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Victoria Huynh

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About

About Me

I'm a current third-year undergraduate student at the University of Washington majoring in Informatics with a minor in Entrepreneurship. I aspire to design and develop ethical technology with a high social impact.

Here's some fun facts about me!

  • My last name is pronounced HWIN
  • I've lived in New York, California, and Washington
  • I love reading, gaming, cross-stitching, and trivia
  • I have a Bichon/Poodle mix rescue dog named Rocky
  • I moderate a meme group of 680k+ members

Employment

Incoming June 2020

Software Engineering Intern

Atlassian

I am interning this summer on the Confluence Cloud, Developer Experience and Tools team.

Incoming June 2020

Digital Humanities Intern

Newbook Digital Texts - Emma B. Andrews Diary Project

I will be developing a timeline of the project's historical exhibits using the Neatline plugin with customization content management.

Jan. 2020-Mar. 2020

Undergraduate Teaching Assistant

University of Washington Information School

TAed for INFO 200, an introductory course that teaches students foundations of Informatics. I led a weekly lab section where I helped students in writing reports on the analysis and design of an information system of their choice.

Apr. 2019-May 2020

Part-Time Web Developer

Sporcle

Working on the desktop and mobile site, I updated pages and added new features for site users.

Jun. 2018-Aug. 2018

Teaching Assistant

Girls Who Code

I assisted in preparing and supporting lesson plans throughout a seven-week summer program on computer science fundamentals, culminating in student-developed final projects.

Jun. 2017-Aug. 2017

Software Developer Apprentice

Expedia

I was fortunate enough to intern at Expedia twice during high school! My second summer I Interned on the Expedia Data Engineering Loyalty and Partner Marketing teams, where I worked on BI development using Teradata and Qlikview and later developed a dynamic file watcher with Python to support our team data feeds.

Jun. 2016-Aug. 2016

Software Developer Apprentice

Expedia

My first summer at Expedia I worked with Expedia Partner Central on the Rooms and Rates team, where I made UI updates to internal hotel supplier-facing pages for streamlined usability and responsiveness.

Awards & Involvement

May 2020

Grace Hopper Celebration Scholarship

Information School

I will be receiving funding from the iSchool to cover the costs of attending this year's Grace Hopper Celebration.

Oct. 2019

Bpuzzled Winner

Bloomberg

My team participated in this event hosted by Bloomberg at the UW campus involving a series of logic puzzles, like those found in escape rooms. We won by being the first team to finish the last puzzle! We were later flown out to Bloomberg HQ in NYC to compete against 18 other schools in the Bpuzzled Finals in Feb. 2020.

Aug. 2019-Current

Rewriting the Code Fellowship

Rewriting the Code

I was selected for my skills, experience, and demonstrated passion for technology. This year-long program is designed to complement a student's academics and offers opportunities for coaching, educational programming, industry exploration, networking, and internships.

Apr. 2019

The Tech Challenge Champion

Google

My team (Queue<T>s) participated in this event for college students hosted by Google in Seattle. We competed by solving coding challenges, mini-games, and logic puzzles. At the end, we were awarded first place as the top scoring team.

2017

National Honorable Mention for Aspirations in Computing

NCWIT

Selected as a National Honorable Mention recipient as amongst the top 10% of all applicants. Also selected again as an Affiliate Award winner for the Washington: Seattle and West region.

2016

Affiliate Award for Aspirations in Computing Winner

NCWIT

I was one of 20 high school women selected to win for the Washington: Seattle and West region. Award recipients are chosen for their outstanding aptitude and interest in computing, proven leadership ability, academic performance, and plans for post‑secondary education.

Projects

Projects

Here are some random projects I've worked on in the last few years, inside and outside of the classroom! Click on them to learn more.

Contact

Contact Me

Feel free to get in touch with me through any of the methods below!

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