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This is my little corner of the internet documenting my journey and learnings while supporting various tech communities.
All content is written per my own thoughts and observations. They do not represent any organizations I’m associated with.
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This is a brain bump of thoughts I’ve noticed as I navigate the complex spheres of tech and education in higher education, especially with the increasing adoption of generative AI in student workflows. Education + Generative AI In Spring 2025, I was in a class with 25 other educators ranging from teachers to policy makers
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“Boys are just naturally better at math.” “Girls prefer reading and writing over science.” “Computer science is for guys who like video games.” Sound familiar? These seemingly innocent comments reflect deeply ingrained stereotypes that start shaping academic trajectories much earlier than we think. By middle school, these stereotypes don’t just influence what subjects girls think
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As part of my M.Ed., Educational Psychology from Rutgers University, I took a class on problem-based learning (PBL). PBL supports the school of thought that students lead their learning through natural inquiry in an open-ended problem and instructors are support systems (aka scaffolding) to nudge students in the right direction. I designed a PBL exercise
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This is a continuation of the Resume 101 series. If you haven’t already, read through The Basics before reading further through this blog. This framework builds atop those concepts and is the next step to leveling up your resume. Levels of Specificity The “Levels of Specificity” framework is a tool students can use to assess
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Career planning can be terrifying, especially when there are so many options while being unsure about your own interests. Admittedly, I still sometimes juggle back and forth between what I want to do between CS, education, and community. For a lot of young adults, university is one of the last steps before entering the work
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A resume’s format is just as important as its content. From Resumes 101: The Basics, recall that the goal of a resume is to quickly identify if a candidate is a good match. The formatting of a resume heavily supports this goal to both 1) quickly review a candidate’s past experiences and 2) identify if
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Resume writing is hard and it’s even harder when you’re just starting out as a computer science student. Everyone tells you that you need a resume, but they lack explicit how-tos or provide vague, hand-wavy LinkedIn-esque levels of advice. “Talk about your achievements at your current roles” – says everyone. When I first started, questions
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We all really suck at one thing: asking for help. Asking for help is tough; it’s daunting and forces us to expose our vulnerabilities to a wave of potential criticism. Our brains unleash the flood gates of worst-case scenarios and that once potential criticism now materializes as guaranteed criticism. “Just ask me if you need
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