Experience

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  Human Rights Center, UC Berkeley School of Law

  • Berkeley, California, United States

  • Student Researcher

    • Sep 2023 - Present
    • Berkeley, California, United States

    The Human Rights Center trains students to become open source investigators to discover and verify human rights violations and potential war crimes. The lab works with partners such as Amnesty International, the Atlantic Council, and the United Nations to investigate potential real-world crimes, abuses, and misinformation around the world.- Conducting open-source research using OSINT techniques, including geolocation- Parsing data and building interactive visualizations using Python and JavaScript

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  Zinc Collective

  • Orange County, California, United States

  • Political Technology Specialist for CA-47

    • Jun 2022 - Nov 2022
    • Orange County, California, United States

    - Worked with Rep. Katie Porter's campaign staff on data, tech, and cybersecurity initiatives.- Oversaw cybersecurity efforts including securing each staffer’s personal devices and accounts, implementing 2-factor authentication, and training the organization on cybersecurity best practices.- Developed a partially open-source Python utility to increase voter turnout by providing voters with their nearest two dropboxes and nearest two polling locations via SMS text using PDI voter contact data, the Google Civic Info API, the Mapbox Geocoding API, and Impactive dynamic variables and scripts.- Wrote a Python utility that converts CSV text data into flags (searchable IDs) for PDI.- Built a volunteer engagement tracker in Airtable that included a base, interfaces, and automations.- Created a turf/voter contact tracker using BigQuery and Google Connected Sheets to synthesize PDI data.- Created reports to help monitor direct voter contact and volunteer recruitment efforts using PDI, VAN, Airtable, Google Data Studio, Google Connected Sheets, Google Colab, and Google Apps Script.

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  Gray Area

  • United States
  • Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
  • 1 - 100 Employee

  • Educational Program Coordinator

    • Jan 2022 - Jun 2022

    - Supported artists and engineers learning how to artistically leverage digital tools and emerging technologies.- Co-led development of experiential curriculum on “Ethics in Technology” and “the Metaverse.”- Collaborated with the Creative Development team on workshops, research labs, and other education initiatives.

  • Creative Code Instructor

    • Aug 2019 - Jun 2022

    - Taught physical computing and Node.js sections of creative code immersive curriculum. - Designed and facilitated workshops on other technical topics, most recently on making interactive online experiences that incorporate web development, machine learning, and computer vision (ml5.js). - Supported artists and engineers learning how to leverage digital tools and emerging technologies.

  • Artist in Residence, Incubator

    • Jan 2019 - Jun 2022

    - Created multimedia experiences using web technologies, data visualization, machine learning, projection mapping, and physical computing as a resident artist.- Themes of work: the implications of artificial intelligence (in “What the Camera Sees”), environmental degradation (in “The New Frontier”, “The End of You” works), human experiences (in “Missed Messages”, “Collab Comp”, “Hug Machine”), and the complexities of human systems (in “Peering Through”, “Another Empathy Machine”).

  • Experiential Space Research Lab Member

    • Jul 2019 - Mar 2020

    - Developed scalable, immersive, experiential, and data-driven installations, focusing work in the Lab’s tech and interactions team.More info here => https://grayarea.org/initiative/experiential-space-research-lab/artist-announcement/ and here => https://medium.com/@GrayAreaorg/artist-stephanie-andrews-navigates-contemporary-issues-through-delight-wonder-7408e32f605.

  • Creative Code Immersive TA

    • Mar 2019 - Jun 2019

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  The Gel Pen Collective

  • San Francisco Bay Area

  • Creative Technologist & Co-Founder

    • Jul 2018 - Jun 2022
    • San Francisco Bay Area

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  Oculus VR

  • San Francisco Bay Area

  • Oculus Launch Pad 2018 Fellow

    • Jun 2018 - Oct 2018
    • San Francisco Bay Area

    Designed an immersive virtual reality experience built for Oculus Go.More info: https://www.oculus.com/launch-pad

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  Brilliant.org

  • United States
  • Technology, Information and Internet
  • 100 - 200 Employee

  • Software Engineer

    • Aug 2016 - May 2018

    - Oversaw work on Brilliant’s data pipeline- Planned epics, implemented features, and cross-trained analysts and other engineers- Collaborated with analysts to define schemas for events and write performant SQL queries- Architected an alerting system for key user funnels and segments in Amplitude and Grafana- Extended internal tooling that provided visibility into user activity- Munged and amended data in Amazon S3 and Amazon Redshift- Refactored Amazon Kinesis consumer and transformer code in data pipeline, and the pipeline generally, to be more modular and idempotent

  • Software Engineering Intern

    • May 2016 - Aug 2016

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  Mind My Education

  • San Francisco Bay Area

  • Software Engineer

    • Feb 2016 - May 2016
    • San Francisco Bay Area

    - Was an early engineer on a multi-disciplinary team building the first web release of an interactive learning system that promotes metacognition of students learning new and challenging concepts.- Helped architect and scope new features; also assisted with project management, debugging, and outreach.

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  Women's Foundation of California

  • San Francisco, CA

  • Women's Policy Institute Fellow

    • Aug 2014 - Aug 2015
    • San Francisco, CA

    - Participated in a one-year leadership and advocacy program that trains community leaders to shape and implement public policy in California (while employed by the Department on the Status of Women).- Researched, drafted, and advocated for a state bill (SB 592) to address teen dating violence in schools.

