Bear Creek High School - Stockton, California

It was during my junior and senior years at Bear Creek High School when I first delved into computer science and dedicated my time towards learning Small Basic and then C++. There, I learned the fundamentals of programming, including how to think in terms of code syntax, draft my projects, and organize my ideas into their most basic components during planning. Additionally, I collaborated with my fellow peers in class projects, including a calculator and a rock-paper-scissors game. I also became acquainted with how to develop programs in IDEs, most particularly Visual Studio.

Google CSSI - Kirkland, Washington

During the summer of 2018, I attended the Google Computer Science Summer Institute program, where I greatly broadened my CS knowledge and expanded my experience in computer programming. In the three weeks I spent there, I learned how to program in HTML, CSS, Javascript, and Python, incorporate Google App Engine to set up and deploy an application, and utilize GitHub for collaborative projects. For our final week, I collaborated with two other peers to design, develop, and present the web app game Magic Trivia to Google engineers, showcasing and incorporating all I had learned during my time at the program.