About Me
everything you need to know 🦋
Adriana Solis
Click on the different headings to see my educational, technical, and personal information 😊.
Click here for more information: Educational Background
I graduated from Spring Hill High School in May 2019. During my time at Spring Hill, I competed in a variety of competitions for Accounting, CX Debate, Marching Band, and Solo and Ensemble. I am currently attending Allegheny College with an expected 2023 year graduation and am pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Economics. During my time at Allegheny, I was able to form a variety of professional and technical skills in relation to the field of computer science and economics. In one of my courses, I was able to add on to my interpersonal professional skills, as I learned more about the framework, introductory timelines, and format of software engineering. I also had the opportunity to work on a department-wide project, GatorMiner.
Click here for more information: Technical Background
My technical background involves data analysis, debugging, GitHub flow framework, linting, and the implementation of complex programs using Python and Java. I intend to expand on these tools and languages in my future line of work. Given my course and technical background, I am currently looking for positions that are in the field of Software Engineering or Data Analysis.
Click here for more information: Personal Life
Outside of my life at college, I spend time with friends, drink way too much coffee, and get occasionally attacked by my cat, Frankie. I also currently intern remotely at First Bank of the Lake, a bank in Missouri. This type of work gives me an insight into the mechanisms behind loan processes, data processing, and other professional skills. I am also involved in a variety of clubs on campus, which includes the International Club as their Secretary, Women in Business and Economics as their Social Chair, Allegheny ESports as their Personal Relations Chair, Allegheny Student Government as a Student Proxy, and Wind Symphony as a Performing Ensemble Member.
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Summary
This page is dedicated to showcasing the different technical and professional concepts that I have explored during my time at Allegheny College for both of my majors, Computer Science and Economics.
Course and Technical Experiences for Major Courses
Fall 2019
Click here for more information: Intro to Micro
Description: This course introduced the topic of market behavior in regard to individuals, households, and firms. This topic was further supported by the concepts of opportunity cost, the derivation of supply and demand curves, the analysis of markets in relation to the scarcity of resources, the analysis of various market structures, the impact of government controls on the economy, and the measurement of social costs and benefits.
Technical Skills Learned:
- how to make rudimentary graphs
- how to write and interpret basic economic equations
- how to relate course concepts to real-world examples
- how to write an in-depth analysis of a topic using economic principles, statistical and relevant data, proper citations, and APA style format
- how to interact with other students to create different projects
- how to present projects to the Professor and other classmates while adhering to a predetermined rubric
Click here for more information: Intro to Macro
Description: This course explores the concepts for measurement and analysis of national income, employment, and price level. The topics used to explore these concepts are unemployment, savings and investment, inflation, economic growth, the banking system, business cycles, and the short-run and long-run effects of monetary and fiscal policy. This course was not taken during my time at Allegheny. Since I was able to take this class during my time at my high school under the Advanced Placement program, then my test scores were able to satisfy the requirements for the course.
Technical Skills Learned:
- how to utilize course concepts to provide an analysis of different readings
- how to make rudimentary graphs
- how to choose relevant and reputable sources for research
- how to use Prezi, PowerPoint, Google Slides, Google Docs, Google Sheets, The Remind App, and Google Classroom features to complete course assignments
- how to collaborate with other students to create presentations about course concepts
- how to properly present assignments to the Professor and other students
Spring 2020
Click here for more information: Macroeconomic Theory
Description: This course serves to build off of the introductory topic explored in 'Intro to Micro' by showing the development of theories for macroeconomic concepts. These theories concerned the determination of output, prices, and employment. These concepts are further explored through the hypotheses upon which these theories are founded, as well as their implications for policy programs.
