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Participated in technology apprenticeship focused on applying software development, Quality Assurance and Testing, Information Security, and other tech skills on projects for Enterprise, Small Business, and Agency partners.
Crafted testable custom UI components for the production codebase of Pouracle, a craft beverage rating application.
Designed and developed interactive data visualization dashboards using D3.js, Typescript, and React.js.
Analyzed and visualized social determinants of health data. Worked with electronic health records data using Python to evaluate the predictive validity of social determinants of health screening tool and health outcomes and utilization. Supported grant writing and research proposal submission to obtain external funding to expand research and support ongoing operations of the Center
Triaged and solved advanced support tickets using Linux-based clusters, storage environments, and services. In addition, I reviewed existing and craft WordPress sites with written and visual technical documentation destined for UNC researchers.
Collaborates with clients to develop full stack web apps for diverse research projects.
Consulted team of developers for >180 hours in front and backend development of four automated weather web applications. Used D3.js to render animated data visualizations of longitudinal weather forecasts. Integrated a Redis database to a web socket to enable live streaming of relevant weather information.
Tailored 20 hours of live remote front-end development training for a team of 3 graphic designers, focusing on HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, responsive development, and data visualization with D3.js.
Engaged students and reinforced their knowledge of core web development concepts in individual and group settings. Assisted instructors with clerical responsibilities in the classroom and involvement with students during office hours.
I worked with a multidisciplinary team of UNC faculty to read, clean, transform, summarize, and harmonize data from 430 participants of the Mothers and Others Family-Based Obesity Prevention randomized controlled trial. I also crafted R-Markdown technical documentation with step-by-step walkthroughs of data cleaning procedures and embedded graphics using the ggplot2 data visualization library.
I managed a research agenda with a focus on cardiometabolic disease risk factors in the Dominican Republic with a team of researchers. Our projects included conducting a worksite wellness evaluation on over 500 private insurance company employees to assess nutritional health. I spearheaded the design and execution of statistical analyses to calculate the risk of hypertension in male and female company employees.
I analyzed dietary, environmental, and cardiovascular risk factors in >2,000 women participants of the Cebu Longitudinal Health and Nutrition Survey (CLHNS) under the mentorship of Linda Adair, PhD. In addition, I inspected, reviewed, and updated nutrient content data for >600 food items to visualize diet trends in the Philippines for 18 years from 1994-2012. During my master's thesis, I applied longitudinal regression analyses to understand how blood pressure changed with changes in urbanicity in adult participants of the CLHNS from 1998 - 2012.
Master's Thesis: Exposure to Urbanization and its Longitudinal Association with Blood and Pulse Pressure in Adult Filipina Women.
Honors & Awards: Koch Travel Award, National Institutes of Health National Research Award, Gillings School of Global Public Health Merit Scholarship
I make sure to conscientiously engage in active listening to convey my interest and focus on the information being communicated to me. I will paraphrase for clarity, demonstrate concern, ask questions for clarification, use non-verbal cues like nodding and eye contact; and empathize by disclosing similar experiences when applicable, in order to empathize for others' situations.
I motivate others to do their best mainly by maintaining an inclusive, non-judgmental attitude that invites peers to share their interests, inputs, and participation. I do my best to recognize peers for their efforts, keep myself open to any concerns needed to address, and mentor others when necessary. I also motivate others by sharing my passion for the big picture of projects at hand.
I do my best to keep a positive attitude at work by helping to manage conflicts between team members when they arise. In many occasions, peers trust me with concerns or perceived conflicts where they wouldn’t normally be comfortable in sharing in group settings. This gives me opportunities to be empathetic, friendly, and caring, raising peers’ moral and willingness to be present at work.
I'm currently looking for full-time employment as a Software Engineer. I'm also open to opportunities as a Systems Engineer, Cybersecurity Analyst, or Data Engineer. I'm very approachable and willing to accept any advice, suggestions, or input to make me a stronger candidate for my applications. I also love to collaborate on projects so if you have any cool projects or ideas that need another pair of hands definitely let me know!
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Email me at a.vargasmarte@gmail.com