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UCI sophomore building a foundation for a technical career

Im a second-year bachelors student at UC Irvine, focused on learning, hands-on practice, and preparing for my first professional role.

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Work samples

A collection of coursework, personal projects, and practice pieces that show the skills Im developing as a sophomore preparing for internships and entry roles.

  • Direct Messaging Application - Python
    Direct Messaging Application - Python

    Python-based client-server messaging application with GUI functionality. • Developed a client-server messaging application in Python using JSON-based protocols to send, retrieve, and process direct messages. • Built a Tkinter graphical user interface for managing contacts, viewing conversations, and sending messages. • Implemented local message and contact storage to preserve conversation history across sessions. • Created pytest-compatible unit tests and used Git for version control throughout development.

    PythonJSONTkinterpytestGit
  • File Explorer - Python
    File Explorer - Python

    Command-based Python application for custom file management • Developed an interactive Python application for creating, deleting, and reading custom .dsu files through command-based user input. • Used pathlib to perform cross-platform file and directory operations with support for absolute and relative paths. • Implemented command parsing with shlex to handle options, whitespace, and flexible user input • Designed error handling and input validation to gracefully manage invalid commands, paths, file types, and file operations.

    Pythonpathlibshlex

About me

Im a second-year bachelors student at UC Irvine, focused on learning, hands-on practice, and preparing for my first professional role.

I am Aizah Khan, a sophomore at the University of California, Irvine pursuing a bachelor's degree. I have limited formal work experience and am building my skills and portfolio as I prepare to start my career.

Externships

Data-Driven Decision Making Externship with CIYJ

In progress

Experience

Student Assistant

UC Irvine Law Library · Jul 2026 — Present

Math Instructor

TutorZone · Jan 2026 — Present

Team Leader

Frostbites Crepes and Frozen Delights · Mar 2025 — Present

Education

University of California, Irvine

B.S., Business Information Management · Class of 2028

Skills

Bachelors student mindsetCoursework knowledge (general)Learning and skill developmentProject practice and portfolio building
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Direct Messaging Application - Python

Python-based client-server messaging application with GUI functionality. • Developed a client-server messaging application in Python using JSON-based protocols to send, retrieve, and process direct messages. • Built a Tkinter graphical user interface for managing contacts, viewing conversations, and sending messages. • Implemented local message and contact storage to preserve conversation history across sessions. • Created pytest-compatible unit tests and used Git for version control throughout development.

PythonJSONTkinterpytestGit
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File Explorer - Python

Command-based Python application for custom file management • Developed an interactive Python application for creating, deleting, and reading custom .dsu files through command-based user input. • Used pathlib to perform cross-platform file and directory operations with support for absolute and relative paths. • Implemented command parsing with shlex to handle options, whitespace, and flexible user input • Designed error handling and input validation to gracefully manage invalid commands, paths, file types, and file operations.

Pythonpathlibshlex
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Data-Driven Decision Making Externship with CIYJ

A data-focused externship with the Center for Improving Youth Justice that analyzed two decades of juvenile facility records to surface measurable patterns in incidents, demographics, and outcomes.

Data AnalysisPythonData VisualizationStatistical Research

Overview

The externship worked with CIYJ's longitudinal dataset of youth and staff surveys, incident reports, demographic records, and outcome measures. The project established analytical boundaries for correlational work and then applied those methods to test long-standing assumptions in juvenile justice data. The work summarized what correlational analysis can and cannot reveal and produced a structured

Data-Driven Decision Making Externship with CIYJ

What I've accomplished

I translated the externship brief into a practical analytic framework, defining what questions correlational analysis could answer, what its limits were, and how to treat CIYJ's multi-source dataset before exploring specific relationships.

Project breakdown

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