Black Wings Hacks is a virtual hackathon that was created by the RTC Black Wings (a group of Black women) as a safe, inclusive environment open to any college women in tech majors to help them learn, network, and grow professionally.

I worked with team of technical professionals and researchers to judge hackathon submissions based on scoring rubric and provide technical feedback to attendees.

Western Crafting for a Cure is a university chapter of the registered charity Crafting for a Cure (CFC). Their mission is to ensure all children have a positive experience whenever a hospital visit is necessary. Western CFC provides in-person volunteering opportunities at hospitals and health organizations within the London community, where their members can craft alongside children in need.

As a Volunteer, I visited the Boys & Girls Club of London and lead craft workshops once a week with groups of children aged 4-13 years old.

Students Supporting University Health Network (SSUHN) is a student group fundraising for patient care, research, and education at University Health Network (UHN) in Toronto.

I was a founding executive member of this club and assisted with recruiting new members and preparing the club's application for ratification by the University Student Council.

MedHacks is a medical and biotech hackathon at the world’s pinnacle of medical care: John's Hopkins University. For 36 hours from Sept 7th-9th, this student-run event will bring together students, industry professionals, clinicians, and more in order to drive innovation at the crossroads of medical entrepreneurship and technological development.

As a Campus Ambassador, I acted as a point of contact for MedHacks at Western University and I promoted the event through social media and other means.

At the event, I worked with 3-person team to build “Nurture” web app designed to address racial inequity in maternal mortality rates. Won top 10 in Health Equity track.

I was responsible for the print publications of the Scholars Publication House for the 2017-2018 term and worked closely with the Online Editor-in-Chief, other Senior Editors, Artistic Directors and the Scholar’s Programs Coordinator. My roles included:

• Directing the Scholars Publications team and producing the publications
• Liaising with managing editors and artistic directors
• Assisting with hiring the publications teams for 2017-2018 and 2018-2019
• Selecting and editing article submissions and artistic contributions for publication
• Designing the layout of the print publication
• Leading semester meetings and senior leadership meetings

I worked closely with the Senior Editors in Chief, artistic contributors and the Managing Director of the Scholars Showcase Magazine to help them get their artistic vision across. My roles included:

• Monitoring the quality of images submitted artistic contributors.
• Communicating with artistic contributors on an individual basis as necessary.
• Ensuring that there were sufficient artistic contributions for the issue and obtaining and editing these images
• Nominating images to be used for the cover and centre fold
• Attending semester leadership meetings

The Women in Tech Society is a club on a mission to encourage, connect, and inspire women to explore the technology industry. Every year, we host events to grow our community of women in tech and promote diversity and inclusion within Western University.

As Communications Director of this society, I produced a large range of promotional material and graphics using primarily Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator. This included event posters, facebook cover photos, club logos and print banners. With the help of my graphics and accompanying captions on the society’s Facebook account, average post reach increased by over 300% and page views by over 400%

I also produced a variety of MailChimp newsletters including monthly updates, news on upcoming events, and recruitment initiatives. In this role, I was able to grow the mailing list of the society by 35% and increased the click rate of newsletters by 7%.

SheHacks is Western University's only all-women's hackathon. Hosted by the Women in Tech Society, this event was created to encourage women from all backgrounds and skill sets to attend a hackathon in a fun, safe, and inclusive environment!

As the Communications Director for the Women in Tech Society, my responsibilities for SheHacks II included:

• Producing informational MailChimp newsletters related to SheHacks
• Managing social media and the website
• Designing marketing material including social media graphics and event posters. I also designed the presentations used for the opening and closing remarks of the hackathon as well as the standing banners used at the event.

HackMIT is an annual student-run hackathon held in the fall at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. It is MIT’s headline hackathon, with over 1000 undergraduate attendees from around the globe. Over a 24-hour period from September 16th to 17th, I was one of those hackers who got to collaborate and experiment on software and hardware projects.

Hack Western is Western University's annual student-run hackathon, providing a welcoming atmosphere for students to create and learn about all kinds of incredible technologies. I was one of 500 students participating in 36 hours of coding, learning, creating and innovating.

Project: Seniors in Motion