Every since I was eight years old, I loved building things and watching them come to life. It all started one Christmas morning, I had asked Santa for a computer but found tons of boxes instead. Confused I looked to my dad who amusingly said, “Sometimes it’s more fun to build things yourself than to buy them already made!” The thought of being able to take a bunch of random parts and use them to create an outstanding final product blew my mind. The thrill and excitement I felt building that computer was what initially sparked my passion towards engineering.
Years later, my affinity of building things and watching them come to life spiraled; it was clear that I wanted to become an engineer. I also loved coding, so I decided to double major in engineering and computer science. It wasn't easy, but throughout the most stressful nights, the ten year old inside me encouraged me to work hard.
The summer after my freshman year, my high grades caught the eyes of a faculty director of a program called iSENSE. I was offered a co-op (and later a part-time job) developing educational Android apps that upload data to iSENSE, a web-system designed to help middle and high-school students and teachers to share data and collaboratively investigate science questions.
Travelling to schools and creating apps that promote STEM helped me discover my passion for community service. I began to get more involved around school and shortly after became President of my University’s Society of Women Engineers chapter. Every month, I organized professional development, outreach, philanthropy, and social events that aided members in growing both personally and professionally. I helped numerous members secure internships and doubled the number of members the chapter could afford to bring to the national conference.
The summer of my Senior year, I interned at Amazon Robotics. I developed apps that worked with wearable devices to increase stowing productivity in the Amazon fulfillment centers. After graduating college, I turned down many prestigious job opportunities in order to start my own company, invisaWear Technologies.
At invisaWear, we are designing and developing smart jewelry, watches and accessories that allow users to contact friends, family and police in an emergency. My team and I feel as though we have a moral obligation to help reduce the high crime statistics and are confident that with invisaWear we will be able to help many people!
Years later, my affinity of building things and watching them come to life spiraled; it was clear that I wanted to become an engineer. I also loved coding, so I decided to double major in engineering and computer science. It wasn't easy, but throughout the most stressful nights, the ten year old inside me encouraged me to work hard.
The summer after my freshman year, my high grades caught the eyes of a faculty director of a program called iSENSE. I was offered a co-op (and later a part-time job) developing educational Android apps that upload data to iSENSE, a web-system designed to help middle and high-school students and teachers to share data and collaboratively investigate science questions.
Travelling to schools and creating apps that promote STEM helped me discover my passion for community service. I began to get more involved around school and shortly after became President of my University’s Society of Women Engineers chapter. Every month, I organized professional development, outreach, philanthropy, and social events that aided members in growing both personally and professionally. I helped numerous members secure internships and doubled the number of members the chapter could afford to bring to the national conference.
The summer of my Senior year, I interned at Amazon Robotics. I developed apps that worked with wearable devices to increase stowing productivity in the Amazon fulfillment centers. After graduating college, I turned down many prestigious job opportunities in order to start my own company, invisaWear Technologies.
At invisaWear, we are designing and developing smart jewelry, watches and accessories that allow users to contact friends, family and police in an emergency. My team and I feel as though we have a moral obligation to help reduce the high crime statistics and are confident that with invisaWear we will be able to help many people!