SOFIA ORMAZABAL ARRIAGADA [ m755109008@tmu.edu.tw Ó +886 0902310438 ½ New Taipei City - Taiwan EDUCATION MSc Brains, Minds, and Concious- ness Taipei Medical University 2020 –2022 (ongoing) BSc in Engineering, major in Com- puting and Information Systems, mi- nor in Operations Research Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile 08/2014 – 07/2020 Global Studies exchange Program Doshisha University 2018-2019 Neural Science New York University 2013 Completed 17 credits toward a BSc in Neural Science. Cognitive Science SUNY Oswego 2012-2013 Completed 33 credits toward a BSc in Cognitive Science. Philosophy Universidad de Chile 2011 Completed 33 credits toward a BA in Philosophy. ACHIEVEMENTS • (2021) "Excellence prize" at NKUST Startup Winter Workshop competition • (2021) Foundation for International Coop- eration in Higher Education of Taiwan Essay Contest • (2020-2022) Taiwan MOE Scholarship • (2018-2019) Japan Student Services Organiza- tion (JASSO) Scholarship • (2018) 2nd Place Doshisha Essay Contest (Ky- oto, Japan) • (2018) Honorable mention in Consilience Ko- rea essay contest (Embassy of Korea, Chile) • (2016) Roberto Bolaño award for novel "Run- ner’s High". (Published as "515km") • (2014) 1st place "Desafíos de la Ingeniería" (Engineering Challenges) innovation contest, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. EXPERIENCE Author Provincianos Editores 2020 - ongoing ½ Santiago, Chile • Published novel "515km" • Create content to promote the diffusion of literary works in Chile Software Developer and testing (intern) Municipalidad de Renca 03/2020 - 07/2020 ½ Santiago, Chile • Optimize front-end for a medical supply allocation internal system for the district government • Coordinate the integration of the frontend with backend • Unit and user testing Optimization of administrative processes (intern) Municipalidad de Maipú 08/2019 - 12/2019 ½ Santiago, Chile • Evaluate the current use of municipal budgets allocated to compensate for medical leave. • Develop a model for analysing budget and procedural flows, which would allow identifying potential pitfalls of the current administration • Design solutions for optimizing use of municipal budgets. • Create a report that details the current state of budget alloca- tion and ways to improve it. Research Assistant - Metacognition Study Pontificia Universidad Católica 03/2019 - July 2019 ½ Santiago, Chile • Assess participants’ metacognitive skills using a standardized test • Collect, clean, and organize data from the tests. TEACHING ASSISTANT EXPERIENCE Web programming Pontificia Universidad Católica 03/2020- 07/2020 ½ Santiago, Chile Introduction to Economics Pontificia Universidad Católica 03/2015- 12/2016 ½ Santiago, Chile Introduction to Linguistics SUNY Oswego 02/2013- 05/2013 ½ Oswego, NY, USA VOLUNTEERING Tikkun Olam Makers Santiago, Chile 2019-2020 Work with cerebral palsy patients at the Fun- dacion Teleton Infant Rehabilitation Institute to build a tool that would help a child eat for them- selves at school without using their hands. Girls in Tech Santiago, Chile 2014-2015 Write articles about important women in the tech industry and work as an assistant when organizing seminars or workshops. Women Who Code Santiago, Chile 2014 Assist women interested in learning program- ming about how to use and install Git. PRESENTATIONS AND PUBLICATIONS Books (Under pseudonym "Zow Ormazabal" ) • Ormazabal, Zow (2020). 515km . Limache, Chile: Provin- cianos Editores. Conference Presentations • Ormazabal, Sofia (2013). “Lexical flexibility across differ- ent socioeconomic classes in Chilean Spanish”. In: 7th Annual Cornell Undergraduate Linguistics Colloquium and Annual Hunter College Linguistics and Language Studies Conference