Emily Wydra

Welcome to my personal website! Here you'll find my personal projects and a timeline of what I've been up to; as well as information about my interests and how to contact me.

GUIGLE+

A web application that will relies on the Apache Lucene1 indexing engine to retrieve relevant applications containing GUI layouts with similar attributes to those entered in a query.

Custom Shell

A project focused on understanding the shell as a form of abstraction provided by the linux operating system. Implemented built-in Linux features, parsing command line input, handling zombie processes, executing in parallel and in background/foreground of the shell.

Simple HTTP Server

A program utilizing socket programming and the details of Hypertext Transfer Protocol 1.1, including key features such as GET, HEAD, and POST.

Mock Customer Database

Created a database using SQLite for a hypothetical store in order to understand test data creation, database population, database maintenance, and automation of data entry.

Data Science Basics

Projects and assignments completed in an introductory data science class. This includes work with data standardization, pandas and numpy, tensorflow, and regression.

Machine Learning

Projects and assignments completed in a machine learning class. This includes work with neural networks, classification, clustering, and regressions.

About Me

This is a section dedicated to telling you a little bit more about what I'm working on in my free time.

Volunteering

Volunteering is one of my favorite ways to spend my free time. One of the things I'm most proud of is my volunteer work with GEB. I raise puppies from 4 months old to a year and a half; they then go to a training facility to figure out their career path! I also work with Coders and Codepath to teach frontend web dev to middle schoolers and give technical interviews to undergraduate students in need of extra technical interview preparation. Click here for adorable doggy pictures!

Horticulturist

Biology has always interested me, and I've found working with plants is the perfect way to channel my curiosity. Caring for plants is calming and I highly recommend it to anyone who could use a little greenery in their life. My favorite plants are philodendrons and strings of things; they're both easy to take care of (and absolutely stunning). Click here to see my plant pictures!

Arts and Writing

In addition to plants, painting, writing, and knitting are very close to my heart. I love creating art inspired by the queer/feminist experience and my overwhelming love for all things pink and sparkly. My creative writing leans more towards the horror genre, while my poetry runs the spectrum of reclaiming childhood experiences to expressing my love for the people around me. Click here to see some of my work!

AWS Certification

My 2023 tech goal is to become AWS certified as a Solutions Architect! I'm particularly interested in database services, and ML services. But for the purposes of the SA exam, I'm also covering EC2, Route53, Kinesis, SQS/SNS, VPC, and other Amazon services I encounter in the architecture I work with for my job. I'm studying using Udemy courses and taking copious online practice tests. Pray for me.

Timeline

Click below to go to a basic timeline detailing my education and career from 2016 to the present.

Get in touch

If you have any questions about projects I've worked on, or projects I'm currently working on, feel free to reach out!