Resume

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Skills

Languages

Ruby, Python, JavaScript

Web Frameworks

Rails, Django, Sinatra

Testing

Rspec, Capybara, Unittest / Mock, Selenium Webdriver, Jasmine, Sinon, Chai

Front End

Angular, ES6, jQuery, HTML5, CSS

Other

Postgres, ActiveRecord, Redis, Git, Heroku, Jenkins CI, Consul, Agile Methodology, Nagios, Graphite, Grafana, Sentry

Experience

Associate Software Engineer

Leapfrog Online - Evanston, IL

05/2016 to Present

Developing and maintaining full-stack web apps with Angular frontend and Rails/Postgres backend
Maintaining and building assorted Python and Ruby apps as part of our microservice-based platform
Building integrations with the Facebook ads API and the Google Doubleclick Bid Manager API
Responsible for every aspect of projects, including unit and feature test coverage, adding monitoring and alerting, and deployment
Worked one-on-one with manager on strategy to enhance fair hiring practices and make progress towards completely blind hiring

Student

Dev Bootcamp - Chicago, IL

11/2015 to 03/2016

19-week intensive training program for aspiring web developers, specializing in Ruby, Rails, HTML5, CSS, TDD, Object Oriented Javascript, AJAX, jQuery, Git, Heroku, and Agile Development.

Program Assistant

CharityWatch - Chicago, IL

01/2013 to 08/2014

Processed donations and maintained donor database
Managed communication with donors, charities, and state charitable registration departments
Wrote and edited feature articles for print and web publication focusing on financial misconduct in the nonprofit sector

Education

Loyola University Chicago

MA, Women's Studies and Gender Studies

2011

Northwestern University

BA, English Literature

2009

Volunteer Work

Heartland Alliance Refugee and Immigrant Community Services

Youth Mentor

05/2017 to present

I provide English-language help and academic and social support for a child from a recently resettled refugee family.

Girl Develop It

Teaching Assistant

03/2016 to present

Provided one-on-one assistance to students working in workshops focusing on learning command line basics and version control using git and Github.

Jane Addams Resource Corporation

Adult Education Tutor

09/2011 to 12/2011

Tutored adult students in ABE (Adult Basic Education) and GRE test preparation.

Planned Parenthood of Illinois

Reproductive Health Assistant

04/2010 to 05/2011

Scheduled appointments and answered patient questions via phone and email. Assisted in large scale effort to digitize medical records collection.