Passionate about applying the design process and collaborating to develop strategies and tools to increase equitable access to science educational technology and computer science education for all students and teachers.
Learn More about my Career Change from Teaching to Software EngineeringSeven years of experience teaching middle school science, integrating science, technology, engineering, computer science, and place-based education.
Two years of experience directing curriculum, instruction, and assessment for a K-12 public school district, as well as one year coordinating the International Baccalaureate (IB) curriculum.
Four years of experience supporting science teachers through curriculum development, professional development, and virtual coaching.
Full Stack Web Development, Ruby on Rails and JavaScript program
September 2019 - April 2020
Masters Degree in Education (M.Ed.); School Leadership Program
September 2004 - June 2005
Bachelor of Science in Linguistics; Linguistics and Psychology Majors
September 1997 - June 2001
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A tool for visualizing and comparing COVID-19 data on a global scale.
Users can choose from a large menu of real-time COVID-19 data to display on a map visualization
Users can create custom collections of countries for comparison from day one of the pandemic to the current date
Data is fetched from multiple external APIs in real-time to display up-to-the-minute data
Integrates React with D3 to generate interactive dashboards, map visualizations, and bar charts
An application for science teachers and students to promote data analysis and productive discussion.
Teachers can create a data dashboard as well as add new data to the database
Students can interact with and reflect on the data, view others reflections, and agree / disagree with other ideas
Utilizes a Rails backend API, and a React-Redux frontend including React-Router and Thunk
An application for public reporting and monitoring of violations, best practices, and water quality data.
Designed features to allow users to record and delete data, view data, and filter observations
Integrated Google Maps JavaScript API to enable precise mapping and tracking of location data
Developed a Ruby on Rails backend API using Postgres database and a JavaScript frontend
Demo Username: Test / Demo Password: testpw
A collaborative project planning web application for DIYers, house flippers, and property managers.
Designed features including setting goals, sharing resources and updates, posting photos, changing project status
Provided secure login and authorization for multiple user roles and custom access levels
Utilized Ruby on Rails with a Postgres database to persist user data on home improvement projects
Demo Username: Test / Demo Password: Testpw
An application for recording bird sightings and creating a personalized bird guide.
Designed features including secure login, form to record bird data, and view all user observations
Utilized web scraping with Nokogiri and Open-URI to integrate data on each bird from the Audubon Bird Guide
Built using Sinatra framework, ActiveRecord, MVC pattern, restful routing, and full CRUD actions