Likes
- My dog
- Bird watching
- Thunderstorms
- Responsive, mobile-first design
- The outdoors
- Jurassic Park
- The Simpsons
- Linguistics
- October
- Running
- Twin Peaks
- Coding or digging into data until I forget what day it is, who I am
- Soft, cuddly things
- Tea
- When people talk about the things they like
- Reading
- Birbs
- Window cats
- J.R.R. Tolkien
- Manatees
- Creative systems
- The Earthsea series by Leguin
- Neko Case
- Cold brew with oat milk
Dislikes
- Pop-ups that solicit your email address
- House centipedes
- Seafood
- Family Guy
- Being sedentary for too long
- Winter
Pretty Good At
- Customer service
- Technical troubleshooting
- Zendesk APIs
- Python
- Python Pandas
- MySQL
- HTML5
- CSS
- JavaScript
- PHP
- Google Maps Javascript APIs
- CMS
- Veggie lasagna
- Needle felting
- Endurance
- Problem-solving
- Peanut butter chocolate chunk cookies
Resume
Education
Harvard Extension School, Cambridge MA
Professional Graduate Certificate in Web Technologies, 2016
Master of Liberal Arts in Extension Studies, 2017
Major: Digital Media Design
Boston University, Boston MA
Bachelor of Arts, 2010
Major: Linguistics
Minor: French
Experience
Principal Learner Support Associate, edX
2021 - present
Senior Learner Support Associate
2020 - 2021
Learner Support Associate
2019-2020
Cambridge, MA
Records Specialist, Harvard Extension School
Academic Services Office
Cambridge, MA — 2010-2019
I-20 Assistant, Harvard Summer School
Registrar’s Office
Cambridge, MA — 2010
Seasonal Teller, The Community Bank (now Eastern Bank)
Bridgewater, MA — 2008-2010
Office Assistant, Boston University
College of Arts and Sciences Business Office
Boston, MA — 2008-2010
Awards
- Scariest Halloween Costume edX 2019
- DCE Pumpkin decorating contest winner, 2016 and 2018
- Dean’s List Achievement Award, 2017 (HES)
- Harvard DCE Summer 2016 Fitbit Challenge: Most Steps
- Barbara Argote Junior Award in Linguistics, 2009 (BU)
- Ken Hale Award, 2010 (BU)
Volunteer Work
Friendly Visitor, Little Brothers - Friends of the Elderly
Boston, MA - 2012-2013
Volunteer, Little Sisters of the Poor Jeanne Jugan Residence
Somerville, MA - 2018-2020
Certificates
- Professional Graduate Certificate in Web Technologies, Harvard University Extension School
- Professional Certificate in Python Data Science, IBM
- Professional Certificate in Text Analytics with Python, University of Canterbury
- Professional Certificate in Race, Gender and Workplace Equity, Catalyst
- Verified Certificate in AWS Cloud Technical Essentials, AWS
- Verified Certificate in Introduction to Jenkins, The Linux Foundation
- Verified Certificate in Introduction to Video Game Development with Unity, Universitat Politècnica de València
- Verified Certificate in The Science of Happiness, UC Berkeley
- Verified Certificate in Sheep in the Land of Fire and Ice, University of Iceland
Professional Accomplishments
- Completely reworked an unsupported Python script that sets Service Level Agreement in Zendesk. It's now faster, more reliable, and has added functionality to provide useful information to agents.
- Collaborated in developing workflow and building analytics for the implementation of Zendesk Chat.
- Reliably provide recent and historical ticket data to provide more context on bugs escalated through JIRA Customer Requests and product development.
- Spearheaded the migration of training and process documentation from Google sites into Confluence. Developed high level topics, templates and documented the process for adding new documentation to ensure consistency.
- Developed and led trainings with all global teams to improve support on complex technical issues.
Fiber
Needle felting is the craft of sculpting felt wool using a special barbed needle.