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Experience

Tech Assembly and Physical Computing

BRDG Studios / Nike World Cup

  • ⊕ Turned road cases into light boxes for Nike World Cup at Nike’s House of Innovation
  • ⊕ Illuminated apparel bays and embedded lights in tables
  • ⊕ Built numerous custom light boxes
  • ⊕ Work shipped to 6–8 major Nike stores across the country

Tech Assembly and Physical Computing

BRDG Studios / Nike A'Two

Installation Tech

Knabe Labs / Ministry of Awe

  • ⊕ Wired phones and speakers for art installations at Ministry of Awe
  • ⊕ Organized amplifier racks
  • ⊕ Wired and installed lights for cabinets
  • ⊕ General electrical work and improvised on site repairs

Tech Assembly and Physical Computing

BRDG Studios / Nike ACG

AV Installation Tech

Pseudonym Productions

  • ⊕ Installed 100 speakers and soldered cables for a Q-SYS install
  • ⊕ Cat6 wiring 16ft up and server room routing
  • ⊕ IEC cable management on the ceiling
  • ⊕ Installation and troubleshooting for security system
  • ⊕ General electrical work and improvised on site repairs

Environment Artist

Akupara Games / Airframe Ultra

Physical Computing + Fabrication

Knabe Labs / Queen Mary Escape Room

  • ⊕ Created and fabricated devices for the Queen Mary Escape Room in L.A.

  • ⊕ Designed an ESP32 circuit using IR sensors, buttons, LEDs, switches, and a small OLED screen

Soldering & Assembly

BRDG Studios / Nike Air Max

Music Educator

Music & Arts

  • ⊕ Taught private guitar, bass, and piano lessons
  • ⊕ Led group classes
  • ⊕ Customized curriculum

React.js Tutor

Hey Tutor

  • ⊕ Ongoing 1-on-1 React.js tutoring with students ranging from college to retired professionals
  • ⊕ Covered hooks, state management, project-based learning, debugging, and code review

Full Stack Developer

Freelance / BOKA Restaurant Group

Front End Developer

Freelance / Illustration Division Inc.

  • ⊕ Worked with custom JSON templates, Sass, HTML, and JavaScript to revise and translate an old Rails site to a Squarespace site
  • ⊕ Added custom JavaScript features and CSS tweaks

Composer

Freelance / Twilio

Installation Artist

Freelance / Trazacultura

  • ⊕ Created Juvenile Amplifier, an interactive installation that toured Europe after first exhibiting in Spain at Laboral
  • ⊕ Featured in the Playlist Exhibit, which explored music’s role in the adoption and manipulation of obsolete technologies

Full Stack Developer

Freelance / Trans Beauty Shop

  • ⊕ Built responsive mobile design for the website
  • ⊕ Configured Ruby on Rails for scalability
  • ⊕ Customized Bootstrap styles to ensure readability for older customers

Scoopista

Little Baby's Ice Cream

  • ⊕ Assisted customers with selecting from a wide variety of ice cream samples

Computer Repair Technician

Wise Guy Tech

  • ⊕ Repaired Apple, Windows, and Linux machines
  • ⊕ Soldered components and rebuilt equipment

Canvasser

Equality Pennsylvania

  • ⊕ Conducted door-to-door outreach across Philadelphia neighborhoods
  • ⊕ Collected petition signatures for LGBTQIA campaigns
  • ⊕ Raised awareness and support for LGBTQIA causes

Full Stack Developer

Self Employed Contractor

Guitar Teacher

Freelance / Mosaic Music Lessons

  • ⊕ Created a unique multitrack curriculum tailored to each student’s musical preferences
  • ⊕ Maintained a large active student roster

Cofounder

8static

  • ⊕ Cofounded 8static, a monthly chip music event in Philadelphia
  • ⊕ Ran live sound, booked acts, and managed the organization
  • ⊕ Led the organization’s successful $11,000 Kickstarter fundraiser
  • ⊕ Primary run 2008–2017, with a recent revival of about 3 shows

National Touring Music Act

Self Employed Musician

  • ⊕ Performed across the country with Cheap Dinosaurs, animal style, nmlstyl, Rerun, various cover bands, and jazz quartets
  • ⊕ Handled concert and event management for national tours

Music Instructor

Freelance

  • ⊕ Provided private lessons for guitar, bass, and piano to individuals and groups
  • ⊕ Taught at studios including Lou Rose Music, Mosaic Music Lessons, Music & Arts, and The Music Place (Berlin, NJ)
  • ⊕ Specialized in diverse musical styles, music theory, composition, and production

Education

Rutgers University

BM, Jazz Guitar Performance

1998 - 2002

  • ⊕ studied Jazz Guitar performance at Mason Gross School of the Arts within Rutgers University
  • ⊕ student of Vic Juris

The Hacktory

Teacher's Assistant & Apprenticeship under Wil Lindsay

2009 - 2010

  • ⊕ hands-on apprenticeship learning Processing
  • ⊕ Teacher's Assistant to Wil Lindsay in Arduino workshops
  • ⊕ helped students with electrical connections and software

Flatiron School

Fullstack Web Development

2017-2018

  • ⊕ received a Women Take Tech Scholarship
  • ⊕ completed intensive bootcamp program
  • ⊕ learned Ruby, Javascript, Bootstrap, Sinatra, OmniAuth, Nokogiri, CLI programming, SQL

Honors & Awards

Nominated for a Philly Geek Award

Geekadelphia · Feb 2016

Associated with 8static

  • ⊕ For the 8-static Festival, a three-day celebration of 8-bit music and visuals in Philadelphia

Met $10,000 Kickstarter Goal

Kickstarter · Sep 2015

Associated with 8static

  • ⊕ Raised $11,741 for 8static Festival 2014

Winner of the Open Spark Competition

Open Spark · May 2011

  • ⊕ Music played through 13-foot Tesla coils

Skills

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