Profile
I am a computer science student at Texas A&M.
About Me
Howdy! My name is Cora English and I am from Magnolia, TX. I am a junior at Texas A&M University earning an M.S. in Computer Science with minors in Math and Cybersecurity. Download my résumé below!
Details
Name:
Cora Joelle English
Graduation:
May 2022
GPA:
4.0
Seeking:
Internship for Summer 2021
Experience
"Sometimes it is the people who no one imagines anything of who do the things that no one can imagine."
– Alan Turing, The Imitation Game
Education
Texas A&M University
Aug 2018 - May 2022
B.S. Computer Science with Math and Cybersecurity Minors
Relevant Coursework:
Programming Studio (HTML/CSS/JS/Java/SQL)
Fall 2020
Introduction to Computer Systems (C)
Fall 2020
Data Structures and Algorithms (C++)
Spring 2020
Programming Languages (Scheme/Java)
Spring 2020
Computer Organization (C)
Spring 2020
Cryptography
Spring 2020
Intro to Program Design and Concepts (C++)
Fall 2019
Discrete Math
Fall 2019
Intro to CS Concepts and Programming (Java)
Spring 2019
College Station, TX
Magnolia West High School
Aug 2014 - May 2018
Graduated Valedictorian of a class of 450 students
I graduated at the top of my class while also playing for the varisty volleyball team my freshman, sophomore, and junior years. My senior year I was the treasurer for my school's chapter of the NHS. I was a National Merit Commended Student and an AP Scholar with Distinction. I was also involved with Student Council, Spanish Honor Society, STEM Club, and earned 150+ community service hours. Outside of school, I played on a nationally ranked club volleyball team and took weekly piano lessons.
Magnolia, TX
Work
Ping Identity
Summer 2020
Frontend Software Engingeer Intern
Cancelled due to COVID-19
Austin, TX
Texas A&M University
Aug 2020 - Present
CSCE 111 Undergraduate TA
Taught a lab of 50 students basic Java programming skills and fundamental computer science principles twice a week.
Hosted office hours (4 hours/week) to help students struggling with course material.
Coordinated grading efforts with teaching team of 13 TAs and our professor.
College Station, TX
Texas A&M University
Aug 2019 - May 2020
ENGR 102/216 Peer Teacher
Advised students on good programming practices during class time.
Explained mechanics and kinematics principles behind biweekly labs.
Hosted weekly office hours to provide additional help for students.
Graded and gave feedback on programming assignments or lab reports every week.
College Station, TX
Office Depot OfficeMax
May 2019 - Aug 2020
Sales Consultant
Worked on the sales floor and on register to sell products and services to customers.
Trained new hires on the register, sales floor, and closing responsibilities.
Performed logistics operations including restocking inventory and fulfilling online orders.
Magnolia, TX
Malcolm Purvis Public Library
Aug 2017 - Aug 2018
Volunteer
Assisted with biweekly children’s programs.
Created crafts and decorations for the children’s section of the library.
Tracked summer reading hours of 150+ children.
Magnolia, TX
Projects
Engineering Society Hub
One of the organizations I am involved with is the Student Engineers' Council (SEC for short). I am a member of the Systems Administration Committee and am currently working on a new website called Project Spade. The project revolves around having a central location for students and organizations to view and post events clubs are having on campus. Our team (5 junior CS students) is using the MERN tech stack, and I am working on the frontend side of the project with one other member. Click on the image to see more screenshots of the product.
Career Fair Backpack Check-In
This is in development for the Spring 2021 SEC Career Fair. It uses Google Apps Script to track all student backpack check-ins/outs at the fair. Volunteers can swipe a student's ID or enter their UIN and the optimal location will be given for the backpack to be placed. A similar process will occur for backpack check-out. In the process of making changes Career Fair Coordinaters have suggested and fixing a few small bugs.
Fantasy Football Draft Info
This static site was created for my manager at work as a simple side project this summer. He wanted a way to visualize which positions were drafted during which rounds for his fantasy football league. I was given five years worth of data and created the graphs with Python. They were saved as images and then used on the static site.
Personal Website
This project was started this summer in preparation for the Programming Studio class I am taking this fall. Our first project in this class will be creating a personal website using HTML/CSS/Javascript. This website uses Bootstrap and was inspired by the website linked below. I wanted to get a head start on it since I did not have a nice website to attatch to internship applications!
Hobbies
"All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us."
– Gandalf, The Fellowship of the Ring
Volleyball
I started playing club volleyball in 5th grade and it pretty much took over my life. I was playing on nationally ranked teams every year and made varsity as a freshman at my highschool. Volleyball has taught me many life lessons such as teamwork, responsibility, and leadership. Even though I don't play competitively anymore, I still love to play pick up games or pepper with my roommate.
Piano
My parents signed me up for piano lessons at the age of 6 and I am so thankful that they did. I took lessons from first grade until sophomore year of highschool and have continued to learn and practice after that. It has made me appreciate music in way I know I wouldn't if I didn't play an instument. It's also a cool party trick if there just so happens to be a piano lying around!
Wakeboarding
Last summer I finally decided to learn how to wakeboard. I say finally because the neighborhood I've lived in my entire life has a small lake that's just big enough for watersports and I'd never learned. We own a waverunner and have the lake in our backyard and I'd never learned. My friends like to give me a lot of grief about that. Anyways, I love it now and go out any chance I get!
My People
"What's important is that we never stop believing we can have a new beginning. But it's also important to remember that amid all the crap are a few things really worth holding on to."
– Meredith Grey, Grey's Anatomy
