leveraged digital strategy from other successful campaigns, leading to 5000+ site visitors.

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PROJECTS

2022

2020

2020

2019 — 2020

2022 — Now

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<aside> <img src="https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/secure.notion-static.com/ec2de3b6-3552-4d7f-91e6-9fe046c2d585/SIX_FEET_SUPPLIES_2nd_LOGO.png" alt="https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/secure.notion-static.com/ec2de3b6-3552-4d7f-91e6-9fe046c2d585/SIX_FEET_SUPPLIES_2nd_LOGO.png" width="40px" /> Six Feet Supplies Designed and built web app that delivers essential supplies to the immunocompromised. Grew user base in 13 cities across California, developing a toolkit for students to establish a city-specific chapter of our platform, leading to 15,000+ unique users and 500+ deliveries. Designed entire platform’s UI. Featured on CNN, LA Times.

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<aside> 🎓 Global Prep Academy **Mentored 50+ high school students building creative community projects that apply UI/UX design, graphic design, branding, user toolkits, & more. Curated & taught lectures on personal branding & portfolios to over 150+ high-schoolers with in-person & remote sessions. Redesigned company website from scratch.

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<aside> ⚕️ Inpatient Call-Light System Redesign **Conducted contextual inquiry-style user interviews on 12 nurses to generate user personas regarding inefficiency of patient call-light system. Utilized insights to prototype call-light system redesign via Fusion360, focusing on accessibility, low-cost materials, and energy efficiency courtesy of an e-ink display.

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SKILLS

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Research

Development

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