About Me.
I am a web designer & developer, & graduate of the University of Central Florida. I graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Digital Media – Web Design. I have developed skills in full-stack web development, various aspects of digital media, digital marketing, user interface design & user experience. I was a member of the Collegiate Cyber Defense Club, an academic organization where I broadened my knowledge of security. I am pursuing a career where I can utilize my artistic & technical background to develop aesthetic & engaging applications to assist users in achieving their goals. In my spare time, I'm a hobbyist graphic designer, photographer & desk toy collector.
Education.
University of Central Florida, 2018
Bachelor of Arts, Digital Media - Web Design Track
Skills.
Development: AJAX, APIs, Bootstrap, Browser Tools, CSS, Express.js, GIT/VCS, Gulp, HTML, JavaScript, Jenkins, JQuery, JSON, MongoDB, MySQL, Node.js, NPM, PHP, Pug, React, Redux, Sass, SQL, TypeScript, Webpack, WordPress Multisite.
Skills: Accessibility, Agile, Database Management, Design Principals, Digital Marketing, Digital Media, Graphic Design, Information Architecture, Iterative Design, Responsive Design, Semantics, SEO, Typography, UI/UX Design & Development.
Software: Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe XD, Sketch, Visual Studio Code.
Soft Skills: Adaptable, Autodidact, Collaborative, Communicative, Creative, Critical Thinking & Problem Solving, Detail-Oriented, Organized, Responsible, Self-Starter.
Works.
University of Central Florida
As a Web Applications Developer Intern I developed, deployed & maintained WordPress multisite. I redesigned & developed sites according to brand style guidelines. Information Architecture was optimized based on analytics and to achieve department goals. I developed documentation to assist in the adaptation of the newly developed sites.
React, React Hooks, API
React application utilizing the GitHub API providing popular repositories & searching functionality of all repositories. The site is built with React & uses React Hooks (useEffect, useState). The focus of the sites development was practice with React & React Hooks, as well working with APIs within React.
Node, Express, API Mashup, SVG
GitInfo is an API mashup gathering information from GitHub & Wikipedia's APIs to provide brief overviews of a curated list of popular web development technologies. The site uses HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Pug, Express, Node, & SVG. Pages are created dynamically & use the Fetch API to collect data.
CSS Animation, JavaScript, API Mashup
LaunchWatch is an API mashup using four APIs to provide recent & future Space X launch data. Information displayed includes rocket data, mission description, mission status, & location & countdown to next launch. The site is built with HTML, CSS, JavaScript & JQuery. The focus of the sites development was practice with AJAX & parsing JSON from API requests.
CSS Grid
Adventurer is a small site built with native CSS grids and without any additional frameworks. The site displays imagery of mountains, along with a quote from J. R. R. Tolkien. The focus of the sites development was various CSS grid layouts, including a responsive photo gallery.
HTML Canvas, JavaScript
Pong is a classic Pong game built with HTML Canvas & JavaScript. The game includes a score limit for winning conditions & basic AI logic to play against.