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  Department on the Status of Women, City and County of San Francisco

  • United States
  • Government Administration
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Fiscal & Policy Analyst

    • Dec 2013 - Aug 2015

    - Coalition-Building and Interagency Work: Organized interdisciplinary cross-sector meetings to advance policy. Facilitated work of the Family Violence Council, Justice & Courage Oversight Panel, Mayor’s Task Force on Human Trafficking, San Francisco Collaborative on Human Trafficking, and Commission on the Status of Women. Participated as Council Member and Departmental Representative of SF’s JUS.T.I.S. Governance Council, and as voting member of the SF Collaborative Against Human Trafficking’s Steering and Public Policy Committees.- Data Management: Reported available data and assessed how the Department could benefit from enhanced data collection methods and tooling while serving as Departmental Data Coordinator.- Data Analysis and Reporting: Synthesized metrics for quarterly and annual reports. Authored the Violence Against Women Prevention and Intervention Grants Program Year-End Performance Summary. Coordinated and co-authored the 2014 Violence Against Women Community Needs Assessment.- Data Analysis and Reporting: Developed system to report on the prevalence of human trafficking locally and a service mapping tool for public and community-based agencies to more effectively coordinate advocacy efforts and identify critical gaps in service.- Project Development: Initiated federally-funded domestic violence high-risk lethality team pilot project in the Bayview/Hunters Point, including a proposal for a domestic violence lethality app for SFPD first responders.- Fund Management: Oversaw budget as departmental CFO; responsible for fund development, grant admin, contract procurement, fiscal and organizational policies, projections & reports on performance measures, revenue, and expenditures.- Event and Workshop Planning: Co-organized 2015 San Francisco Collaborative Against Human Trafficking Labor Trafficking Conference, the Anti-Bullying Solutions Generator to engage youth with devising tech-based anti-bullying apps, and workshops on gender-based violence.

  • PAAWBAC Public Policy Fellow

    • May 2013 - Nov 2013

    - Supported the work of the Family Violence Council, Justice & Courage Oversight Panel, Mayor’s Task Force on Human Trafficking, San Francisco Collaborative on Human Trafficking, and Commission on the Status of Women.- Developed an Anti-Human Trafficking Data Collection Tool for use by public and community-based agencies that later informed San Francisco's first report on human trafficking.- Supported Grants Administrator in administering and monitoring the Violence Against Women Grants Program for the City and County of San Francisco. - Aggregated and synthesized data for quarterly and annual reports.- Authored the Violence Against Women Prevention and Intervention Grants Program FY2012-2013 Year-End Performance Summary.- Contributed to the 2013 Human Trafficking Request for Proposals design and selection process.- Drafted resolutions for the Commission and Department.

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  Alameda County Family Justice Center

  • Oakland, CA

  • Client Navigation Intern

    • Sep 2012 - May 2013
    • Oakland, CA

    - Assisted staff navigators in serving survivors of family violence, sexual assault, sexual exploitation by conducting intakes and follow-ups, providing crisis intervention, survivor support, and victim advocacy services, referring survivors to other community services, and providing programmatic support.

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  ACCESS: Women's Health Justice

  • Oakland, CA

  • Healthline Intern & Advocacy Activist

    • Feb 2012 - May 2013
    • Oakland, CA

    - Provided case management services to low-income women seeking reproductive health resources, working with clients to identify and address resource needs (reproductive health information, advocacy, counseling, referrals).- Advocated with and for clients by assisting with navigation of social service systems (e.g. MediCal paperwork, assistance with practical support needs, collaboration with other community organizations/providers).- Lobbied with legislators for key women’s health legislation (Safe and Early Access Bill, 2012).- Facilitated trainings of new Healthline/hotline interns and volunteers.

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  UC Berkeley: University Health Services

  • Berkeley, CA

  • Sexual Health Intern: Sexual Health Educator, Student Coordinator

    • Aug 2009 - May 2012
    • Berkeley, CA

    - Designed and facilitated interactive, educational workshops and programs targeted at youth and young adults (re: sexual and reproductive health, healthy relationships, harm reduction practices).- Provided sexual and reproductive health counseling services to young adults in the community.- Surveyed populations served to routinely assess outstanding needs and track data of services provided.- Drafted educational displays and resource materials pertaining to harm reduction and reproductive health.- Trained 20 sexual health educators.

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  DataCenter: Research for Justice

  • Oakland, CA

  • Data Communications Intern, Planned Parenthood Survey Contractor

    • Sep 2011 - Mar 2012
    • Oakland, CA

    - Created training guides to provide marginalized communities tools that enable engagement in grassroots advocacy and participatory action research methods.- Developed a comprehensive resource directory using Adobe InDesign CS5.5.- Aggregated and synthesized client and agency data for Planned Parenthood's needs assessment.

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  California Department of State Hospitals: Napa

  • Napa, CA

  • Mental Health Intern (through UC Berkeley)

    • Sep 2010 - May 2011
    • Napa, CA

    - Engaged in therapeutic activities with residents of Napa State Hospital (psychiatric facility).

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  Gender Equity Resource Center

  • Berkeley, CA

  • Program Assistant

    • Jan 2009 - Dec 2010
    • Berkeley, CA

    - Directed students to resources pertaining to gender, sexuality, sexual abuse, and discrimination.- Created culturally-sensitive educational displays to address community needs.- Collaborated with community organizations to prepare workshops and events promoting gender equality & human rights.