Abel Quintero

Abel Quintero

Portland, Oregon, United States
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Project/product manager with prior experience in frontend software engineering, UX…

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Experience

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    Project Access NOW

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    Portland, Oregon Area

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    Portland, Oregon Area

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    Mount Hood, Oregon

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    Portland, Oregon Area

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    Center for Digital Liberal Arts, Occidental College

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    Los Angeles, California, United States

Education

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    Occidental College

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    Activities and Societies: Open Source Club, Latinx Student Union, People of Color in STEM Club, MULTI (multiracial/ethnic student organization)

    Multidisciplinary curriculum with courses in psychology, philosophy, artificial intelligence, neuroscience, linguistics, and minor in ethnomusicology. I conducted ethnographic, qualitative, and quantitative research in ethnomusicology and research methods classes. Senior comps project included 25-page thesis paper. While not in class, I held leadership roles in various student organizations (Latinx Student Union, POC in STEM, Raw Records).

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    800+ hours of intensive software engineering training. Full-stack JavaScript:

    Front-end: JavaScript ES6, Vue, React/Redux
    Back-end: Node, PostgreSQL, MongoDB

Licenses & Certifications

Volunteer Experience

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    Leadership Team, QTBIPOC Committee and Portland Chapter

    Out in Tech

    - Present 5 years 7 months

    Co-founder and organizer of QTBIPOC Committee for Queer/Trans Black, Indigenous, and People of Color. Member of a core leadership team that meets frequently to manage, plan, execute, and dream up events in Portland uniting the LGBTQ+ community in tech

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    Board Member

    Q Center

    - 8 months

    Human Rights

    As the largest LGBTQ+ community center in the Pacific Northwest, Q Center proudly serves the LGBTQ2SIA+ communities of Portland Metro and Southwest Washington. Our drop-in and event space on North Mississippi Avenue is a frequent first stop for new arrivals in Portland, and for longtime residents who are newly out or questioning their sexual or gender identity. Q Center also serves as an information hub for friends, partners, community, and family members of LGBTQ2SIA+ individuals. We pride…

    As the largest LGBTQ+ community center in the Pacific Northwest, Q Center proudly serves the LGBTQ2SIA+ communities of Portland Metro and Southwest Washington. Our drop-in and event space on North Mississippi Avenue is a frequent first stop for new arrivals in Portland, and for longtime residents who are newly out or questioning their sexual or gender identity. Q Center also serves as an information hub for friends, partners, community, and family members of LGBTQ2SIA+ individuals. We pride ourselves on our collaborative approach and seek out ways to share resources with other nonprofits and public institutions locally and statewide.

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    Events Organizer

    Latinx Tech PDX

    - Present 5 years 6 months

    Helping organize and work at events for Portland's Latinx tech meetup

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    DE&I Committee Volunteer

    AIGA Portland

    - 7 months

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    Open Source Developer

    Code for America

    - Present 5 years 3 months

    Social Services

    Working on the Dwelling.ly app as part of Code for PDX - partnering with JOIN and Amplified By Design. Stack: React/Redux, Node, Flask

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    Web Developer

    Q Center

    - 2 months

    Civil Rights and Social Action

    Led the re-design of Q Center's website, combining layout design in their CMS with custom JavaScript and CSS.

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    Music Teacher Volunteer

    Intonation Music Workshop

    - 3 months

    Children

    Taught the basics of music theory, rock instruments (guitar, drums, bass, keybaords), and playing in a band to underserved children on the South Side of Chicago for two summers.

Courses

  • Applied Cognitive Science and Education

    COGS 301

  • Calculus I

    MATH 110

  • Calculus II

    MATH 120

  • Cognitive Psychology

    PSYC 306

  • Computational Approaches to Cognition

    COGS 242

  • Critical Dialogue on Latinx Issues

    LLAS 250

  • Discrete Math

    MATH 210

  • Formal Logic

    PHIL 225

  • Information Theory

    CS 353

  • Intro to Linguistics

    LING 301

  • Intro to Neuroscience

    COGS 104

  • Intro to UX Design (General Assembly)

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  • Linear Algebra

    MATH 214

  • Philosophy of Science

    PHIL 365

  • Programming in Java

    CS 161

  • Programming in Java II

    CS 211

  • Research Methods in Cognitive Science

    COGS 310

  • Senior Seminar in Cognitive Science

    COGS 490

  • Topics in Artificial Intelligence

    COGS 325

  • Web Design and Programming

    CS 155

Projects

  • Occidental Weekly Feature

    Helped design the feature article for the Occidental Weekly's first issue of 2017.

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  • Global Dignity USA Website

    I helped build the website for Global Dignity USA using design and content management tools from the Divi custom theme on WordPress.

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  • Operation HOPE FILE website re-design

    I updated the design and content of the Operation HOPE Fellowship and Internship Program using Photoshop CC and the Operation HOPE backend content management system. Links in the sidebar- "About HOPE Fellows," "About HOPE Interns," "Join Us (Apply)."

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  • HOPE Inside Locations Webpages

    I designed and developed the webpage of HOPE Inside locations using Adobe Photoshop CC and HTML/CSS code in Dreamweaver. I also created the individual webpages for some of the locations using the backend CMS of Operation HOPE's website. An example of one of those pages can be found here- http://www.operationhope.org/hopeinside.picorivera

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  • Critical Making Studio Website

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    Designed and developed new website for Critical Making Studio using the Divi theme in WordPress. Will be regularly updating content.

    Other creators
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Honors & Awards

  • Dean's List

    Occidental College

  • Dean's List

    Occidental College

Languages

  • English

    Native or bilingual proficiency

  • Spanish

    Professional working proficiency

Organizations

  • People of Color in STEM

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    Member of POCs in STEM club at Occidental. An organization for academic and social support of students of color in the STEM majors/minors.

  • Occidental Open Source Club

    E-board Member

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    Plan and organize events for Oxy's computer science club.

  • Raw Records

    Session Bass Player

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    Write and record bass parts for different genres of music at Raw Records at Occidental College. Examples: http://micahmanaitai.bandcamp.com/track/earthbound https://rawrecords12.bandcamp.com/album/valerie-ep-2 https://rawrecords12.bandcamp.com/track/wylene

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