Iris Galicia

Computer Science Student | Data Science & Software Engineering Enthusiast

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About Me

Iris Galicia

Hello! I'm a passionate CS student with a minor in Applied Mathematics and Cybersecurity looking forward to go into Data Science or Software Engineering. I love solving problems and finding the best solutions for it.

Education

The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley – Edinburg, TX

B.S. in Computer Science

Minor in Applied Mathematics and Cybersecurity

Graduating: December 2025 GPA: 3.68

Relevant Courses

  • Algorithms & Data Structures
  • Software Engineering I
  • Applied Statistics
  • Database Design & Implementation

Skills

Programming Languages

C++ Python MATLAB C Ruby HTML CSS Javascript SQLite C# Assembly Language

Software

Visual Studio Visual Studio Code GitHub Jupyter Notebook PyTorch Rails React Wireshark Oracle VM Virtual Box Cisco Packet Tracer Argos Microsoft Adobe Adobe

Languages

English Spanish

Work Experience

Teacher Assistant

Edinburg, TX August 2024 – current

Graded and provided detailed feedback on 70 students' Digital Image Processing and C++ assignments by reviewing code, debugging, and offering personalized support.

PLTL Student Academic Tutor

Edinburg, TX August 2023 – December 2024

Assisted around 20 students per course in questions and assignments for Computer Science 2, Pre-Calculus, and College Algebra in English and Spanish.

Student Assistant

Brownsville, TX February 2023 – May 2023

Provided constructive feedback on assignments for over 50 students in C# and Assembly Language.

Projects

Machine Learning in Parking Lot System

Spring 2025 – current

Collaborating with a team to develop a machine learning system using YOLOv5 in Jupyter Notebook to count vehicles and detect parking lot violations through a custom dataset.

Designing an interactive website for user engagement and implementing license plate recognition for cars that are stored in a database.

School Course Management System

Fall 2024

Modified a Ruby on Rails website to manage a school courses database for authorized users, using Agile methodologies.

Pi-Hole Network

Summer 2024

Blocked around 70% of ads and potential malware on the home network by managing DNS requests to filter out intrusive content.

Music Industry Database

Spring 2024

Optimized data storage and retrieval for 44 musicians, each of their albums, and instrument records by developing a database using SQLite.

Hydroponic System – NASA MINDS (Telemetry Member)

Fall 2022 – Spring 2023

Created the pseudocode, connected, and programmed the motors so the robot can move and open/close the robot's hand.

Converted the DC circuits to AC by cutting and connecting the ground cables to the Arduino which allowed the programming of the air and water pumps.

Arduino Shield-Bot

Summer 2021

Assembled and programmed a functional robot capable of movement and obstacle avoidance using servo motors, ultrasonic sensor, and LEDs through the Arduino programming.

Contact

Email

irisgavi07@gmail.com

GitHub

github.com/blia07

LinkedIn

linkedin.com/in/iris-galicia-0aa8152a1