Prajita Shrestha

Experience

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  Girls Who Code

  Jun 2021 - Jun 2021

  Girls Who Code Scholar

  • Created a website that raised awareness of gender inequality in South Asia using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.• Overlooked other members’ codes and advised on how to fix the errors.

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  Kode With Klossy

  Jul 2021 - Jul 2021

  Kode with Klossy Scholar

  • Awarded a scholarship to attend a 2-week intensive boot camp designed for young women and nonbinary learners to learn SWIFT, Xcode, and UI/UX design tools.• Created a prototype of an iOS app using SWIFT and Xcode that allows users to find local restaurants in a chosen location to support small businesses.• Designed the app's look and logo on canvas and transferred that design to Xcode. • Collaborated with 2 other scholars and led the processing of designing and outlining the code segments. Show less

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  GlobalShala

  Jun 2022 - Jul 2022

  Project Manager

  • Guided team members and ensured project execution was on track to completion.• Presented on the gameplay of Valorant to expand the game's reach and empower fans of Valorant.

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  Kode With Klossy

  Jun 2022 - Jul 2022

  Kode With Klossy Data Science Scholar

  • Awarded a scholarship to attend a 2-week intensive boot camp designed for young women and nonbinary learners to learn data science, SQL & Python languages, and data visualization tools.• Collected data on the worldwide gender pay gap and analyzed and visualized it to use the data on our website pink portfolio for evidence on the issue of gender inequality.• Worked alongside 2 other scholars to design and strategize the use and features of Pink Portfolio.

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  Kokee Tea

  Jul 2022 - Nov 2023

  Barista

  • Advise customers on the various tea selections, increasing sales by 10%.• Mentor 5+ employees on the process of tea making and handling customers

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  University of Maryland Baltimore County

  Aug 2023 - now

  • Organize weekly office hours to provide guidance and support to Computer Science II students on their programming projects and laboratory assignments. • Foster student comprehension by proficiently explaining Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) concepts and various C++ topics, such as memory allocation, templates, inheritance, and linked lists• Grade and debug 20+ Students projects on linked lists, inheritance, and pointers on bi weekly basis. • Collaborate with Lobo Lab members to create a software that uses the QT library to create images and videos to collect data on Planarian worms and their regenerate properties.• Formulate the saving process of the video recorded using the OpenCV library of functions in C++.• Research various QT libraries to allow the software to record videos to keep track of the organisms.

  • Teacher Assistant

    Aug 2023 - now

  • Research Assistant

    Aug 2023 - now