About

I'm based in Philadelphia, PA and studied Computer Science and Psychology at Swarthmore College. I am currently working at J.P. Morgan Chase & Co as a Software Engineer, primarily specializing in frontend.

I enjoy coding fun projects and coming up with fun project ideas. My hobbies include doing faux calligraphy, printmaking, photography, traveling, cooking, and learning (coding and spoken) languages.

May 2022 - Present
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Stash logo Software Engineer I [Job]

ReactJS, Typescript

Enrolled in the SEP (Software Engineer Program)

  • πŸ”† Contributed code to various repositories, some of which are currently in production for Private Chase Advisors and Chase customers
  • πŸ”† Some projects I've worked on: RMD Questionnaire, Retirement Calculators (i.e. Annuity, Career Break, Roth IRA, etc), Retirement Hub in Chase.com and the Chase app

  • January 2021 - June 2021
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    Stash logo (CS71) SWE Project: Stash [Class Project]

    ReactNative, Cloud Firestore (Firebase), Expo, Figma

    Link to Github Repo for a more detailed ReadMe:
    Link to Slide Deck: Stash Slide Deck

  • πŸ”† Co-creator with Lamia Makkar, Leia Rich, Alice Huang
  • πŸ”† Description: Stash is a multiplatform mobile application that facilitates social interactions between friends online. Stash centralizes the recommendations for songs, movies, books, YouTube videos and other media your friends send you into one convenient dashboard, so you never lose track of what they share with you again. You can create groups to share recommendations with, sort the recommendations you’ve received by sender or by media type, and react to what was sent to you, all on the same platform.
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    Design & Frontend

    • πŸ”† Designed majority of the Figma designs
    • πŸ”† Drew up the Stash logo, splash screen, and onboarding screen icons using ProCreate
    • πŸ”† Worked out the mechanism of React Modals (pop up feature), designs and structure for β€˜Create a Pod’, β€˜Add a Recommendation’, and β€˜Show Group Members’ pop ups, pod card design (also later used for our recommendation card design), the different designs for the media-type components, etc
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    Backend

    • πŸ”† Worked out the structure of the asynchronous callback function for getPods (which was later also used in getRecs) to get new pod data on refresh
    • πŸ”† Firebase-related: Adding pods to the database, connecting the navigation between the ByPod page to individual Pod pages (i.e. showing the respective pods for a specific user), sending resized pod images to the database and retrieving their download URLs, deleting pod images (if a new one was chosen), connecting the relationship between recommendations and pods in the database (i.e. showing the respective recommendations for a specific pod), getting the list of usernames from the database according to a user’s search input, and deleting a recommendation from the database.
    • πŸ”† Other Miscellaneous: Logout feature, various error checks based on user input on β€˜Create a Pod’ submit (i.g. usernames are not added twice to a new pod, pod names/recommendation names are made up of valid characters, empty fields), β€˜Add a Recommendation’ feature and filtering what is shown based on the type of media chosen from the dropdown menu, structure of the refresh feature, activity indicator loading screen for when images are being sent to the server or when a pod or recommendation is being created, and more

    October 2020
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    ThriveHer logo Technica: ThriveHer [Hackathon]

    Flask, mongoDB, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Bootstrap, AJAX, JQuery, SocketIO

    Demo: https://youtu.be/Y2aJDZ4DTew
    Link to Github Repo for a more detailed ReadMe:

  • πŸ”† Co-creator with Alice Huang and Sojin Lim
  • πŸ”† Description: a platform for womxn entrepreneurs and business owners to pitch their ideas and get guidance from a mentor, and also get funding to get started.
  • πŸ”† Responsibilities: Worked on the home page and inspirations page (where mentors can market their businesses and gain exposure, while also being able to put their business out there for hard working and qualified women), and designed the logo (Procreate)

  • September 2020
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    Nite Write logo Penn Apps XXI: Nite Write [Hackathon]

    Figma, Flask, WebSpeech API, HTML, CSS, Javascript

    Demo: https://youtu.be/J5GKtNsY2T0
    Link to Github Repo for a more detailed ReadMe:

  • πŸ”† Co-creator with Annica Chiu, Alice Huang, Elizabeth Chin
  • πŸ”† Description: When you're too tired to write out your thoughts at the end of the day, you can simply talk aloud and our app will write it down for you, easy right? Nite Write asks you questions to get you thinking about your day. It listens to you while you speak. You can take breaks and continue speaking to the app. You can go back and look at old posts and reflect on your days!
  • πŸ”† Responsibilities: worked on the layout and design of the application utilizing Figma, worked with the backend team to integrate the speech-to-text API with the frontend, designed the Nite Write logo (Procreate) and demo slide deck for the final presentation
  • πŸ† Award: Top 10 out of over 170 projects

