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hi everyone, im hawa, and I am very excited to meet you all! 21 years ago, I was born in the overlake hospital in bellevue, and the world hasn’t been the same since :) 🐣
im a 3rd year in computer science and entrepreneurship! I was originally on the pre medical track where I was studying biochemistry and computer science but I think I have made up my mind that I don’t want to go to medical school anymore! ain’t nobody got time for that 🫡
my family is originally from The Gambia, West Africa, aka, ‘the smiling coast of Africa’ 🇬🇲, so you are always going to see or hear me laughing, so you might have to mentally prepare for that… i laugh a lot idk I just feel like the world is so funny!
some fun facts about me are: ☕️ this will be my first quarter as a TA 👼🏾 I have a twin brother (im cuter) 🌍 I speak 5 languages ⚽️ I played competitive soccer for a couple of years and won best 11 soccer players in washington state at one point 📿 super interested in linguistics and comparative religion. ✍🏾i enjoy writing! 🏃🏾♀️in middle school, i had the fastest mile run time (shes a trackstarrrr) 📱super interested in the world of tech startups!!! 🧠i write all of my code in pink because cute code is the best code :)
you can find me on the ed board, or in the cse dungeon! hmu if you ever want to chat about anything or ever need any advice.
I have been fortunate enough to gain many diverse professional and academic experiences! here is a quick timeline of my experiences in a nut shell. feel free to ask me any questions
From 2018 - 2021, I worked at Mcdonald’s as a crew member and became the youngest manager at 18! I had fun and learned a lot about customer service and working with people from very different backgrounds to achieve goals 🙂 manager was hella crazyyy tho LOL i had to quit!!!!
In the summer of 2021, I completed my very first Software Engineering Internship at Symetra in Bellevue, WA! I met some very smart and kind people and got a great intro into the world of professional software engineering.
I then worked at Google as a Software Engineering Intern, worked on creating an application for the Google Cloud Web Marketing team! Google has great food.
I worked at Amazon as a Software Engineering Intern working in the Prime Entertainment Organization! amazon has amazing bananas you guys and they are free!
I worked as an Undergraduate Research Intern in the Molecular Information Systems Lab within the CS department. Learned python!
If you guys ever have any questions about any of these things or questions about the application process or my experience, please don’t hesitate to reach out to me!!!