I'm Sophie,
A Product Designer
A Software Developer
An Advocate for
Humane Technology
Building software to me is a language to express scrutiny, creativity and kindness.
Building software to me is a language to express scrutiny, creativity and kindness.
Dream For Schools (DFS) is a non-profit organization that makes STEM and computer science more approachable and accessible for K-12 students through hands-on learning opportunities. As part of our senior undergraduate capstone project, my colleagues and I were tasked with creating systems to automate management of DFS’s expanding AppJam+ coding competition and to digitalize the judging process for competitions teams. We delivered two web applications, developing them using JavaScript, React, and Firebase with Agile software development practices. Our applications enabled multiple AppJam+ competitions to function more efficiently, effectively reducing 20 hours of managerial work per competition, and meaningfully supported DFS’s ability to continue cultivating confidence and creativity for thousands of kids.
As a first-generation college student, I have always felt a desire to support those less privileged and to build inclusive communities for my peers. This is why, toward the end of my undergraduate degree, I co-founded an educational platform called Campus Impression that enabled resources and experiences to be shared and exchanged more effectively across campuses. One of the platform’s core features was a “HangOut Room”, which acted as a safe environment for users to initiate in-person group meetings.
With more than 115 people in the U.S. dying from opioid overdoses every day, the opioid crisis is one our public health administration’s top concerns – and it continues to worsen. UC Irvine’s opioid hackathon encouraged participants to develop public health solutions to address the crisis in California. My team designed a personalized behavior change app that can be used by patients, their families, and/or healthcare provides to support long-term reductions in overdose-related risk behaviors. Core solutions included community support features, progress tracking, milestone visualization, and recognition of progress.