Francis Borja

Experience

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  Stevens Institute of Technology

  Jun 2019 - Jun 2019

  Summer Research Assistant

  • Assisted Dean Ann Murphy with her research on minority CEOs and attended weekly seminars about research topics by various professors in the Stevens School of Business.

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  Stevens Institute of Technology

  Aug 2021 - May 2022

  • Tutored undergraduate students in STEM courses including Calculus (I-III), Data Structures, and Algorithms to reinforce their understanding of course topics and organizational and critical-thinking skills.• Teach tutees important programming skills including debugging, data structures and algorithms, and object-oriented programming in Python, Java, and C++. • Planned, organized, and hosted weekly lab sessions to help reinforce new topics, answer questions, and proctor quizzes for students. Worked with peers to determine points of emphasis and issues to review.• Worked with Prof. Philippe Meunier to assist students by hosting open office hours, responding to emails, and grading student coursework.

  • Peer Tutor

    Sept 2019 - May 2022

  • Course Assistant - CS-385 Algorithms

    Aug 2021 - Dec 2021
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  TheCoderSchool Montgomery

  Oct 2022 - now

  Coding Coach

  • Mentor K-12 students in programming fundamentals using platforms including Scratch, Python, Java, HTML/CSS/JS, and Unity to develop strong problem-solving skills.• Guide students in creating and completing projects including websites, games, robots, and 3D models, enhancing their technical and creative skills.• Lead sessions of 2-to-1 and 1-to-1 pair coaching, and responsible for preparing and executing course plans for coding classes of 2 to 8 students.• My goal is to help young coders express their creativity through coding, build important computer literacy skills for the digital age, and learn about valuable problem-solving techniques so that they can succeed in school, their future careers, and their day-to-day lives. Show less