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CV

Education

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Bachelor of Science degree in Comparative Media Studies, June 2019

Experience

Toshin Global English Camp, Shinjuku: Teaching Intern, Summer 2019

  • Worked with four groups of Japanese high school students to develop skills in English communication, public speaking, and problem solving


MIT Game Lab: Puzzle Research Assistant, Summer 2018

  • Designed, created, and put together paper and physical puzzles for a large puzzle-hunt quest

  • Play tested the puzzles on humans and collected and analyzed feedback


Imagination, Computation, and Expression Lab at MIT: Research Assistant, 2017

  • Helped develop a template for curriculum to teach high school students about computer science and identity concepts

  • Facilitated workshops and interviews with local high school students


Fluid Interfaces at the MIT Media Lab: 3D Modeler and Animator, Fall 2016 - Spring 2017

  • Designed scene for ​TreeSense,​ a virtual reality project in Unity where the user experiences life as a tree

  • Modeled and animated secondary characters in Autodesk Maya to interact with the tree


Global Game Jam, Cambridge MA: Logistics Team and Participant, January 2016 - 2019

  • Part of the logistics team for our location, as well as creating a game every year


MIT Freshman Arts Program: Counselor/Coordinator, 2016-2018

  • Worked in the spring to organize the fall weeklong program

  • Taught my groups of freshmen how to make a digital and tabletop game, film, and

    interactive murder mystery

Skills

Languages

  • fluent in English

  • fluent in Spanish 

  • conversational in German 

  • learning Japanese


Programming Languages​

  • Java 

  • UnrealScript 

  • Objective C 

  • Python (including VPython)

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Programs/Engines​

  • Unreal Development Kit (UDK) 

  • Unity 

  • Autodesk Maya 

  • ZBrush 

  • Newtek Lightwave 

  • Rhinoceros 3D

  • Adobe Photoshop

  • Adobe Illustrator 

  • Adobe Flash 

  • Scratch 

  • Krita

  • The GIMP

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