Resume

Education

Northwestern University

Sep 2017 – Jun 2021

Computer Science Major and Linguistics Major. Dean's List. 3.7 GPA.

Selected Courses: Natural Language Processing, Linear Algebra and Multivariable Calculus, Data Structures and Algorithms, Intro to Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Data Science, Object-Oriented Programming in C++, Semantics, Syntax, Phonetics & Phonology, Sociolinguistics

Semester in Paris: Fall 2019

Advanced Math and Science Academy Charter School

Aug 2009 – Jun 2016

4.6 weighted GPA. SAT: 2380. National Merit Scholar. National AP Scholar.

Distinguished Young Woman of Massachusetts 2016 Scholastic Award recipient.

Writing Awards: Best of SNO, Creative Communications Poetry Contest (2-time winner), Scholastic Art and Writing Award Silver Key.

Work Experience

BNY Mellon, Technical Product Manager

New York City, NY | Aug 2021 – Present

Coordinated development of award-winning company intranet reaching 40,000+ employees across developers, Product Owner, and dozens of business and technical stakeholders as Project Manager and Scrum Master, leading to the release of 24 new features and bug fixes.

Mediated cross-functional team of stakeholders across eight groups to identify and prioritize requirements and responsibilities to improve overall internal search experience via technical and process-based solutions and to roll out internal chatbot.

Conducted user interviews, wrote user stories, managed user acceptance testing, and designed feedback surveys to understand and improve user experience.

Articulated vision, strategy, metrics, and roadmap for diverse audiences.

Operations lead for Women in Technology New York Chapter.

Northwestern University, Research Assistant

Evanston, IL | Sep 2020 – Junn 2021

Predicted opioid use and high-risk behaviors based on Reddit data using machine learning models.

Analyzed gender bias in movie reviews and scripts based on connotation frames.

Amazon, Software Development Engineering Intern

Seattle, WA (Remote) | Summer 2020

Owned the development of a tool enhancement with an existing Java codebase to provide more accurate and granular latency metrics for Fire TV devices from user research to design to implementation.

Provided React frontend visualization to minimize developer time seeking root cause for latency issues.

Led a Hackathon team in developing an Alexa Skill to aid incoming interns in pre-onboarding.

Bose Corporation, NLP Intern

Framingham, MA | Summer 2019

Created a rule-based text categorization service to identify wishlist features from unstructured review data using ElasticSearch.

Led the design and creation of a topic aggregation service via word embeddings.

Built and trained a machine learning aspect-based sentiment analysis tool using BERT.

Constructed dashboards and created and led tutorials for various teams across Bose in using Kibana tools.

Lodo Therapeutics, Bioinformatics Research Assistant

New York City, NY | Summer 2018

Independently designed and implemented packages and tools in R for data processing and visualization, employing regular expressions and Shiny, identifying over 4,500 data inconsistencies and correcting nearly 3000

Worked with devOps team to expand version control (git), continuous integration (Drone), and cloud storage (AWS) processes

Conducted supervised lab work: executed PCR, restriction digest, ligation, and transformations

See my breakdown of my work here: Blog 1 and here: Blog 2

Kayla’s Directory, Editor

Burlington, VT | Jun 2016 – Jun 2018

Edit blog posts for Kayla’s Directory, a website created to assist special needs families in VT.

Revise blogs for grammatical, stylistic, and linguistic errors and fluency.

Advise about blog strategy and positioning.

Edouard Malingue Gallery Hong Kong, Intern

Hong Kong | Summer 2017

Maintained gallery’s digital presence by uploading and categorizing over 100 videos from Vimeo to Wordpress, updating artsy.com and similar databases, and finding Instagram partners.

Researched artists for ‘one second ago’ exhibition press releases and researched competitors.

Improved office efficiency by organizing calendar, press coverage, archives, and artist media digitally and physically.

Dun-Well Donuts, Employee

New York City, NY | May 2017 – Jun 2017

Represented Dun-Well Donuts cheerfully and effectively while independently overseeing Manhattan location.

Managed money, cleaned, and closed shop.

Princess Party Pals, Co-Founder

Southborough, MA | Apr 2014 – 2016

Conducted market research and developed a desirable service.

Managed and performed at dozens of birthday parties and events.

Balanced a budget and donated 20% of profits to charity.

Wheelock Family Theatre, Assistant

Boston, MA | Summer 2016

Supervised and instructed children ages 4-7 at a theater summer camp.

The Performing Arts Connection, Counselor, Assistant Instructor

Sudbury, MA | Jun 2012 – Jun 2016

Led activities and designed performances while counseling children grades K-2 at summer camp.

Handled group and individual exercises and fostered a sense of community while instructing weekly grade 3-4 Musical Theater class.

Collaborated with creatives, managed students, and organized records while assistant directing grade 8-12 Youth Musical.

Extracurriculars

Happiness Club

Co-Chair of Happiness Club, the first organization I joined on campus as a freshman.

Chiefly responsible for the planning and conducting of events designed to make campus a happier place, including major events such as a Welcome Bonfire, Pie a Professor, and Happiness Week, and weekly events such as movie nights and capture the flag games. Responsible for facilitating contact with our more than 1000 members via a weekly email.

Facebook

Instagram

Seesaw Theatre

Director, teaching artist, cast member, and adventure guide with Seesaw Theatre, a student theatre group that devises and performs sensory theatrical performances designed for autistic and otherwise disabled children.

Executive Board Member as the Spring Director and Head Adventure Guide, where I guided other TAs in best practices for engaging our audiences. The Head Adventure Guide acts as Assistant Director for both Seesaw's seasonal stage productions.

Cast member in various Seesaw stage productions. In Winter 2018, I was a Snow Buddy in Snow Day. In Spring 2018, I was The Fawn in Wanderland. In Winter 2019, I was a Cowgirl in Rockin' Rodeo.

As a TA, I oversaw drama workshops for disabled children at local schools.

Website

Hackathons

Check out my GitHub page to see my projects!

Thought Jar (Best Beginner Hack at BuildHer 2018): designed and built an iPhone app in React Native that provides users with a daily positive thought and space to reflect.

HeartBeat (Best Design at ByteHacks 2018): designed and built a website that provides a Spotify playlist customized by users’ moods, which can be determined by facial recognition. Technologies used include HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Google Cloud Platform, Google Vision, Python, and Flask.

Intern Prep (Team Lead at Internal Amazon Hackathon 2020): designed and built an Alexa Skill with a conversational interface to provide incoming interns with a countdown to their start date and relevant tips based on how much time remains.

.dev Competition

Winner: First Place

Led a team in developing an iPhone app to store and calculate users’ family relations. Worked as Project Lead and on frontend, using React Native.

Women in Computing Club

I was a member of Northwestern's WiC from September 2018 to 2021. As a senior, I mentored a freshman Computer Science major.

Technological Innovations for Inclusive Learning & Teaching Lab

I was a research assistant on the FamJam! making project of TIILT lab. I facilitated projects among families using technological tools like 3D pens and paper circuits and took field notes.