Taran Polavarapu
Orland Park,IL
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
Work History
After-School Tutor
Mathnasium Learning Center
Orland Park, IL
08.2023 - Current
- Led basic math workshops for a small group of students with tutoring needs, mainly pertaining to geometry.
- Worked closely with students on specific class struggles, closely reviewing materials and assignments to offer targeted help.
- Leveraged technology and visual aids to engage students and enhance learning when possible.
- Boosted students' confidence in their abilities through positive reinforcement and constructive feedback.
- Improved students' overall academic and testing performance through one-on-one tutoring in math.
Volunteer
Silver Cross Hospital
New Lenox, IL
06.2022 - Current
- Maintained clean, neat, and operational facilities in the waiting rooms.
- Helped organize patients belongings prior to their discharge
- Facilitated communication between volunteers and staff members through regular updates via newsletters or social media platforms.
- Educated young volunteers about policies of the hospital, responsibilities, and respectful responses towards patients and staff.
- Taught basic computational or coding skills in the pediatric ward to children interested in the technology field through Scratch.
Game Developer
Roblox
Orland Park, IL
05.2020 - Current
- Founded, programmed, designed, and advertised game, utilizing LUA to create the game.
- Debugged the game consistently during developmental phase, enhancing ability to problem-solve and master LUA.
- Through testing phase, over 3,000 users visited game prior to launching amplifying game's success with thorough feedback on Discord.
- Periodically updating Anime Pet Simulator game on platform.
- Over 25,000 visits.
Teacher
Century Middle School
Orland Park, IL
03.2021 - 05.2024
- Founded and taught an after-school JAVA class at local middle school using Scratch, Code.org, and online JAVA compliers.
- Guided aspiring students to take certain classes and participate in certain clubs in order to maximize knowledge upon entering high school.
- Encouraged and helped develop students' basic coding skills and critical thinking skills.
Software Engineer Intern
Advanced Health Academy
Remote
08.2023 - 01.2024
- Completed the redesign of the entirely of website to help users access the right information easily.
- Through getting the app to work efficiently, gathered 100+ people for trial and error in order to fix any bugs on TestFlight,
- Suggested and debugged in applicable areas to my knowledge.
- Created follow-up in app in which users were asked for feedback.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, IL05.2028
Skills
Languages: LUA, Python, JavaScript, JAVA, HTML/CSS
Skills: React, Nodejs, Angular
Developer Tools: Git, Azure DevOps, WIX
Timeline
After-School Tutor
Mathnasium Learning Center
08.2023 - Current
Software Engineer Intern
Advanced Health Academy
08.2023 - 01.2024
Volunteer
Silver Cross Hospital
06.2022 - Current
Teacher
Century Middle School
03.2021 - 05.2024
Game Developer
Roblox
05.2020 - Current
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign