About Me
Hey there! I’m Serena, a student at the University of Michigan’s College of Engineering majoring in Computer Science with minors in UX Design & Creative Writing.
At the core of my skills as a developer, designer, and writer is being human-centered. I’m passionate about building products that create meaningful experiences for users. As a writer I explore the world through a storytelling lens, as a designer I humanize & advocate for people, and as a developer I bring ideas to life.
Work Experience
August 2024 - Present
June 2024 - August 2024
October 2023 - August 2024
May 2023 - Aug 2023
May 2021 - Mar 2022
Jan 2020 - Aug 2021
Relevant Coursework
Data Structures & Algorithms
Artificial Intelligence
Web Systems
Information Retrieval
Software Engineering
Computer Organization
Foundations of Computer Science
Discrete Math
Skills
Coding
C++ , Python, HTML/CSS, React.js
Software
Figma, Snowflake, Jira, Miro, Usertesting.com, Adobe XD
Instructional Aide for EECS 492 (Intro to AI)
Software Engineer Intern @ Athenahealth
Research Assistant @UMich Engineering Education Research
UX Design Intern @ PepsiCo
Research Assistant @ UMich School of Information
Coding Instructor @ theCoderSchool
Needs Assessment & Usability Evaluation
Putting the H in HCI
Minds and Machines
Art of the Essay: Creative Non-Fiction
Creative Writing: Fiction
Literary Cognition
The New Essay
UX Research
A/B Testing, User Personas, Storyboarding, Task Analysis Diagramming, Affinity Diagramming, Heuristic Evaluation
UX Design
Design Thinking, Wireframing, Prototyping
Ask Me About…
My matcha flights
My current cooking project
What I’m currently reading
My EECS education hot takes
The power of vulnerability in storytelling
