I'm Lauren, a computer science student at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. I love web development and data science, and am currently volunteering as a software developer at Hack4Impact UIUC and working on development for the d7 Research Group at Illinois. In my free time, I enjoy playing volleyball, baking, listening to music, and hiking!

What am I up to right now?
  • Working as a SWE Intern at Apple in Austin, TX on the Retail Engineering team!
  • Check out my GitHub for the most current work & project updates :)

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Experience

Education

Apple


SWE Intern
Retail Engineering Team
Summer 2025

PayPal


SWE Intern
Regulatory Compliance Team
Summer 2024

University of Illinois


B.S. Computer Science
GPA: 3.97
Class of 2026

University of Illinois


Software Developer
Fall 2023-present

Hack4Impact


Full-Stack Developer
Fall 2023-present

TJHSST


GPA: 4.56
Class of 2023

Projects

📌

July 2023 - present


Thanks for visiting my website! I made this portfolio the summer after my senior year of high school and have been keeping it (relatively) updated ever since. It's made completely from scratch (no templates!) using HTML, CSS, and JS.

Check out the source code :)
HTML5 JavaScript CSS3

Mastery Platform

Oct 2023 - present


I helped build and maintain the learning management system that supports STAT107, STAT100 & JOUR102 at UIUC, including adding support for autograded Python programming, new assessment types, platform analytics, and more. View our work here!
Typescript HTML5 Node.js Sequelize Jest CSS3 Express

Grade Disparities and Accolades by Instructor

March 2025 - April 2025


Data visualization of GPA distributions and awards won by UIUC faculty by subject & course. Take a look at the live visualization here!
D3 Python pandas

National Parks Visualization

January 2025


Data visualization of visitation of national parks over time. Student winner of the 2025 Big 10 Data Visualization Championship. Check out the Siebel School's feature on this project, or click here to view the full interactive visualization!
D3 HTML5 JavaScript CSS3

HausaNLP Dictionary

Jan 2025 - May 2025


Hack4Impact UIUC X HausaNLP: The first online dictionary for the Hausa language, with admin- and user-facing features to add and edit words and manage new suggestions.
Typescript MongoDB React Tailwind CSS Next.js Material UI Prisma

Dyslexico Mobile App

Sept 2024 - Dec 2024


Hack4Impact UIUC X Dyslexico: Mobile text editor with customized spelling and grammar corrections designed for dyslexic users.
React Native Typescript HTML5 Tailwind CSS

AQI Education Platform

Jan 2024 - May 2024


Hack4Impact UIUC X OpenAQ: Educational website allowing users to analyze and compare air quality metrics used by different countries.
React Typescript CSS3

MicroCredentials

Jan 2024 - May 2024


MicroCredentials@Illinois is a system allowing students to earn LinkedIn credentials for UIUC courses and other accomplishments. Our work on automating this process was presented at the 2024 Illinois Undergraduate Research Symposium.

Learn more about this project here
Typescript HTML5 Node.js CSS3 Express

PickMe

Jan 2024 - May 2024


Full-stack web application designed to help users simplify the decision of where to eat using the Google Places API and KMeans clustering.

Check out our GitHub Repo!
React Typescript Python Flask Google Cloud Platform MongoDB

InclusiveSTEM Library

Sept 2023 - Dec 2023


Hack4Impact UIUC X Inclusive STEM: digital library of accessible learning materials for people with visual impairments.
React Typescript Chakra UI MongoDB Node.js Express

SpotifAI

March 2023 - July 2023


Custom music listening stats based on the Spotify API including playlist analytics and patterns over time.

View the GitHub Repo
HTML5 JavaScript CSS3



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