Spanish — I began learning Spanish in middle school, and completed a Spanish minor at Agnes Scott College. For my final Spanish class at Agnes, Advanced Conversation Through Film, I completed the “Aire Limpio” video soon to be attached here, which also incorporates graphics I created in the Data Science course I took at the same time. I thought it was particularly fitting to choose environmental contamination for a topic in a language class, given the way the challenges it brings transcend the boundaries of language.

Norwegian — The maternal side of my family is all Scandinavian, with a particularly strong contingent from Norway. As a part of my desire to understand my heritage, I decided to take the Duolingo Norwegian course in the fall of 2016, and have kept up with it since then. Summer 2019, my mom and I took a trip to Norway, and I was able to stay for an extra month with a host family and practice my Norwegian with native speakers.

Python — I took an introductory Python course in the fall of my junior year, and have used it several times in my research with SageMath. I also took an intro data science course at the end of my senior year. Some of the graphics I used are featured in the soon to be attached “Aire Limpio” video (the video is in Spanish because it was a project for a Spanish class, but there will be English captions).

LaTeX — Simply my favorite software for creating documents. The math professors at Agnes incorporate TeX into several classes, which gives Scotties a leg up whenever it’s expected in a technical setting. I’ve used it for homework, in-class note-taking, research projects, and even writing my resume.

POV-Ray (C++) — I learned how to use this ray tracing graphics system in my junior year class on the math of computer graphics. It’s based in C++ and uses linear algebra to draw images, like those used in the Fender Bender video attached here. A friend and I created this video for our final project in the class. Note: in an effort to avoid copyright conflicts, we recorded the beautiful acapella “musical” accompaniment ourselves.