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Honors & Awards

Dean's List

St. Louis Community College

This honor is accorded each fall and spring semester to full-time students (those enrolled in at least twelve credit hours) who earn a semester grade point average (GPA) of 3.5 or higher. Part-time students are named to the Dean’s List at each increment of twelve credit hours with a GPA of at least 3.5.

Outstanding Senior Computer Science Student

Affton School District

This was a singular senior award given out to the most hard-working, dedicated computer science student of that year.

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Web Design / Development

I am a Web Developer with a Certificate of Specialization from Saint Louis Community College, and have been creating websites since high school! Being able to design and create websites is one of my favorite forms of art, and I enjoy it immensely.

This Website

The one you're reading this paragraph element on! This website took about a month of work to create entirely from scratch. It is easily my best project yet, and outlines my process for creating a site perfectly.

I started by designing the website using artboards in Adobe Photoshop. Artboards allow you to easily copy and paste items between each board, which is particularly useful for creating the header and footer of a page. I played with colors until I found something that looks unique and pleasant to the eyes, and saved those HEX codes (#e3ccee & #572171) to ensure the colors stayed exactly the same as the mockup. I also created sticky notes that can be read by opening up the .psd file, containing extra information.

Using the guidelines created from the mockup, I started with creating the index (home page) in order to design the header and footer, which provided me with a template to paste on every other page. Then it was just about filling the other page bodies with content!

A majority of the HTML and CSS was written by myself with occasional instances of Stack Overflow, W3Schools, & Claude for assistance. I built the JS features using tutorials and reference material where needed - JavaScript is an area I'm actively growing in.

The JS used for this site features a handful of things:
-Lightboxes: Some images can be clicked on to expand them to full size for better viewing.
-Index Slideshow: Allows the slideshow on the top right to fade between 3 different images.
-About Age Update: Updates the age when my birthdate passes, so it is always accurate.
-Scrolling Slideshow: The slideshow below that uses arrows to manually scroll between images.
-Before/After: The image comparator below that allows you to see the before and after by moving the slider.
-Contact Email Check: Ensures the user types in a correct email address by checking for the inclusion of @company and the domain.

Finally, it is important to include that this is an actively maintained website. Things are likely to improve in the future!

Mehlville Burger Bar (Mockup)

I've worked on quite a few projects over my time taking classes, and one of my more recent ones was the Mehlville Burger Bar Mockup Site ↗ I created in college. This site is a mockup for a burger restaurant's website, and features a completed home page, menu, and about page. It also has a singular JS script that displays the text "We're open!" or "We're closed, check back later!" depending on the hours. This site was conceptualized, designed, and created in only two weeks.

The site is NOT mobile optimized. While it does have CSS that resizes certain elements for smaller screens, it was not fully designed for mobile compatibility. For that reason I'd recommend viewing it on PC.

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Graphic Design

I have several years of photo editing and designing experience with Adobe Photoshop. I've also worked with Adobe Camera Raw on numerous occasions, and an example can be found under the Photography header below. Included below are some images that I created and/or edited in college:

Humorous edit of an OfficeMax sign with it's X burnt out.

Drag the slider to compare the original and edited versions.