Technical Skills Learned:
- how to analyze and write intermediary graphs and economic equations
- how to distinguish between different types of economic graphs
- how to utilize GoogleMeets for class
- how to present concepts to the Professor and other members of the class
Click here for more information: Computational Expression Spring 2020
| Technical Skills Learned: | Professional Skills Learned: |
|---|---|
| design, implement, and test algorithms in Java, an object-oriented programming language | introduction to computer science and computational thinking |
| how to generate an SSH key | wrote weekly progress reports that thoroughly explained the mechanisms included in my technical writing |
| how to use Slack | how to work on projects using the team feature in GitHub |
| how to set up and use Git Hub, GitHub actions, Gradle, and Travis CI | provided oral presentations on the analysis of code and other technical concepts explored in class |
| fundamental concept of data types, conditional logic, iteration, recursion, exceptions, and graphics programming | |
| how to use single-dimension, multi-dimensional, and extendable arrays to implement graphical applications | |
| design, implementation, use, and testing of software such as Docker, Atom Text Editor, and GatorGrader | |
| basic Linux and Windows terminal commands | |
| computational structures needed to solve problems, produce interactive games, computer-mediated art and music | |
| how to organize and document a program's source code so that it effectively communicates with the intended users and maintainers | |
| complete weekly technical projects that demonstrate the material taught in class that week | |
| how to write in markdown format |
Fall 2020
Click here for more information: Microeconomic Theory
Description: This course builds off of the introductory concepts explored in Intro to Micro. This includes the study of theories of consumer and firm behavior, and economic efficiency and welfare. The analysis of markets, resources, and general equilibrium is also made during this course.
Technical Skills Learned:
- how to interpret intermediate level graphs and equations
- how to write graphs
- how to utilize GoogleMeets for class meetings
- how to utilize Canvas for course assignments
- how to present to the Professor and other students in the class
Click here for more information: Data Abstraction Fall 2020
| Technical Skills Learned: | Professional Skills Learned: |
|---|---|
| how to use Git Hub, Gradle, Travic CI, and GatorGrader for team-based assignments | how to utilize Git Hub Team to work on certain assignments without any merge conflicts |
| how to write more sophisticatedly in markdown | how to communicate with other members of the class during our class-wide collaboration on certain assignments |
| how to use Slackhow to efficiently store and retrieve digital data through the implementation, use, and evaluation of computational structures | how to properly dictate the analysis of the code, test suites, and results from running the program into a markdown file |
| how to create data structures and algorithms through the use of the Java programming language | how to set up and abide by technical deadlines during the implementation of my group project |
| how to test the accuracy of a program through test cases | |
| how to use the fundamentals of nodes to create mapping functions for complex programs | |
| how to create a results table that displays the timing results for a program | |
| how to use the concepts of a linked list to create Singly Linked Lists and Doubly Linked Lists | |
| how to use the concepts explored in class to create my own program, which is an encrypted collection of ciphers that masks user's input |
Spring 2021
Click here for more information: Human Resource Management
Description: This course does an examination of organizational policies and practices and their influences on employee behavior. The individual, team, and organizational effects of recruiting, selection, training, development, compensation, and labor relations strategies are analyzed. The influence of employment law and the psychological aspects of the workplace are discussed.
Technical Skills Learned:
- how to analyze social behavior in relation to economic principles
- how to demonstrate understanding of course concepts through daily quizzes
- an expansion of professional connections through the daily presentations from alumni
- how to expand my professional profile
Click here for more information: International Economics
Description: This course is a study of international economic relationships. The bases of an international division of labor, international financial arrangements and agencies, balance of payments problems, trade policies of nations, trade and development, regional economic integration, and the multi-national corporation are some of the topics that were discussed.
Technical Skills Learned:
- how to analyze complex graphs and economic equations
- how to utilize GoogleMeets for class meetings
- how to utilize Canvas for course assignments, quizzes, and exams
- how to present course information to the Professor and other classmates
Click here for more information: Fund of Financial Accounting
Description: This course gave an introduction to methods of recording, classifying, and summarizing financial data. Though this course was taken during my time at Allegheny, these concepts were also explored in classes taken during my time in high school. Those relevant courses were Accounting 1, Accounting 2, and Accounting 3.
