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Hi, I’m

KACY METCALF

Dallas,TX
KACY METCALF

Interests

I am pursuing opportunities in Software Development. I have personal experience in mobile app development and website development. I love learning and am excited to gain new skills. Since graduating from college, I have taught myself SQL and Power BI and am ready for more.

Education

Texas State University
San Marcos, Texas

Bachelor of Science from Computational Science
12.2023

University Overview

  • Minor: Applied Mathematics
  • GPA: 3.55

Skills

    • C
    • Python
    • Java
    • HTML
    • JavaScript
    • CSS
    • React
    • React Native
    • SQL
      • Nodejs
      • Git
      • GitKraken
      • Linux Terminal
      • Microsoft Office
      • Jira
      • Power BI
      • APIs

Projects

SafelyExit App

Internally released a React Native mobile app to the Google Play store. This app allows users to send premade text messages to their contacts by pushing a button. SafelyExit stops sexual harassment by giving the user a way to discretely ask for help. 


Biography Website With Built-in Coding Projects

Utilized HTML and CSS to code a personal website that displays my leadership and programming skills. Link: https://kacysgit.github.io/resume/ 


Color Catalog App

Followed a LinkedIn Learning course to learn React Native. Developed a mobile app with a dynamic button list to change background colors on press. Link: https://kacysgit.github.io/ColorCatalog/ 


Hercules Fitness App

Worked with a team of 5 members for 3 months to develop a React Native fitness app. Developed dynamically created trackers for the user to monitor their habits.

Activities

  • IGNITE Entrepreneurship Crash Course, Team Leader, 03/2022
  • Student Leadership Camp, Team Leader, 10/2021

Work History

Bobcat Village Apartment Complex

Resident Assistant
01.2022 - 12.2023

Job overview

  • Earned the highest performance score out of 14 Resident Assistants
  • Successfully advocated for my residents to have the apartment's gym hours changed to 24/7
  • Led a culture change to recognize desk assistants and add them to the Staff board and the work GroupMe
  • Worked 24 hour on-call shifts to handle emergencies and behavioral issues for 650 residents
  • Stepped in as leadership when emergencies such as gunfire occurred to prevent panic
  • Managed a budget to fund all events for each semester
  • Created weekly events (poker night, pool tournaments…) to encourage resident engagement
  • Navigated disagreements among residents to maintain a safe and welcoming community.

NASA

NASA High School Aerospace Scholar
07.2018 - 07.2018

Job overview

  • Exceeded NASA's expectations so they paid for all my food, housing, and travel expenses
  • Built models of a glove and astronaut helmet for visualizations in the update to program management
  • Built a land rover prototype to test its abilities against rough terrain potentially found on Mars
  • Built a lander prototype to theoretically drop our land rover to Mars' surface from the spacecraft
  • Measured the impact the lander had when dropped to decide which of the four designs was most effective
  • Built models of the hypothetical spacecraft design using small rockets to test the design's effectiveness
  • Measured the trajectory of the rockets and used trigonometry to determine which design flew the highest.
KACY METCALF