Hey, I’m

Rina

Schiller

Software Engineer based in NYC

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Big fan of technology, gender studies, politics, and short hair.

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About

       Rina Schiller is an ambitious and talented software engineer and activist passionate about building technology for social change. She is currently a Masters of Engineering Candidate in Computer Science at Cornell University. Rina mentors for Open Classrooms, teaching and supporting students just learning how to code. She also is a Wogrammer fellow where she writes about successful and inspiring women in STEM.

 

       She previously worked as a software engineer at JPMorgan Chase for two years and interned at AOL, The Seelig Group, and the Financial Women's Association where she developed Android apps, Google Home actions, and web applications. She is skilled in Java, Python, Javascript, web development, and back-end services.

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       Rina graduated as Valedictorian for the Class of 2017 from CUNY (City University of New York) Hunter College in the Macaulay Honors program. She was awarded a Bachelor of Arts degree with a major in Emerging Media and minors in Computer Science and Women and Gender Studies. 

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PROJECTS

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REST API Course

Wrote an instructed Build Your Web Project with Rest APIs for Open Classrooms, an online education platform with more 2.5 million users. The course has 60%+ completion rate.

Course

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Political Sexism on Twitter - PST

A web app that displays sexist tweets about female politicians and their locations of origin in real-time using  Twitter and Google Maps APIs, Flask, Bootstrap, and SocketIO.

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GitHub

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BiteSize News

BiteSize News is an app that uses NLP to generate a video summary from a text-based article that is perfect for social media sharing in minutes. Project was selected to present in Cornell Tech's Open Studio.

Final Deck

Cornell Tech Buildboard

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Executive Gender Gap

A project meant to shine a light on the lack of women in executive leadership in the top 100 Fortune Companies using D3.js, Flask, and Bootstrap.

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GitHub

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Constitute (WIP)

An updated version of PST that detects harassment against female politicians on Twitter using sentiment analysis and data visualizations. Winner of the GenEquality Hackathon. Built using Django, React, Posgres, Redis, & D3.js

GitHub

MEDIA

 
 
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NYC Biz News

CUNY Students Bring Diversity to the Tech Industry

Quoted in NYC Biz News Article about bringing diversity into technology as a CUNY and Cornell Tech Student

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CUNY Media

2017 Best and Brightest

Spoke about my experiences at Hunter College as part of the valedictorian honor at City University of New York (CUNY)

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As Told By Women

As Told By Women Feature

Feature in As Told By Women, a website where women share their experiences to inspire, empower, and motivate each other.

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ABC 7

Extraordinary Women Graduate and Inspire at Hunter College ceremony

Interviewed at Hunter College graduation by ABC-7 about my journey to becoming Class of 2017 Valedictorian

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New York Post

The IT factor: NY initiative steers women into the tech sector

Featured in a NY Post article discussing the importance of creating an inclusive environment for women in technology

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ESHEL CAMPAIGN

Take the Pledge

Featured in a promotional video for Eshel Take the Pledge Campaign, a movement to help make Orthodox schools more inclusive for LGBTQ students

 

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