About Me

I am a public transit and active transportation (bike/walk) enthusiast.

My background is in city planning (specifically transportation planning), but I went back to school to study computer science, with a focus on data science electives.

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(I took the photo on the left/above inside a hot air balloon in Cappadocia, Turkey.)

Education

Skills

Selected Projects

  • University of Pennsylvania (2020-2023)

    Master of Computer and Information Technology
    • • Teaching Assistant: Data Structures & Software Design (Jan 2024 - Current)
    • • Teaching Assistant: Computer Systems (Aug 2023 - Dec 2023)
    • • Admissions Ambassador (Aug 2022 - Dec 2023)

  • Long Beach City College (2024-Current)

    Full Stack Web Development

  • University of California, Berkeley (2011-2016)

    Bachelor of Arts, Urban Studies
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  • Certifications: AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (2023)
  • Languages: Python, HTML/CSS, Java, SQL, JavaScript
  • Tools & Frameworks: Git, Docker, PySpark, JUnit
  • Other: Geographic Information Systems (ArcGIS, QGIS), Adobe InDesign, Adobe Illustrator, Microsoft Office Suite, SurveyMonkey, Squarespace
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    To view projects and labs I completed as part of my coursework in Front End Website Development and JavaScript as part of Long Beach City College's Full Stack Web Development Program, please view my CodePen:
    My CodePen Page or my personal portfolio, described below.

    Personal Portfolio: Web Development & JavaScript (2024)
    Technologies: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Bootstrap
    • Utilized JavaScript to create an interactive personal portfolio showcasing course projects and lab assignments
    • Applied principles of responsive web design, CSS flexbox, and Bootstrap

    *The projects below were completed as part of my school coursework for Penn. Due to Penn's academic integrity policies, I am not allowed to post my code on a public Github repo, but I am more than happy to discuss my work.*

    Open Philly Data Crime Analysis (2023)
    Technologies: Python, Google Colab, scikit-learn, Pandas, GeoPandas, Matplotlib, PyTorch
    • Employed a range of machine learning models to analyze potential correlations between weather and crime over the past 5 years in 58 neighborhoods, using city crime data and a weather data API to retrieve and store 800,000+ records

    LinkedIn Profiles and Company Stocks Analysis (2023)
    Technologies: PySpark, Spark SQL, Python, AWS
    • Extracted relevant data stored in an S3 bucket and downloaded it onto nodes within an EMR cluster to apply Spark SQL and Python to analyze and manipulate extensive datasets encompassing LinkedIn user profiles and corresponding stock price information for companies spanning a decade (2000-2011)

    City of Philadelphia COVID Data Analysis (2022)
    Technologies: Java, JSON, JUnit
    • Utilized n-tier architecture to read, parse, and process data and implement the user interface
    • Employed the Singleton and Strategy design patterns and memoization for optimization

    Flu Tweets by State (2022)
    Technologies: Java, JSON, JUnit
    • Designed a software system using an n-tier architecture, implementing the principles of modularity, functional independence, and abstraction
    • Applied the Singleton design pattern
    • Used a Java library to read data stored in a JSON file

    Reverse Assembler (2021)
    Technologies: C, Valgrind, GDB
    • Created a program to open, read, and parse an object file created by PennSim, an interface for executing LC-4 programs on a simulated LC-4 machine
    • Loaded the object file's contents into a LinkedList to represent the LC4's program and data memories
    • Converted the object file back to assembly

Professional Experience

ALTRANS

TDM/Bike Coordinator
(Nov 2016-Current)

Current Responsibilities:
• Responsible for management and coordination of the Palo Alto Transportation Management Association, a non-profit organization that provides transportation programs and services to help low-income, predominantly service workers, get to and from work in Palo Alto

Previous Responsibilities:
• Managed programs and services to encourage sustainable commuting at Kaiser Permanente (KP) client sites (Oakland, Richmond, Alameda, Pinole, and San Leandro), with a population of over 10,000 employees combined; ensured compliance with local, state, and federal single occupancy vehicle (SOV) trip reduction requirements and clean air mandates
• Primary lead for identifying, testing, and implementing technology solutions to automate and streamline administrative processes
• Onboarded and trained two managers; developed documentation on standard operating procedures for each client site
• Designed and conducted surveys across KP sites; synthesized survey data, program metrics data, and employee feedback for reporting

Seamless
Bay Area

Transportation Policy & Advocacy Intern
(Nov 2021-May 2022)

• Oversaw the SwissCal Conference on the Swiss Public Transportation System, a unique conference that brought together Swiss transit experts and California transportation policymakers
• Coordinated conference logistics, published blog posts, and developed multiple 30+ page reports tailored to each conference co-hosting partner, summarizing findings, discussions, and next steps for each respective transit region