Technical Skills Learned:
- how to do basic accounting concepts
- how to construct a balance sheet
- how to construct an income statement
- how to record different types of payments
- how to classify different types of transactions
- how to do a balance of payments analysis
- how to fix accounting errors
- how to write a summary report
- how to use the correct syntax for financial statements
- how to present information to the Professor and other classmates
Click here for more information: Algorithm Analysis Spring 2021
| Technical Skills Learned: | Professional Skills Learned: |
|---|---|
| how to utilize LaTeX to create pseudocode for concepts explored in class | how to communicate professionally with other members during team assignments and the final project |
| how to use fundamental methods of computer science for designing and implementing algorithms | how to provide in-depth analysis of concepts and diagrams learned in class in a clear, concise, and accurate manner |
| the fundamental concepts of non-linear structures such as Trees | how to effectively communicate with Technical Leaders and the Professor through Slack and Google Meets |
| how to analyze the efficiency of algorithms | |
| how to implement different sorting algorithms using Python and/or Java | |
| how to measure the running time of a program | |
| how to use Big Oh Notation in order to compute the worst-case time complexity for different algorithms | |
| how to utilize Stack ADT operations to solve algorithmic problems | |
| how to solve a variety of time series problems | |
| how to utilize Queue ADT operations to solve algorithmic problems | |
| how to analyze the expected output for the insertion sort, selection sort, quick sort, and merge sort algorithms through pseudocode and partition mapping | |
| how to use arrays to represent a binary tree structure | |
| how to make binary heaps through the heap sort algorithm | |
| how to use different traversal methods for binary trees | |
| explore the concept of a binary search tree, balanced tree, 2-3 trees, and red black trees to create different kinds of algorithms | |
| how to implement graph traversal (DFS and BFS) and graph shortest path algorithms |
Click here for more information: Software Engineering Spring 2021
| Technical Skills Learned: | Professional Skills Learned: |
|---|---|
| how to make team branches in Git Hub | how to engage in Requirements Engineering |
| how to use Slack for discussions | how to evaluate the architecture of software |
| how to add concise and relevant comments inside of my code | how to create software blueprints according to different problems |
| how to fix merge conflicts that arose during the team assignments | how to properly document software capabilities, functions, and solutions to any problems |
| how to create a pull request, assign reviewers, approve pull requests, and merge the pull requests into the main branch of a repository | how to mitigate software risk |
| how to build and use GatorMiner | how to adhere to technical deadlines in a Scrum-Agile framework |
| how to set up and use a ZenHub board | how to effectively communicate with members of my development Team |
| how to create user stories and tasks | how to make decisions about software as a team |
| how to fork a repository | how to properly interact with customers, team leaders, the course instructor, student technical leaders, and other members of my class during the time spent on GatorMiner |
| how to fix problems with certain packages by analyzing the error messages and utilizing different technical support websites | |
| how to contribute to the GitHub Issue Tracker | |
| implement the same program in Python while using different styles of coding | |
| analyze the differences between monolith, cookbook, pipeline, and object-oriented styles of coding | |
| how to add features to GatorMiner that would increase the efficiency and effectiveness of this tool | |
| how to configure a development environment for Python | |
| how to run Python programs using pip, pyenv, and pipenv | |
| how to run linting and reformatting checks on Python programs | |
| how to perform basic testing of Python programs | |
| how to calculate code coverage of the test suites and report code coverage through different online providers | |
| how to debug programs using logging and other methods |
Fall 2021
Click here for more information: International Business
Description: This course introduces the issues and strategies that should be considered in the process of competing in foreign markets. This is through the major concepts that business executives and economists use in discussing the dynamics of the global economy. Through case studies and class discussions, this course highlights the best practices for implementing and crafting effective global strategies
Technical Skills Learned:
- how to analyze global relations through public policy
- how to analyze global relations through societal policy
- how to analyze global relations through economic policy
- how to write an analysis of a variety of different course concepts
- how to use Stata to produce statistical data
- how to present an international topic to the Professor and other classmates
- how to present an analysis of different case studies
- how to write a research paper using proper citations and relevant data
- how to provide a peer review of different economic concepts
Click here for more information: Fraud and Business Ethics
Description: This course will explore the elements of theories about fraud, the role of whistleblowers, internal and external controls, the characteristics of fraudsters and victim organizations as well as different fraud schemes.
