Enthusiastic junior developer with broad technical exposure, bringing professionalism and dedication to web development project teams. Quickly grasps new technical skills and concepts to deliver under tight deadlines.
Skills
Python
JavaScript
Ruby
HTML/CSS
PHP
CoffeeScript
Rails
Flask
Sinatra
AJAX
ActiveRecord
jQuery
Experience
Student Developer, 06/2016 to 01/2017 Dev Bootcamp – Chicago, IL
Projects
Haiku Generator - Worked on a team of 4. Over the course of 8 days, built Markov chain using MATTER cycle to train web-based application to construct grammatically-correct, 3-line haiku. Drew on user feedback and Python's Natural Language Toolkit to create a pseudo-Human In the Loop training process. Design incorporated AJAX, SQLAlchemy, Postgres, Flask, Travis CI, Git workflow.
HackerNews clone - Used AJAX, Ruby, Javascript, jQuery, and a Sinatra framework to make a close duplicate of the HackerNews website. Featured functionality allowing users to create, delete, and vote on posts.
Yelp clone - Used AJAX, Ruby, Javascript, jQuery, and a Sinatra framework to make a web application resembling some of the functionality of Yelp. Gave users the ability to create, read, update, and delete restaurants. Users could create accounts, storing hashed passwords through Bcrypt, and log in/out.
Mental Health Assessor/Substance Abuse Counselor, 05/2013 to 12/2016 Wells Center (Illinois Dept. of Juvenile Justice) – St. Charles, IL
Administered/conducted GAIN, MAYSI, and YASI
assessments
Managed a caseload of up to 13 clients
Conducted one-on-one counseling sessions
Juvenile Justice Specialist, 11/2009 to 05/2013 Illinois Dept. of Juvenile Justice – Warrenville, IL
Supervised incarcerated adolescents
during daily activities
Documented behavioral issues and
submitted incident reports
De-escalated potentially violent situations between
adolescents
Education
Technical Training: Full-stack Web Development, 2017 Dev Bootcamp - Chicago, IL
Master of Arts: Sociology, 2009 Northern Illinois University - DeKalb, IL
Bachelor of Science: Criminology, 2006 Florida State University - Tallahassee, FL
