MyCS: Middle-Years Computer Science

• Designed a CS curriculum in fundamentals such as algorithms and programs for elementary and middle school students
• Area: CS pedagogy and outreach; focused on Arduino curriculum and CS fundamentals
• Outreached and held workshops for various school teachers in Waimea, HI and Pomona, CA

MyCS at 5: Assessing a Middle-years CS Curriculum

This paper shares the five-year development and deployment of MyCS, a CS curriculum for “middle-years students,” roughly in US grades 4-10. By tracing MyCS's assessment and evolution, this work highlights how two districts used a middle-years CS foothold from which to establish deeper, district-wide changes in identity.

• Accepted at SIGSCE 2016

Twitch Developer Day

Connect.Tech Engineering Conference

Special Interest Group for Computer Science Education

Talk: MyCS at 5: Assessing a Middle-years CS Curriculum

2015 MyCS Workshop

A week-long professional-development workshop for 32 middle-years teachers from the Pomona Unified School District and surrounding areas.

2015 MyCS Workshop

A week-long professional-development workshop for 12 middle- and elementary-school teachers largely from the Kauai Unified School District; some were also from private schools on that island.

Richard Tapia Celebration of Diversity in Computing

Software Engineer III - Full-Stack, Mobile

• Spearheaded an entire developer console React application from scratch for company's OAuth 2.0 and API server
• Led and decided all UX decisions and processes, backed with research, mockups and prototypes
• Wrote ASP.NET service layer connecting React frontend with OAuth server backend
• Maintain end-to-end UI tests with Cypress, and API tests with Visual Studio Unit Testing framework

• Develop iOS, Android, and UWP mobile applications in C# using Xamarin, focusing on full-stack
• Lead UI-heavy feature development and technical debt / refactoring initiatives
• Give talks on technical work, act as team’s scrum master, mentor jr. members, conduct interviews
• Led project to revamp app UI to conform to platform/industry standards, review team UX decisions
• Created three training modules to train new developers on UI development for our three mobile platforms

Graphic Designer and Web Developer

• Facilitate design thinking workshops, outlets, and resources; inspired by Stanford's d. School
• Create publications, prints, logos, and other designs for outreach and advertisement
• Promote design/creativity institutions through various projects, such as motion graphics

Software Developer, GoDaddy Team

• Built a full-stack web application for GoDaddy, Inc's website building tool
• Engaged in all stages of software development cycle, from mockups to implementation to testing
• Prepared and presented talks to inform audiences about project status and challenges
• Drafted and wrote various technical reports to sponsor for updating and institutional documentation purposes

• Outstanding Computer Science Clinic Team 2017

Tutor and Grader

• Assist fellow students in introductory computer science courses and grade projects
• Tutor kids K-12 with various math/science subjects

Tech Lead and Advisor

• Architect and oversee major software and data science projects to be used as tools for a volunteer org
• Projects include a mobile app (React Native), a web app (Angular/NodeJS), and a data heatmap
• Implemented devops/QA processes such as CI/CD pipelines, bug triaging/test plans, containerizing

Support Staff, Media and Technology

• Upgrade and manage website stack and media content
• Facilitate curriculum workshop sessions

Club Advisor

• Prepare and draft proposals and reports for funding and member demographics
• Act as a resource for club officers to seek guidance