ABOUT ME

talike

Hi! My name is Talike — pronounced as tah-leek — and I would like to thank you for taking time to visit my portfolio website! I have been passionate about technology for practically my entire life and I look forward to pursuing a career centered around it. Initially, I wanted to get into game development, but my focus later switched over to web development during my time as a Computer Science major at the City College of New York (CCNY). There, I created a handful of projects and collaborated with like-minded intellectuals to further enhance my skills. I also have over two years of professional experience working in the information technology (IT) field, where I learned to maintain and troubleshoot a variety of devices. Moving forward, I am hoping to continue enhancing my skills and apply them in a manner that benefits as many people as possible.

Technical Skills

JavaScript

Python

HTML

CSS

Bootstrap

React

Flask

Visual Studio Code

Android

Windows

macOS

Ubuntu

Microsoft Deployment Toolkit

Microsoft Office

Adobe Creative Cloud

Education

Coursera

Google IT Support Professional Certificate

August 2024 - Present

The City College of New York

College, B.S. in Computer Science

August 2020 - May 2024

Brooklyn Academy of Science and the Environment

High School

September 2016 - June 2020

Experience

The City College of New York

IT Support Specialist (Division of Science)

September 2022 - Present

  • Taking a customer-centric approach to provide technological solutions and services to about 4 faculty members daily in the Marshak Science Building as a team of 5
  • Collaborating with several other IT departments at CCNY to configure networks, install licensed software, and manage user accounts
  • Maintaining and troubleshooting devices with Windows, MacOS, and Linux operating systems

IT Support Specialist (iMEDIA)

November 2024 - January 2025

  • Took a customer-centric approach to provide technological solutions and services to the entire City College campus as a team of 12
  • Maintained and troubleshooted devices such as projectors and VIA boxes

CUNY Tech Prep

Web Development Fellow

July 2023 - May 2024

  • Selected for a competitive web development fellowship with students from across the 11 CUNY senior colleges where Fellows create technical projects using tools such as React, Node.js, Express, and PostgreSQL
  • Participated in weekly courses and learning industry best practices for design, implementation, and deployment such as MVC, version control with Git and GitHub, agile and scrum with Trello and Slack, TDD, and CI/CD

Publicolor

Scholarship Recipient / Alumni

August 2020 - May 2024

  • Received gap scholarship towards college tuition
  • Occasionally traveled to sites around New York City to help current Publicolor students paint their schools

Summer Design Studio Student

July 2020 - August 2020

  • Designed compelling projects with a team of Publicolor students using Gravit and graphic design concepts

Next Steps Student

October 2019 - June 2020

  • Spent the weekends painting schools in Brooklyn, Manhattan, and Queens with other Publicolor students
  • Attended college and career preparation workshops

Paint Club Student

April 2019 - June 2019

  • Collaborated with other students to paint BASE High School

Giant Machines

Teaching Assistant

August 2023

  • Supported two teachers with a web development course centered around HTML, CSS, JS, and Bootstrap to ensure that about 20 students could build their own functional websites
  • Met with the entire teaching team daily to discuss highlights throughout our experiences and ways to improve in the future

Urban Mentoring and Achievement Network (UMAAN)

Mentor

August 2022 - February 2023

  • Met with a UMAAN mentee weekly in order to help them set goals and stay motivated throughout the school year

Mentee

August 2020 - May 2021

  • Met with a UMAAN mentor weekly in order to discuss goals and stay motivated throughout the school year

Carella

Web Developer

October 2022 - November 2022

  • Used Webflow to develop the website for the organization

Upperline Code

Teaching Assistant

August 2022

  • Supported two teachers and worked alongside another teaching assistant with a web development course centered around HTML, CSS, JS, and Bootstrap to ensure that about 20 students could build their own functional websites
  • Met with other teachers and teaching assistants daily to discuss teaching experiences and ways to improve

Major League Hacking Fellowship

Production Engineering Fellow

May 2022 - August 2022

  • Completed 12 weeks of structured curriculum-based learning covering core Meta Production Engineering topics, supplemented with events and workshops led by industry experts
  • Created an open-source personal portfolio website using Python, Flask, Jinja, MySQL, and NGINX
  • Automated testing and deployment workflows using CI/CD
  • Set up system and container monitoring, alerting, and visualization using Prometheus and Grafana

United Nations International Computing Centre (UNICC)

Intern

January 2022

  • Conducted and presented extensive research in order to learn more about the organization and its global impact
  • Analyzed demographic trends with 3 team members by designing compelling infographics using Canva
  • Composed an annual report with a team member by interviewing cybersecurity staff and making use of Microsoft Office products in order to depict the changes in services provided by the UNICC

Break Through Tech

Sprintern

October 2021 - January 2022

  • Attended professional development workshops, including internship prep and resume building
  • Matched with the United Nations International Computing Centre (UNICC) to work with the organization for 3 weeks in January 2022

NYC Department of Parks & Recreation

City Seasonal Aide

June 2021 - August 2021

  • Cooperated with a crew of 3-5 workers to clean select parks in Queens, NY

Brooklyn Botanical Garden

Garden Crew Member

September 2016 - November 2019

  • Congregated with other students from Brooklyn Academy of Science and the Environment after school weekly in order to help grow crops and prepare meals with those crops

College Now: STEM Research Academy at City Tech

Student

February 2018 - August 2018

  • Conducted research for a variety of scientific fields, including biology and forensics
  • Developed a cooling system for a mini television project with a college student using Arduino and Raspberry Pi