Victor Cortez

Summary

Kwantlen Polytechnic University sociology graduate with quantitative & qualitative research experience and now solves problems through code. Currently focused on developing full-stack coding skills focusing on PHP, NoSQL, ES6, & JQuery. Hungry learner, hard worker, & team player. Cheese & sushi enthusiast but not at the same time.

Experience

Web Development - Full-Stack
Quantitative & Qualitative Research
Event Planning
Customer Service
Teaching & Mentoring

Mentoring Experience

Canada Learning Code
Ladies Learning Code
Lighthouse Labs

Hackathons

Fishackathon Vancouver 2018 - 2nd place for Fishprice
Mission Hack 2018

Education

Web Development Diploma - Lighthouse Labs
Graduated in August 2017
Received a Diploma in Web Development after completing an intensive full-stack Web Development bootcamp with over 500 hours of on-hand and theoretical programming classes. The bootcamp included JavaScript, Ruby, Rails, React, PostgresSQL and more.

Projects (Click me!)

	Lighthouse Labs Final Project A game match-making web application built on React, Redux, PostgreSQL, Express, Socket.io and Node.js. Meant as a better automatch-making system than an online game's default matching system, this web app uses a Tinder-style approach in pairing up players based on their desired skill-level of their match.
	Lighthouse Labs Midterm Project Pollstar is a web app that helps groups of friends to vote on a preferred choice (using ranked voting/Borda count), for example: "What movie should we see next Friday?". It is anonymous, and so it does not need a user registration/login to use the app. The creator of the poll will receive the links of the voting page and the resut page of their poll in an email through Sendgrid. The creator can then share the vote and result link with his/her group.
	Slack Clone Chatty project to practice building web applications that have real-time functionality where users do not have to reload the page in order to see updates.Chatty will allow users to communicate with each other without having to register accounts. It will use React, a popular front-end library created and used heavily by Facebook as well as modern tools for Node including Webpack and Babel.
	Twitter Clone Tweeter is a simple, single-page Twitter clone built with HTML5, CSS3/SASS, JS, jQuery, AJAX, Node, Express and MongoDB. Messages are kept persistent with the use of Mongo DB. Tweetr is also responsive and can be viewed through a mobile phone

Study Abroad - University of Central Lancashire
January 2016 to May 2016
Took part in the KPU Study Abroad Program (Exchange Semester Spring 2016) in Preston, Lancashire, United Kingdom. Awarded Irving K. Barber One World International Scholarship to go towards the expenses of the Exchange Semester.
Bachelor of Arts in Sociology - Kwantlen Polytechnic University
Graduated in October 2017
Awarded a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology and received the President's Most Outstanding Graduate Award for Academic Excellence and Community Involvement.

Employment

Spacio Inc. - Jr. Full-Stack Web Developer
November 2017 to Current
Develop, maintain, and general upkeep of the company's products both front-end and back-end. I use HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Jquery library for front-end, and PHP, MongoDB for back-end. I also perform graphic design and technical cutomer support.
Active KSA - Active KSA Specialist
October 2012 to November 2017
Created, and facilitated health and recreational programs for the Kwantlen Student Association and Kwantlen Polytechnic University community. Responsibilities involved event planning, event facilitation, public speaking, connecting with executives, communicating with companies and university staff for school events.
Storied Migrants - Research Assistant
May to November 2015
Assisted PhD Candidate, Jenny Shaw, on her PhD project titled Storied Migrants: Transnational Youths’ Experiences of Place and Belonging after Long-Term Family Separation which included setting up, leading, and making reports for workshops as well as transcribing.
Explore Program: Langara College - Cultural Assistant
June to July 2015
Researching, organizing & implementing cultural/recreational activities and events; preparing reports & program evaluations; meeting with the Program Coordinator & other CAs on a daily basis; preparing for and participating in a weekly forum for students; & handling activity-related budgeting duties as required.