Technical Skills Learned:
- what the proper protocol is to avoid fraud in different settings
- what different internal control procedures are
- how to present an relevant topic to the Professor and other classmates
- how to report different types of fraud
Click here for more information: Discrete Structures Fall 2021
| Technical Skills Learned: | Professional Skills Learned: |
|---|---|
| how to use functions and the discrete structures to build efficient Python programs | how to effectively communicate with other members of the class, technical leaders, and the course instructor |
| how to read and translate concepts expressed in natural language, formal mathematical notation, and Python programs | how to create a clear, concise, and accurate analysis of the source code that is implemented in course assignments |
| how to use Boolean logic, set theory, and probability theory in relation to concepts explored in class | how to deliver accurate and informative presentations on concepts explored in class |
| how to specify, design, document, implement, and test Python programs that are efficient, technically correct, and are easy to understand | |
| how to use higher-order functions, lambda expressions, generating functions in order to create and manipulate numbers, lists, sets, dictionaries, sequence, stream, and trees | |
| how to use proper imports to create a Python program | |
| how to use the concept of a monoid to use concatenation on textual strings in the Python programming language | |
| how to use a set and set-theoretic operations such as union, intersection, and containment check to create programs that stores and manipulates data | |
| use the definition of domain and range to implement a dictionary function | |
| use higher-order functions such as map, reduce, and filter accurately | |
| how to install, upgrade and use Poetry to install a Python program's dependencies, create a virtual environment, and run linting, reformatting, and testing checks | |
| how to use VS Code text editor to implement different Python programs | |
| how to use the GitHub Flow Model | |
| how to use Discord to effectively communicate about technological concepts and/or questions |
Click here for more information: Computer Security Fall 2021
| Technical Skills Learned: | Professional Skills Learned: |
|---|---|
| how to use Discord to communicate with members of the computer science department | how to communicate the human role in security systems |
| how to use the GitHub Issue Tracker: accurate labels and descriptive issue types, assigning myself and others to applicable issues, track the issues through the project board | how social, political, legal, and ethical vulnerabilities affect the security of a system |
| how to evaluate secure computer hardware and software through a study of the principles used in their design | how to effectively research and present on different security exploits |
| how to assess the trade-offs in security policies | how to collaborate with other members of the class for joint assignments, presentations, and written reports |
| how to create software with efficient and effective security mechanisms | how to write clear, concise, and informative walkthroughs of the exploitations that were performed with TryHackMe |
| how to use the online platform TryHackMe to investigate techniques for providing access control, secure channels, and intrusion detection | |
| how to use the concepts of security design principles, systems security and exploitation, access control and authentication, secure channels, network security, language-based security, privacy and anonymity, and intrusion detection | |
| how to interpret numeric security-related data and their graphical representations | |
| how to design, implement, and test secure Software | |
| how to mitigate buffer overflow attacks, network security hacking, cryptography, and memory safety attacks through and online platform that simulates the hacking |
Click here for more information: Software Innovation I Fall 2021
| Technical Skills Learned: | Professional Skills Learned: |
|---|---|
| how to create a clear and informative resume | how to identify networking opportunities |
| how to create an 'about me' page on GitHub | how to deliver progress updates on assignments to a select group of my peers |
| how to create a cover letter | how to write informative and explanatory progress reports in a markdown format |
| how to use Netlify, Jekyll, and a text editor to create a portfolio website | how to identify different opportunities that align with my background, interests, and goals |
| how to communicate with the course instructor and other classmates through the Discord department server |
Planned Courses for Spring 2022:
- Web Development
- Software Innovation II
- Computer Science Junior Seminar
- Economic Statistics
Demos
Walkthroughs to accompany the Projects page
Computer Science Project Demos
This page shows the walkthroughs for my different projects. Feel free to look at the Projects page for an in-depth explanation of the different features/programs!
GatorMiner - Frequency Analysis Word Cloud & Frequencies of Categories of Words
GatorMiner - Pytest Plugin
Final Project - “Cipher for Spies”
Projects
All Out Technical Creativity
Computer Science Projects
This page will provide an in-depth description of the different projects I have worked on and contributed to during my time at Allegheny College.
Click for more information: GatorMiner
This project was developed during my Software Engineering course in the Spring of 2021. This is an 'automated text-mining tool written in Python to measure the technical responsibility of students in computer science courses, being used to analyze students' markdown reflection documents and five questions survey based on Natural Language Processing in the Department of Computer Science at Allegheny College'. As a part of my course requirements, I participated in adding the following features to this text-mining tool:
Click for more information: Frequency Analysis Word Cloud
Description: This feature, which was written in Python, was added to GatorMiner through the implementation of the Git Hub Issue Tracker. Using a team of 'developors' and a pre-assigned 'Scrum leader', we were able to use the collected data in the words frewuency analysis and pass it into a package responsible for creating the word cloud. Following the Scrum-Agile framework and other concepts explored in our course, we held and attended 3 development meetings a week. In these meetings, we would discuss any technical challenges we were experiencing and what parts of the code were completed. Our scrum leader would assign us tasks and deadlines for these tasks in order to make sure that we would meet our feature deadline. Once we finished implementing our feature, we would issue a pull request so that the Professor could review our work and provide comments on our source code. In order to make sure that there were not any merge conflicts or segments in our code that would issue a failing build, a Technical Leader was assigned to comment any changes that were needed.
Click on this feature to access the GitHub repository!
Click for more information: Frequencies of Categories of Words
Description: This feature, written in Python, was also added to GatorMiner through the implementation of the Git Hub Issue Tracker. Given that this tool would be used by the Department of Computer Science to analyze class assignments and reflections, my team decided that it would be convenient to 'add the most frequent categories of words to the frequency analysis page to get a broader view of what is most frequently referenced in the assignments'. We decided to use the same Scrum-Agile framework as our previous issue, where my assigned role was in the development team. My role was to update our sprint log, write the test cases, and help another developer with the implementation of the interface. Given that most of this issue included some AI sophistications, our feature had a longer timeframe than our previous one. Nonetheless, I continuously worked on debugging our feature, consulting with other developers about their progress to update the spring log, and worked with another developer about the strategy for implementing the interface until test cases could be added.
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Click for more information: Pytest Plugin
Description: For the last project of my Software Engineering course, we were tasked with a variety of different options, one of which included creating a new Pytest Plugin, written in Python. My team decided to adopt the Scrum-Agile framework for this assignment. We decided to add on to an existing plugin, where we added a new feature to this plugin. As I was elected as the Scrum Leader for this project, I assigned preliminary tasks and deadlines to the development team. The original plugin made the pytest results report in a Markdown table format. Our new feature will link these results to a given email address and send the report in a Markdown file to a user's email address. Given that we work forking another plugin, the majority of our first meetings dealt with 'cleaning up' the original plugin and updating the dependencies files. Once these tasks were finished, we held another meeting where I assigned the final round of tasks to the development team. My role as Scrum Leader mainly meant that I was delegating tasks and planning our meetings, but I also helped with the debugging, linting, and strategy behind the test cases. Given that our plugin was a forked repository, unlike the other features we implemented in GatorMiner, we decided not to use the Git Hub Issue Tracker strategy. Instead, we used Git Hub teams and provided communication if we were working on the feature in order to avoid merge conflicts.
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Click for more information: Cipher for Spies
Description: For my final project for Data Abstraction, my group decided to create a program that would give the user the option to choose between 3 different ciphers in order to 'send' encrypted messages. Since we wanted to ensure that the plaintext provided by the user would not be exposed during the encryption process, we decided to implement a feature into our program that would hide the user's keystrokes with an asterick. The 3 different ciphers are the Caesarian Cipher, the Vigenere Cipher, and a unique blended cipher (Caesarian and Vigenere Cipher are combined to form one cipher). The user then has the option to display their decrypted text from the ciphertext.
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Click for more information: Caesarian Cipher
This cipher was the one that I wrote for my team project. This program was written in Java and does the following for the encryption of the plaintext: assigns an integer value to each letter of the alphabet, finds out what the value of the shift is, finds out what character needs to be replaced, and returns the encrypted ciphertext. For the decryption method, it does the inverse of the encryption methods. In order to test the accuracy of this cipher, I also added applicable test cases that checked for accuracy given different inputs.
Click for more information: Vigenere Cipher
This cipher was written by another team member, but I worked with them on debugging and reformatting the source code. This program was written in Java and does the following for the encryption of the plaintext: strip all of the characters except the ones in the alphabet, convert this into uppercase, use the keyword repeatedly to create a string the same length as the plaintext, then continuously replace the characters until we get the ciphertext. For the decryption part of the program, the methods for encryption are put in reverse, which will return the plain text. To test for the accuracy of the encryption method, we also implemented test cases for this program.
Click for more information: Java Cipher
For this cipher, since the two ciphers we would be combining already had their own program files, we decided the easiest course of action would be to call on the two programs inside the main file. This cipher would first encrypt the text using the Vigenere Cipher and then would further encrypt the text using the Caesarian cipher. This would return a doubly encrypted cipher text to the user. For the decryption method, it would utilize the decryption method for the Caesarian cipher and the Vigenere Cipher. Since this 'Java Cipher' depends on the accuracy on two pre-declared ciphers, then we incorporated this into the test cases that were made for this cipher.
