Educational Professional Experience

Academic Approach

Nov 2024 - Present

Instructor of ACT and SAT prep lessons and courses, for individual students and classrooms

Create syllabi and lesson plans individualized to meet each student’s specific standardized testing strengths and weaknesses; teach 60 and 90-minute one-on-one lessons designed to address a specific area of need

Construct lesson plans based on standardized syllabi for classes of up to 25 students; work with instructional management team to track quantitative results and ensure significant improvement
Work with students in both individual and classroom settings towards tangibly increasing test scores towards individually set targets based on diagnostic and practice tests

Feb - September 2024

Guest Teacher serving diverse needs at charter schools across Chicago

Taught in place of K-12 teachers at charter schools on Chicago’s South and West sides; engaged with economically, ethnically and linguistically diverse student bodies by speaking Spanish and working with ESL teachers
Lectured, guided, and assisted in subjects ranging from English Language Arts and Social Studies to Chemistry and Algebra as well as in Early Childhood Education activities such as story time and phonics.
Assisted in tasks such as dismissal, lunchroom monitoring and administrative duties in addition to classroom teaching

Jan 2015 - May 2016

Teaching Assistant for CIS 110: Introduction to Computer Science

Co-taught two-hour weekly recitations for 10+ students enrolled in CIS 110 with another undergraduate TA; lectured on material designed to supplement larger lecture course and explain concepts introduced in weekly homework.
Graded weekly assignments for students in my recitation and held weekly office hours open to all students in the course, where I helped them with assignments, explained concepts in more depth, and assisted with exam preparation.

Mar 2023 - Oct 2023

Software Engineer building the Android mobile app at second second-largest pharmacy in the US.

Collaborated with a team of 12+ Android, iOS, and backend engineers to implement new designs, ensure regulatory compliance, and fix bugs in the flagship Walgreens mobile app.
Contributed to novel initiatives on consumer team (overseeing app experience from product discovery to checkout) to institute new modular home screen to ensure a personalized user experience without code changes.
Developed features to highlight priority products and increase customer add-to-cart rate in support of e-commerce team (overseeing product listing and detail page enhancements).

Feb 2022 - Sep 2022

Apr 2021 - Sep 2021

Android Developer building a seamless mobile app experience for the forward-looking corner store

Mentored junior developers on engineering principles, architectural design, and best coding practices, enabling them to contribute to the team’s ground-up rewrite of the Android application
Collaborated with senior engineers on architectural decisions, integrations and prioritization; communicated and worked alongside members of the design

Dec 2018 - Jul 2020

Software Engineer rethinking Android for a health-centered smart vending machine

Spearheaded development of a total overhaul of the Farmer’s Fridge Android application by working closely with UI and UX designers, product managers, and iOS and backend engineers;

Jun 2016 - Nov 2018

Software Engineer bringing WB properties to Android; Channel Lead for Asian media app DramaFever

Served as liaison between Android team and DramaFever product, design and content teams; explained technical concepts to stakeholders to enable transparency and communication in the development process