  • July 2020 - December 2020
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    Enlight [Summer Program]

    ReactJS, HTML, CSS, Various APIs

  • πŸ”† Curated 4 projects in 2-3 weeks using HTML, CSS, JavaScript (React), Python (Flask), and a range of APIs and libraries
  • πŸ”† Assisted over 100 members as they learn to code by answering questions on the Discord and live workshops/classes
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    Personal Dashboard (Capstone Project)

    ReactJS, OpenWeatherMap, NYTimes, Google Calendars API

    https://jacq-dashboard.herokuapp.com/
  • πŸ”† Features: time and date without reload, countdown and to-do list with local storage, weather and news fetcher, Google Calendar feature, random word generator, draggable components on home page
  • πŸ”† Upcoming: dark mode, Regional Rails train schedule fetcher, and more
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    Get Yo Weather! App

    HTML, CSS, Javascript, OpenWeatherMap API

    https://get-yo-weather.netlify.app
  • πŸ”† Features: background image changes according to current weather conditions, toggle feature for Fahrenheit and Celsius, mobile responsive
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    To Do List App

    ReactJS

    https://jacq-todolist.netlify.app/
  • πŸ”† Features: toggle feature to minimize or maximize list, local storage of tasks, draggable list
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    Get Yo Paint On! App

    HTML, CSS, Javascript

    https://get-yo-paint-on.netlify.app
  • πŸ”† Features: local storage for saved drawings, load drawings from storage, clear/fill bucket and brush size option
  • πŸ”† Upcoming: Socket.io + ability to paint with others

  • July 2020 - Present
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    Website for Swarthmore Alumni [Job]

    Squarespace, Custom CSS

    https://www.robinepmyers.com


  • πŸ”† Designed a Squarespace website for Robin Myers (Swarthmore alumni, poet and Spanish to English translator)
  • πŸ”† Utilized custom CSS for personalization
  • πŸ”† Corresponded with client on a weekly basis for feedback on designs, features, and layout

  • June 2020 - September 2020
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    novice chef website logo Novice Chef Recipe Search Application [Side Project]

    Flask, Python (BeautifulSoup), SQLite (SQLAlchemy), JS & AJAX (dynamic elements), Trello

    Demo: https://youtu.be/E_hDfXbT6j8
    http://novicechef.pythonanywhere.com
    Link to Github Repo for a more detailed ReadMe:

  • πŸ”† Co-creator with Alice Huang
  • πŸ”† Description: Clean, easy-to-use app for beginner cooks to target their recipe search based on what's already in the fridge. Helping to build more budget-friendly and environment-conscious cooking habits. Users can search a database of 5,000+ recipes from 7 different trusted websites, save recipes to their personal list, and also explore new recipes through the random recipe generator.
  • πŸ”† Responsibilities: Logo and favicon design (Procreate), error and all form pages, Flask app main routes setup, SQLite database setup, like/unlike AJAX functionality, etc
  • πŸ”† Shared Responsibilities: Website design, recipe scraping, other Flask app side routes, deploying, website prototypes and userflow

  • April 2020 - April 2022
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    AAWC Banquet Website (2020, 2021, 2022) & Annual Meeting (2021, 2022) [Job]

    Weebly, Custom CSS, Trello (project management)

    Virtual Banquet 2020,  Virtual Banquet 2021,  Virtual Banquet 2022
    Virtual Annual Meeting 2021,  Virtual Annual Meeting 2022


  • πŸ”† Spearheaded and established user flow design for their 2020 virtual banquet website, drew all digital banners/dividers and food images, enhanced overall website layout
  • πŸ”† Learned how a non-profit conducts their events/projects and the inner-workings of project design basics
  • πŸ”† Collaborated with 5-10 women professionals of different careers and presented the site to over 100 viewers on Zoom

  • April 2020 - Present
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    Favicon that says 'Jac' short for 'Jacquelyn' Personal Website [Side Project]

    HTML, CSS, Javascript

    https://jacquelynchow.netlify.app


  • πŸ”† Learned HTML, CSS, Javascript through Enlight & HTML5 Up Template to build personal website
  • πŸ”† Utilized media queries to produce responsive web design
  • πŸ”† All images on website were taken by me

  • December 2019
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    MLH Local Hack: Budget Tracker [Hackathon]

    Python, Flask

    Link to first prototype at hackathon:
    Link to renewed project:

  • πŸ”† Description: Created goal budget and current budget comparison function
  • πŸ”† Responsibilities: Learned how to use the Matplot library to show projected meal plan data
  • πŸ† Award: Placed 3rd

  • Photography

    Here are some of my favorite shots, but check out my instagram for more!