Extracurriculars
Clubs and Other Experiences
Summary
This page serves to show the variety of different clubs, job experiences, professional experiences, awards, scholarships, and other extracurriculars that I participated in from May 2019 to present.
Clubs
During my time at Allegheny, I was able to join a variety of clubs that contributed to my varied interests. For most of these clubs, I was a long-standing member, but there are a certain few that I was given the opportunity to become more than a member. For these clubs, I was elected to the board, where I was able to provide a variety of different events, meetings, and activities to the community at Allegheny. For more information on my role in the club, please click on the club name for more information.
Click here for more information: International Club at Allegheny
Description: The purpose of this club is to promote and spread awareness of international cultures to the Allegheny College campus. For this club, I was elected as their Secretary, of which my duties consisted of:
- managing the club email
- attending weekly board meetings
- attend monthly general meetings
- write meeting minutes
- manage the shared google drive folder
- send out emails to club members about upcoming events and deadlines
- extra duties as needed
Throughout my time on the board of this club, I have helped plan, manage, and send out information on the following events:
- international fashion show
- international cooking event
- event meetings
- international open mic night
For the next semester, this club is planning the following events:
- international bazaar
- international formal
- international open mic night
Click here for more information: Women in Business and Economics
Description: This club, which was founded in 2020, was formed with the sole purpose of shedding light on the issues that women in the fields of business and economic experience. For this club, I was elected to the position of Social Chair, where my duties consisted of the following:
- managing social accounts, such as instagram and linkedin
- create different layouts and graphics for posts
- utilize Canva and other digital editing softwares to create different social media posts and stories
- analyze different follower and interaction patterns
- attend weekly board meetings
- attend general meetings
- advertise the events and meetings to other club members
Throughout my time in this club, I have helped plan and organize the following events:
- open mic night with painting
- general meetings
- event meetings
For the next semester, this club will be hosting the following events:
- zoom meetings with Alumni
- resume workshop with the Department of Business and Economics
- mixer for club members and other members of the department
- open mic night
Click here for more information: Allegheny ESports
Description: The purpose of this club is to provide a competitive and friendly community for video game enjoyers. My position for this club is the Personal Relations Chair, where my duties consist of the following:
- work with the club President to redesign the club website
- document the progress of the club through a variety of different social media accounts
- attend specialized meetings with the club President as needed
- solve technical problems as needed
Throughout my time on this club, I have worked with the club President to provide an outline of the redesign of the club website. As the production of the website needs to have consensus among the other board members, the majority of my duties will be conducted in the upcoming semester.
Click here for more information: Pre-Law Club
Description: This club's purpose is to provide instances for individuals to learn about the field of law and explore potential careers in law. My position was as Secretary, where my duties consisted of the following:
- handle the club email account
- attend general and board meetings
- write out the meeting minutes
As this club meets as new opportunities arise, the majority of our events centered around meetings with Alumni.
Job Experiences
Outside of Allegheny, I was able to have a variety of different work experiences. Though the following positions do not document the total amount of positions I have held, they are the positions that are most pertinent to my chosen field of studies.
Click here for more information: GGL Lender Intern
Description: This is a remote banking position where I am currently able to work with in different departments in the lending industry. Through this internship, I was able to gain a first-hand experience of the small-business lending environment. I also had the opportunity to have different mentors, have a professional connection with executives within the lending division, have paid cyber safety training, work with other team members, and participate in government guaranteed lending programs. Throughout my time at this company, I was able to work in the PPP (Paycheck Protection Program) department, the Document Manager department, the Customer Service department, the Insurance department, and the Forgiveness department.
Click here for more information: Technical Leader
Description: This position is a campus position where I am currently able to technical support to other students on their course assignments. Through this position, I am able to interact with my Professors and other technical leaders in a professional environment while discussing sensitive information. I have the opportunity to work with students (ranging from a variety of different course level computer science classes) to offer assistance on class readings, class lab assignments, class practical assignments, and class final projects. I am also able utilize Discord features (such as voice channels) to help out students virtually in cases where my office hours are conducted remotely.
Professional Experiences
Throughout my time at Allegheny, I was able to participate in a lot of different events and other experiences. These opportunities helped me to solidify my commitment to my respective majors, as well as allow me to be better involved in the community of professional individuals that I will be joining once I graduate. For more information on the information listed below, please click on the name of the event.
