Hi, I'm Esther!

I am currently a senior at UC San Diego pursuing a BS in Computer Science. After studying Economics for 2 years, I took an introduction course to CS by chance and discovered a passion for problem-solving through design and software engineering. My interest lies in building software through a user-centered vision.

Feel free to check out some of my projects and experiences below!
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Projects

Native Web Components

Native Web Components

An open-source library of custom native web components made for developers to easily use in their web applications.

Theta Tau Speakers

Speaker with Custom LED Visuals built from scratch in a team of 13 students spanning across different engineering majors.

Mealtime

A mobile web application to find and filter recipes based on leftover ingredients.

WaveRider Carpool App

App that connects student commuters that have empty spaces in their cars with students en route to school to alleviate the congested public transportation system at UCSD.

Experience

Visa

Software Engineering Intern

Summer 2019
  • Designed and implemented a React application to access and change metadata properties of Visa Checkout
  • Built NodeJS and Express backend server to integrate with existing property lookup API
  • Redesigned existing UI portal to improve ease of use, resulting in 100% correct user flow for each task given

UC San Diego

CSE Tutor

Jan 2018 - Present
  • Analyze and debug students’ code, and clarify programming concepts in Java and C++ for Intro and Advanced Data Structures courses
  • Monitor online discussion forum, Piazza, to answer student questions
  • Collaborate with professor and team of 10-25 to grade projects and lead review sessions for 300+ students
  • Host one-on-one private tutoring sessions to explain course material in more depth

UC San Diego

Graphic Designer

Sept 2017 - Dec 2018
  • Worked with Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop to create logos, merchandise, and marketing materials
  • Managed up to 3 projects per week dependent upon clients’ requests
  • Projects produced contributed to raising over $3,000 from 15% of sales for the John Muir College Scholarship by producing designs for college merchandise