Relevant Coursework

Fellowships

  • DRAWING I & II 

  • CS106A Programming Methodology

    • Covered all the important topics of basic programming: types, numbers, strings, functions, linear collections, dictionaries, logic, decomposition, good programming style, whole-program structure, text, file-processing, debugging, and performance. 

  • CS182W Ethics, Public Policy, and Technological Change 

  • ME101 Visual Thinking (Patrick Fenton)

    • Completed three design projects, including Automaton Storytelling, and developed a design toolkit.

  • CS102 Big Data: Tools and Techniques, Discoveries, and Pitfalls (Jennifer Widom)

    • Gained knowledge about machine learning, AI, big data solutions, and responsible use of data.

  • ME102 Foundations of Product Realization (Mark Cutkosky)

    • Focused on transforming design concepts into prototypes using sketching, 2D/3D software, and hands-on prototyping tools.

  • ME110B Digital Design Principles and Applications (William Scott)

    • Developed skills in digital design and prototyping using 2D/3D design software.

  • ME110 Design Sketching

    • Focused on freehand sketching, rendering, and design development, culminating in a design sketching portfolio.

  • ARTSTUDI 168: Data as Material

    • Explored how data can be used as material in art and design, investigating display aesthetics and how data construction shapes meaning.

  • HISTORY 144: Gendered Innovations (Londa Schiebinger)

    • Studied how sex, gender, and intersectional analysis spark discovery and innovation across fields like robotics, sustainability, and medicine.

  • SOC 180A: Foundations of Social Research

    • Developed skills in research question formulation, hypothesis development, sampling methods, and qualitative and quantitative data analysis.

  • ME103: Product Realization: Design and Making

    • Engaged in labs for machining, casting, and prototyping a customer-ready product, completing the full design process.

  • ME115A: Introduction to Human Values in Design

    • Focused on human-centered design, incorporating technical, business, and human needs through projects involving rapid prototyping, user testing, and storytelling.

  • ME115B: Product Design Methods

    • Learned human factors and usability principles for designing physical products and systems, with individual and team projects focused on integrating human factors analysis and design requirements.

  • ME120: History and Ethics of Design

    • Explored design history and ethical decision-making through project-based learning, examining significant design figures and events, particularly within Silicon Valley.

Fellowship Experience:

  • Lyric McHenry Community Arts Fellowship

    • Explored the environmental racism perpetuated by fast fashion through river pollution and exploitative labor practices.

    • Apprenticed with local seamstresses to help develop their skills in garment construction and sewing.

  • Arts + Justice Cohort 

    • Conducted need finding interviews with QTPOC to understand their experiences with fashion and clothing.

    • Designed and created a one-of-a-kind gender-affirming garment for a QTPOC in the community.

       

Fashion X & Data Fashion Fellowship 

  • Learned to transform interview data into analyzable formats using NVIVO for thematic analysis, with a focus on need-finding and oral history interviews.

  • Presidential Election.

2019 Senegalese Presidential Election - Jane Stanford Global Fellow

  • Leveraged skills in graphic design, digital art, and illustration to create custom infographics and characters that were more inclusive and representative of the Senegalese people than the existing illustrations available on the sites.

  • Assisted in content creation and communication with USAID, producing professional newsletters, infographics, images, and videos.

  • Created a short documentary that highlighted the role of youth in the 2019 Senegalese Presidential Election.


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