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Hi, I'm Cideth!

I'm a designer and developer with a background in tech, a love for all things creative, and way too many interests to fit into one job title. I work across UI/UX, product, and emerging technology, an

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Projects and case studies showing product work from my BeReal Product Management externship and other AI-focused coursework and experiments.

  • BeReal Product Management Externship
    BeReal Product Management Externship
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    BeReal. · ✅ Verified by Extern · ⏱️ In progress

    BeReal Product Management Externship

    Discover how product teams at social apps like BeReal design for authenticity while driving user growth. In this externship, you’ll explore what keeps users coming back— benchmarking competitors, analyzing engagement features, and designing your own growth-driven app feature. You’ll learn how to balance product innovation with BeReal’s unique mission of real, unfiltered connection. Perfect for those interested in product management, UX strategy, or social media innovation, this experience gives you a hands-on look at how product teams grow platforms without losing their core values.

    DesignUI/UXProduct Management

About me

I'm a designer and developer with a background in tech, a love for all things creative, and way too many interests to fit into one job title. I work across UI/UX, product, and emerging technology, an

I am Cideth Oliva, a junior at the University of Maryland studying in a program outside standard majors, focused on a career in Artificial Intelligence. I completed a BeReal Product Management externship and I am building practical experience in product and AI work.

Externships

BeReal Product Management Externship

In progress

Experience

Product Management, UI/ UX Extern

BeReal · September 2026 - Present

Graduate Assistant

University of Maryland Computing Catalyst · June 2026 - Present

Graphic Design Marketing Student Manager

STAMP Marketing @UMD · June 2025 - Present

Career Launch Program Assistant | TechStart TA

Break Through Tech · June 2025 - Present

Marketing Chair & UI/UX Lead

ColorStack · September 2026 - Present

Co-President & Co-Founder

Latinos in Computing · April 2026 - Present

UI Designer / Developer Manager

CTIS, CLARITY AI-Enabled Clinical Trial Review Platform · January 2026 - Present

Education

University of Maryland

Master of Science: Information Systems & Artificial Intelligence

University of Maryland

Bachelor of Science: Information Science

University of Maryland

Bachelor of Arts: Immersive Media Design | Minor: Technology Entrepreneurship and Corporate Innovation

Skills

Artificial IntelligenceProduct managementProduct externship experienceUniversity-level research and coursework
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✅ Verified by Extern · ⏱️ In progress

BeReal Product Management Externship

Discover how product teams at social apps like BeReal design for authenticity while driving user growth. In this externship, you’ll explore what keeps users coming back— benchmarking competitors, analyzing engagement features, and designing your own growth-driven app feature. You’ll learn how to balance product innovation with BeReal’s unique mission of real, unfiltered connection. Perfect for those interested in product management, UX strategy, or social media innovation, this experience gives you a hands-on look at how product teams grow platforms without losing their core values.

DesignUI/UXProduct Management

Overview

The externship examined how social apps balance authentic user experiences with growth mechanics. Work included benchmarking competitors, analyzing engagement features, and designing a feature concept intended to align with BeReal's emphasis on unfiltered connection. Deliverables documented comparative findings and a proposed feature design.

BeReal Product Management Externship

What I've accomplished

I researched competing social apps, mapped engagement patterns, and produced a feature concept that reconciled growth mechanisms with authentic social interactions.

Project breakdown

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