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Language Experience

English: Native;

French: Advanced;

  • 1 year at Stralang language school, Strasbourg, France.
  • 5 months at Institut Catholique de Toulouse.
  • 4 years at University of Vermont.

Esperanto: Intermediate;

  • 3 months self instruction.

Japanese: Beginner;

  • 1 year of private instruction.
  • 7 weeks at Kudan Japanese Language Institute, Suidobashi, Japan.
  • 1 semester at Rochester Institute of Technology.
  • 1 year at the University of Vermont.

German: Beginner;

  • 4 weeks at DeutschAkademie, Munich, Germany.
  • 6 weeks at Goethe-Institut, Munich, Germany.
  • 3 Years at the University of Vermont.

Spanish: Basic;

  • 2 years at Northport Middle School.
  • 3 years at Northport High School.

Mandarin: Basic;

  • 1 year at University of Vermont.

Schooling

  • Northport High School (-2017)
  • Rochester Institute of Technology (2017-2018)
  • Institut Stralang (2018-2019)
  • Institut Catholique de Toulouse (2019-2019)
  • University of Vermont [B.A. Linguistics] (2020-2024)

Experience

  • Intern Programmer - Applied Visions (2016-2017)
  • Japanese Club Officer - Northport High School (2016-2017)
  • Japanese Culture Association President - Rochester Institute of Technology (2017-2018)
  • English Teaching Assistant - Lycée Sainte-Marie Des Champs, Toulouse (2019)
  • Teaching Assistant - University of Vermont Computer Science Department (2022-2024)
  • Assistant Language Teacher of English - Sapporo City Board of Education (2024-Current)
  • Minister of Fun - Sapporo City JETs (2024-Current)

Certifications, Awards & Acknowledgements

  • B.A. Linguistics - University of Vermont
  • TEFL Certification
  • 1st Place - University of Vermont CS Fair 2023, Advanced Programming category
  • Cowrote a rewrite of UVM’s CS 2300: Advanced Programming’s computer graphics module with a modernized framework, adopted in 2023.
  • Wrote a syllabus organizer for UVM professors with a web interface, adopted in 2024.

Skills

Technology

  • C - Advanced
  • C++ - Advanced
  • Linux - Advanced (Gentoo, Arch, Debian, Linux from Scratch)
  • Command line - Advanced
  • Sysadmin - Intermediate
  • Java - Intermediate
  • Zig - Basic
  • Python - Basic
  • Rust - Basic
  • Go - Basic

Instruments

  • Guitar - Competent
  • Mandolin - Competent
  • Ukelele - Competent
  • Banjo - Learning
  • Accordion - Learning

Interests

Music:

  • Opera
  • Classical
  • Big Band
  • Jazz
  • Swing
  • Folk

Art & Literature:

  • Neoclassicism
  • Romanticism
  • Opera
  • Early French Literature
  • Classics

Topics:

  • Language & Culture
  • Theology
  • East-Asian Philosophy
  • Folk tales
  • History

Hobbies:

  • Reading
  • Model building
  • Programming
  • Language Learning
  • Playing instruments
  • Riichi Mahjong

Projects

  • Sorcery: A short little opengl game for the final project of my advanced programming class, inspired by old DOS dungeon crawlers.
  • Sorcery 64: A port of the afformentioned sorcery for the Commodore 64 microcomputer with some different features/improvements.
  • TALC: A small utility to assist UVM CS graders by finding and flagging repositories that may need a closer look.

Language stuff

  • Tip of My Tongue: A neat site for trying to find that word you just can’t seem to remember.
  • Locallingual: A site where you can find recordings of speakers of various languages based on location.
  • Pasporta Servo: A site for finding free accommodation among Esperanto speakers.

Computer stuff

  • Awesome UNIX: An excellent collection of cool and handy things related to UNIX.
  • Awesome Selfhosted: A great way of finding alternatives to popular software you can host yourself!.

Art & culture

Fun stuff

  • Wide-band WebSDR: A web-based short wave radio hosted by the University of Twente.
  • Pink Trombone: A goofy web toy attempting the simulate the vocal tract.