Berkeley Planning Department

Adeline Corridor Specific Plan/Policy Intern
(Jan 2017-Feb 2018)

• Part of a small team who oversaw the Adeline Corridor Special Plan Process
• Conducted quantitative and qualitative research to help identify, record, and analyze issues along the major multi-modal corridor, as well as find opportunities for improvement
• Coordinated with governmental agencies, staff, community groups, and the public to host meetings and presentations on the progress of the project and to collect feedback
• Interpreted feedback and pertinent project data, presenting findings in reports and through visuals, mass-mailings, and by updating and maintaining the project website
• Researched progressive policies and measures other jurisdictions have implemented to ensure equitable design and use of public space
• Developed charts, graphs, and other visuals for Policy Team to use in Planning Commission meeting reports
• Performed research to offer recommendations for revisions to the City's Zoning Ordinance

SF Public Works

Student Design Trainee
(Curb Ramp Program)
(Oct 2014-Aug 2015)

• Developed maps and reports on curb ramp statistics and priority projects for the Mayor's Office on Disability, Board of Supervisors, and other City of San Francisco departments
• Addressed backlog of 75+ curb ramp locations that needed surveying; managed curb ramp database of nearly 50,000 records
• Tracked Notice of Intents for construction using Accela, a project management tool; informed lead engineers about potential overlaps with other City projects
• Conducted field surveys of curb ramp priority locations, reporting field conditions to team engineers

SF Municipal Transportation Agency

Student Design Trainee
(Bike Parking & Sharing)
(June 2013-Jan 2014)

• Managed San Francisco's bike parking database and fulfilled nearly 100 requests for new bicycle parking throughout the City
• Surveyed potential bike parking locations utilizing the bicycle parking clearance requirements to help determine potential capacity for new racks
• Prepared internal legislative documents for bicycle corral proposals; environmental review packets for environmental clearance; and work order packets for rack installations

SF Municipal Transportation Agency

Student Design Trainee
(Community Projects)
(June 2013-Aug 2013)

• Responsible for entire life cycle of two speed hump projects
• Ballotted residents at potential speed hump locations; determined potential barriers to implementation; prepared project documents for review and approval; and designed proposed speed humps in AutoCAD for work order submittals

City Planning Portfolio

SwissCal Conference on the Swiss Transportation Ecosystem


I helped with facilitating this unique conference. I produced three reports on key learnings, for our different conference partners; regularly updated and maintained the conference website; and authored blog posts on important takeaways from each of the main sessions.

SCAG Report, Blog Post 1, Blog Post 2, Blog Post 3, Conference Website, Article about the Conference.

Insider's Outsider Art at the Albany Bulb


For my Cartography class at UC Berkeley, I traveled to the Albany Bulb and used a GPS to record all locations where I found art on the peninsula. I categorized the different artwork I encountered and use that to produce this map using ArcGIS and Adobe Illustrator.

See the full map here.

Candidates for bulb-outs due to possible sub-sidewalk basements


This is one of several maps I created using ArcGIS and Adobe Illustrator for the Mayor's Office on Disability while I was a Student Design Trainee in the Curb Ramp Program at San Francisco Public Works.

See the full map here.

Urban Design Studio: Hayes Valley Case Study


For my class, we made site visits to Hayes Valley in San Francisco. Here I capture different elements of the landscape.

View poster here.

Urban Planning Studio: Highest Concentration of Latine Individuals in San Mateo County


For this course, I analyzed census data to determine the highest concentration of Latine individuals in San Mateo County. I created the maps by hand in Adobe Illustrator and created the layout in Adobe InDesign.

View poster here.

Urban Planning Studio: Capacity Building for Mamas Unidas


For this course, we worked with a group of mothers advocating on behalf of their community in San Jose, to make improvements to the built environment and enhance their quality of life. I helped outline immediate and short-term goals for their non-profit, Mamas Unidas. (Note: This was part of a larger group presentation with multiple parts.)

View my contributions here.

Finding the Best Location for a Skatepark In San Francisco


For my Geographic Information Systems (GIS) course, my group and I conducted a suitability analysis to determine the best location for a new skatepark in San Francisco. I helped find and clean the data and conducted the analysis.

View poster here.

Student Research Assistant/Surveyor


This study explores bicycle and public transit use by low-income Latine immigrants in the San Francisco Bay Area. My contributions included helping analyze and compare household travel survey data for different municipalities across the US. Additionally, I rode Alameda County Transit bus lines within specific transit corridors to note ridership and users. I also helped identify potential survey intercept locations to reach our target demographic. Finally, I traveled to various sites throughout the Bay Area to administer both English and Spanish-language surveys.

Acknowledgements, page four.

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