places i've worked, people i've helped

work,
lately

a little archive of jobs, teams &
things i've learned along the way ♡

WORK DRAWER · 01SUE SUEsoftware · campus · communityopen carefully →
01 · professional + campus experience

from the work drawer

Seven places, arranged from most recent to earliest—each one a different kind of problem-solving.

Sue with the Calling All Kids team
building with the CAK team ♡
01

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING · CO-OP

Software Engineering Intern

Calling All Kids Mobile App

Sep 2025 — Jun 2026San Luis Obispo, CA

  • Architected a Node.js/Express and PostgreSQL analytics platform for more than 10,000 children's voice records, including NLP sentiment and prosody signals such as pitch, latency, and pauses, collaborating closely with the founder and team.
  • Helped develop six personality archetypes for children ages 2–6 based on Rothbart's temperament model, combining quantitative signals and transcript insights for parent-facing recommendations.
  • Prototyped and developed a Flutter Web dashboard for the app and Mocha test suite with 80%+ coverage, used by over 10,000 users.
activation-preview.local
scan(athlete) → live statsAIscreen reader ✓   haptics ✓
02

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING

Software Engineering Intern

Fiducia AI

Jun — Aug 2025Remote

  • Built interactive activations that turned scanned athlete images into real-time stats and bios through IBM's SpeedShotX camera API and AI prompting.
  • Made the camera experience more accessible with screen-reader support, dynamic alt text, read-aloud interactions, and haptic feedback.
  • Wrote JUnit 5 tests for Spring Boot endpoints and accessibility behavior, including edge cases with mocked layers.
Sue with a coworker at the Cal Poly International Center
international center days ♡
SUEINTERNATIONAL
CENTER
staff
03

STUDENT SUPPORT + EVENTS

Front Desk Student Assistant

Cal Poly International Center

Dec 2024 — Jun 2026San Luis Obispo, CA

  • Managed data-centered projects supporting study-abroad programs and created marketing content for the office.
  • Helped students from varied backgrounds in person and through phone and email conversations.
04

STUDENT SUPPORT + EVENTS

Front Desk Student Assistant

Cal Poly Transfer Center

May 2025 — Jun 2026San Luis Obispo, CA

  • Welcomed transfer students, answered questions, and connected them with useful campus and transfer resources.
  • Led a quarterly boba study event and supported larger programs such as SLO Days.
  • Helped keep the office welcoming and brought student needs and possible solutions into weekly team meetings.
Sue and the Cal Poly Transfer Center team
the transfer center team
POWERPOINT ✓WORD ✓ACCESSIBILITY REVIEWcourse-material.pdfreading orderalt textscreen readerWCAG ✓
05

SUMMER ACCESSIBILITY WORK

Instructional Materials Remediation Support Student Assistant

Cal Poly CTLT MIDAS Team

Apr — Aug 2025San Luis Obispo, CA

  • Remediated PDFs, Word documents, presentations, and other course materials for WCAG and ADA accessibility.
  • Used Equidox and Ally to improve screen-reader compatibility and ran quality checks on revised materials.
  • Worked with faculty and students to identify inaccessible content and provide support.

primarily a summer role ☀

Sue working at the De Anza College front desk
a day at the front desk
06

STUDENT SUPPORT + EVENTS

Front Desk Student Assistant

De Anza College · Admissions & Records

Jun 2023 — Aug 2024Cupertino, CA

  • Helped with admissions and registration questions in person, by phone, and by email while securely handling private student information.
  • Maintained records in spreadsheets and databases and supported day-to-day office technology, inventory, and supplies.
  • Served as a first stop for students and the wider college community.
Sue with the Dauntless Discovery team
with the Dauntless team
07

EARLY OFFICE + DATABASE WORK

Admin Assistant & Database Administrator

Dauntless Discovery International

Apr — Aug 2022Yangon, Myanmar

  • Designed a Microsoft Access database for asset tracking and 100+ employee records.
  • Supported supervisors and more than 100 document reviewers across interviews, assessments, payroll, technical questions, and daily operations.
02 · after hours

teaching, mentoring
& showing up

Some of the work I remember most is the kind done alongside students, teammates, and community partners.

Stanford Code in Place section leader artwork
Code in Place section leader

THE VISUAL ANCHOR

Section Leader

Stanford Code in Place

2023, 2024 & 2025 programsRemote · Stanford University

Taught the first half of Stanford's CS106A curriculum in Python to an international section. Code in Place runs as a program cycle rather than continuous weekly work.

Sue presenting with the Hack4Impact team

BUILDING FOR A LOCAL NONPROFIT

Software Developer → Tech Lead

Hack4Impact · Paso Robles Food Co-op

Oct 2024 — Jun 2026San Luis Obispo, CA

Built the Food Co-op's referral program as a student developer, then led its outreach and engagement platform with developers, designers, and product teammates through code reviews, sprint planning, and agile collaboration.

A NOTE FOR THE NEXT STUDENT

Peer Mentor

De Anza College

Apr 2023 — Jun 2024Cupertino, CA

Helped first-year students navigate course choices, transfer planning, and campus resources.

OFFICE HOURS

Computer Science Tutor

De Anza College

Apr 2023 — Apr 2024Cupertino, CA

Tutored C++, Java, Python, and Assembly, adapting explanations for students at different experience levels.

explain it one more way →
Sue with the DA Hacks 2023 organizing team

150+ ATTENDEES

Hackathon Finance & Marketing Organizer

De Anza College

Apr — Oct 2023Cupertino, CA

Worked on sponsorship outreach and packages, fundraising, promotional graphics and T-shirts, and event logistics.