University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI

B.A., Ethnic Studies (expected Spring, 2023)

2018 - Present

University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI

B.A., Philippine Language & Culture - concentration in Ilokano (expected Spring, 2023)

2018 - Present

University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI

Minor, Computer Science (expected Spring, 2023)

• ICS 111: Introduction to Computer Science I
• ICS 211: Introduction to Computer Science II
• ICS 212: Program Structure
• ICS 311: Algorithms
• ICS 314: Software Engineering I
• ICS 321: Database Systems I
• ICS 438: Big Data Analytics
• MATH 241: Calculus I
• MATH 242: Calculus II
• MATH 301: Introduction to Discrete Mathematics
• MATH 372: Elementary Probability & Statistics

2018 - Present

Undergraduate Research Assistant, UH Mānoa Center for Oral History

ethnicstudies.manoa.hawaii.edu/center-for-oral-history/

• Digitizing and organizing archived materials at the Center for Oral History, including but not limited to printed documents and audio materials.

2022 - Present

Mānoa Peer Advisor, UH Mānoa College of Natural Sciences

natsci.manoa.hawaii.edu/sasc/

• Assisted freshmen with staying on-track to graduate in a timely manner for their degree program by recommending courses to take in the upcoming semester and fulfilling semesterly Freshman Mandatory Advising.
• Memorized the B.A. and B.S. four-year plans for the Biology, Marine Biology, Botany, and Computer Science degree programs, as provided by the university’s Program Sheets.
• Supported the students with navigating university resources, interpreting public information on academic programs, and encouraging them to take advantage of resources that are available.

2020 - 2022

Student Researcher, Advanced Computing for Social Change

www.sighpc.org/for-our-community/computing4change

Participated in ACM/SIGHPC and TACC's Advanced Computing for Social Change / Computing4Change at the SC21 Conference. For this program, I had to create a story for the online discourse on the term 'Filipinx' on Twitter by implementing sentiment analysis on Twitter data.

• Web scraped Twitter API for publicly available data.
• Create visualizations, such as word cloud for the top 50 frequently used words and bar graphs for the sentiment analysis that associates a word with a feeling using the NRC emotion lexicon.
• Develop a story for the online discourse using the analyzed Twitter data.

2021 - 2021

Data Driven Agriculture REEU Intern, UH Mānoa Department of Tropical Plant & Soil Sciences

cms.ctahr.hawaii.edu/reeu/

Participated in Research Experience & Extension for Undergraduates funded by the United States Department of Agriculture to analyze leaf and root growth of eight different maize inbred lines.

• Carefully collected plant data at a consistent schedule.
• Analyzed plant data through R using frameworks such as Principal Component Analysis and Support Vector Machine.
• Created visualizations using the data collected to construct conclusions. Presented research at UH Mānoa’s 2021 SURE Symposium.

2021 - 2021

Professional organization involvement,

• Chairperson, Anakbayan Hawaiʻi, 2022-present
• Vice Chairperson, Anakbayan Hawaiʻi, 2021-2022
• Secretary General, Anakbayan Hawaiʻi, 2020-2021
• Founding Member, Anakbayan Hawaiʻi, 2019-Present
• Vice President of Administration, Timpuyog Organization, 2020-2021
• Recording Secretary, Timpuyog Organization, 2019-2020
• Member, Timpuyog Organization, 2018-Present
• Member, Ethnic Studies Student Association, 2018-Present
• Member, Hawaii Undergraduate Initiative, 2018-Present

Jonathan Y. Okamura Undergraduate Student Endowed Scholarship, University of Hawaiʻi

This scholarship was established to support undergraduate students from Hawaiʻi with an interest in Filipino or Filipino American culture to pursue their education at the University of Hawaiʻi at Manoa.

2022

TRIO SSS Summer Scholarship, University of Hawaiʻi TRIO SSS

Scholarship awarded to students who participate in the TRIO SSS program. Priority is given to students who met with a TRIO SSS advisor, participated in TRIO SSS activities, and/or use SSS facilities during the 2021-2022 academic year. Priority is given to students with academic need.

2022, 2021, 2020, 2019

B.A. in Ilokano Language & Literature Scholarship Fund, University of Hawaiʻi

Scholarship awarded to student in the Ilokano Language & Literature Program and demonstrated potential of making a valuable contribution to Filipino culture and Hawaiʻi society.

2020

Tria Kerkvliet Undergraduate Student Scholarship Endowment, University of Hawaiʻi

Scholarship awarded to student serviced by the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Office of Multicultural Serices in the Student Equity Excellence & Diversity (SEED) Office and who is pursuing a degree at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.

2019

EAAUH Scholarship, Engineering Alumni Association of the University of Hawaii

Scholarship awarded to first-year incoming freshman pursuing a degree in the College of Engineering at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.

2018

Hawaii B+ Scholarhip, University of Hawaiʻi

Hawaii B+ Scholarship is awarded to incoming students who have just graduated from a public high school in the State of Hawaii, had a high school 3.0 GPA, had a rigorous high school curriculum, and have demonstrated financial need.

Roland Casamina and House of Finance, Inc. Scholarship, Roland Casamina and House of Finance, Inc.

2018