Dayana Navarro
Hawthorne,CA
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
Work History
Parts Sales Associate Manager
AutoZone
Los Angeles, CA
01.2026 - Current
- Applied knowledge of vehicle electrical and mechanical systems
- Used diagnostic tools to test automotive batteries and charging systems
- Assisted customers in identifying and selecting automotive parts.
- Provided product information to enhance customer understanding.
- Managed daily reports and store needs
Student Manager
Graduate Family Housing, UCSD
07.2025 - Current
- Managed resident services including move-ins, access issues and logistics
- Trained employees and created work schedules and maintained an organized system to make sure move-ins and move-outs of residents would run smoothly
Student Manager
Goody's Market and Sunshine Market, UCSD
07.2023 - 01.2026
- Helped to operate and launch two new campus locations.
- Trained employees and managed scheduling for staff
Student
Medical Careers Program, MLK
08.2021 - 06.2022
- Helped with basic trainings and shadowed doctors as well as a surgeon
- Helped with patients, drawing blood, taking stats, gathering all patient information required by doctors
- Achieved CPR certification through comprehensive training program
Student
Engineering Program, UCLA
08.2021 - 02.2022
- Worked with graduate students on aerospace, electrical, and mechanical projects
- Assisted in developing engineering designs in academic projects
Education
Bachelors - Aerospace Engineering, Astronomy and Astrophysics
University of California San Diego
La Jolla06-2027
Skills
- SolidWorks
- AutoCAD
- Structural analysis
- Dynamics and vibrations
- Fluid mechanics
- Aerospace Mechanics
- Aerodynamics
- Dimensional analysis
- Python
- MATLAB
- Java
- C/C
Personal Information
Work Authorization: U.S Permanent Resident ( Green Card Holder)
Languages
- English
- Spanish
Awards
- Chancellor's Associates
- Scholarship Program (CASP), Awarded by the University of California San Diego.
Engineering Projects
Orbital Motion Simulation (MATLAB/Python)
- Built a numerical simulation to model satellite motion around Earth.
- Used time-stepping methods to calculate position and velocity over time.
- Plotted orbital paths and checked results against expected physical behavior.
Arduino Based Automated Irrigation System
- Built a sensor driven control system using an Arduino microcontroller
- Programmed system process sensor input and trigger a pump based on defined thresholds.
- Tested and debugged hardware-software interactions to improve system performance.
Timeline
Parts Sales Associate Manager
AutoZone
01.2026 - Current
Student Manager
Graduate Family Housing, UCSD
07.2025 - Current
Student Manager
Goody's Market and Sunshine Market, UCSD
07.2023 - 01.2026
Student
Medical Careers Program, MLK
08.2021 - 06.2022
Student
Engineering Program, UCLA
08.2021 - 02.2022
Bachelors - Aerospace Engineering, Astronomy and Astrophysics
University of California San Diego