my time with swe & acm-w

Volunteering with these organizations while a student at Santa Clara University inspired a lot of the work I do today.

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 President 2019-2020

  • Recipient of National SWE Guiding Star Award for my work as a collegiate leader with SWE, the SCU community, and the local community.

  • Recipient of National SWE Outstanding Outreach (Group) Award on behalf of SWE++ program that teaches local middle school girls introductory principles to computer science, self-empowerment, and college experiences.

  • Accepted into SWE Collegiate Leadership Institute for WE19 National Conference.

  • Created mentorship program between SWE and local middle school group - STEM Girls.

  • Increased organization and management of SWE board team through implementation of Slack, Trello, and Shared Google Drive.

  • Led a series of Personal Branding workshops for students to improve their resume design and help them stand out to recruiters.

  • Connect with industry representatives to encourage partnerships with SCU SWE.

  • Heightened collaboration between School of Engineering organizations by coordinating meetings and events co-led by multiple groups.

SWE++ Co-Chair 2019

  • Co-started SCU SWE++, a program that teaches local middle school girls introductory principles to computer science, self-empowerment, and college experiences.

  • Formed SWE++ Committee.

  • Contacted local schools and recruited first cohort of students.

  • Taught several lessons to the students in Scratch and Python.

  • Coordinated weekly committee meetings, lesson preparation meetings, and social events.

  • Publicized SWE++ on social media, gaining attention from non-SWE members.

  • Gained recognition from Dean of the School of Engineering.

Public Relations 2017-2019

  • Created and distributed dozens of flyers.

  • Managed tabling for Involvement Fair events.

  • Started SCU SWE Instagram profile.

  • Increased online participation, leading to a more collaborative community online between SWE and other SCU groups.

First-Year Representative 2016-2017

  • Assisted other board members with their tasks.

  • Shadowed board team to learn more about each officer position.

Beyond Board Roles

  • Implemented SWE Sisters, a mentorship program between SWE members.

  • Speaker to 200 students, faculty, and staff at Women in Engineering Dinner 2019.

  • Ideated, filmed, and edited SWE Promotional Video that was posted on SCU Admissions page.

  • Coordinated large panel event with women from industry and invited local SWE chapters.

  • Planned and ran events on International Women's Day and Girl Day during Engineers week to celebrate women engineers.

  • SWE National Conference attendee 2017 and 2019.

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 Secretary 2019-2019

  • Managed ACM-W social media pages (Facebook and Instagram).

  • Implented a point system to incentivize increased member pariticpation.

Event Coordinator 2018-2019

  • Coordinated industry representative panels on-campus.

  • Began mentorship program called Cyber Sisters between ACM-W general members.