Click here for more information: The Econ Games 2020-2021
Description: The Econ Games is a rigorous economics competition for undergraduate students, where the goal is to incorporate topics and skills from Economics to solve real-world problems. For this event, I participated in a team to solve a predetermined 'real-world' problem. We looked through hundreds of data files and sheets to create a solution to this problem. Since this event was online for this year, our team also had to record our analysis of the data virtually.
Click here for more information: Finance and Facilities Committee
Description: This committee was a position that I was appointed to by the Allegheny Student Government. As a committee member, I attend weekly meetings with other members of the community, vote on committee issues, and help determine the decisions put forth for this community. This committee's principle function is to participate in the determination of general financial and facilities planning policy for the College and to serve as a liaison between Administration, Faculty, and Staff on financial matters.
Click here for more information: Women in Economics Symposium
Description: This event is a meeting of different women in business, as it aims to encourages attendees to pursue a career in Economics by discussing the successful career paths of diverse economies professionals and raising awareness of diversity and inclusion in the profession. Through this symposium, I was able to converse with different economic professionals, get an insight into the logistics of an economic career, and go to different keynote events.
Awards and Scholarships
Due to my involvement in certain clubs and other activities, I was able to apply for different scholarships and interscholastic events. Though most of these awards and scholarships were awarded based on merit, the following were awarded through a rigorous selection process or through multiple competitions. For more information on each award or scholarship, please click on the name of the award.
Click here for more information: HSF Scholar 2021-2022
Description: This scholarship, which stands for the Hispanic Scholarship Fund, is a scholar program that empowers students with the knowledge and resources to aid them in their higher education. Scholars are given access to keynote speaker series, internship and employment opportunities, connections with Alumni, and financial awards.
Click here for more information: Band Scholarship
Description: This scholarship was awarded to me during my senior year of high school. This award was presented by the Spring Hill Band Boosters, where the awardees were people in band who demonstrated continued participance, leadership, and merit.
Click here for more information: UIL Texas State Medalist in Accounting
Description: This scholastic competition provides students with educational experiences, promote good sportsmanship, sponsor regional conferences and clinics for contests, and sponsor district, regional, and state tournaments for contests. As this competition offers a variety of different events for students to compete in, I decided to compete with the Accounting team. During my time on the team, I was elected as Team Captain, held practices, and attended a variety of different competitions. During my senior year, I was able to lead my team to 3rd place in the state contest, where I finished 3rd overall.
Click here for more information: UIL Texas State Participant for CX Debate
Description: For a description of this event, please refer to the previous event. During my time in high school, I also participated in this contest for CX Debate. This style of debate involves a team (consisting of 2 people) that provides a response to a real-world policy problem. For my senior year, my team qualified for the state round of the competition.
Outside Extracurricular Activities
Outside of academic, club, and work involvements, I am able to participate in a lot of different activities. Though most of these activities involve my family, the couch, and a really good B-rated movie, I still find time for my other passion: music. For more information on the following positions, please click on the name of the position.
Click here for more information: Secretary of Choirs
Description: This position was offered to me following the retirement of the previous secretary. My duties consist of the following: - ask choir for the song list for Sunday mass
- send the list of songs to the director and other members of the choir
- help to put the needed songs on a powerpoint
- type out the lyrics to new songs as needed
Click here for more information: Co-Director of Musicians
Description: This positions was offered to me after years of being a member of the choir. My duties consist of the following: - training new musicians
- writing out parts for the musicians
- translating between different keys for different instruments
- host additional practices for the musicians, as needed
- provide insight into the structure of the musical score for the mass
- converse with other people in the department regarding choir personnel, logistics, and music
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Click here for more information: Secretary of Choirs
Description: This position was offered to me following the retirement of the previous secretary. My duties consist of the following:
- ask choir for the song list for Sunday mass
- send the list of songs to the director and other members of the choir
- help to put the needed songs on a powerpoint
- type out the lyrics to new songs as needed
Click here for more information: Co-Director of Musicians
Description: This positions was offered to me after years of being a member of the choir. My duties consist of the following:
- training new musicians
- writing out parts for the musicians
- translating between different keys for different instruments
- host additional practices for the musicians, as needed
- provide insight into the structure of the musical score for the mass
- converse with other people in the department regarding choir personnel, logistics, and music </ul
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