Khan Academy Externship via Extern
I test different product roles to learn what fits me, while finishing a Computer Science degree and doing a Khan Academy externship.
Projects and externship work focused on product thinking, growth, and partnership-related activities from my studies and the Khan Academy externship.
Founded a storytelling platform turning coffee chat insights into mentorship content for early-career talent; 250+ active users. Interview early-career professionals and synthesize their stories into published content, owning discovery, content planning, and launches.
Built and evaluated a QLoRA fine-tune of a 12B model for Kinyarwanda tutoring. Ran a blinded comparison across 150 prompts, found fine-tuning regressed general ability, and reported the honest result.
I test different product roles to learn what fits me, while finishing a Computer Science degree and doing a Khan Academy externship.
I am Tessy Mugisha, a senior Computer Science student at Oklahoma Christian University pursuing a bachelors degree. I have some work experience and am exploring product roles to test different career paths and learn what they involve.
Externships
Khan Academy Strategic Partnerships & Growth Externship
In progress
Experience
Software Support Specialist
Compassion International · July 2026 - September 2026
ServiceNow Developer Intern
American Fidelity · November 2025 - July 2026
Software Engineer Intern
Compassion International · May 2025 - August 2025
IT Operations Intern
American Fidelity · January 2025 - April 2025
IT Specialist
Oklahoma Christian University · August 2022 - December 2024
Product Manager Apprentice
kLab · May 2022 - June 2022
Education
Oklahoma Christian University
B.S./M.S. Computer Science / Artificial Intelligence · Class of 2026
Skills
Founded a storytelling platform turning coffee chat insights into mentorship content for early-career talent; 250+ active users. Interview early-career professionals and synthesize their stories into published content, owning discovery, content planning, and launches.
Built and evaluated a QLoRA fine-tune of a 12B model for Kinyarwanda tutoring. Ran a blinded comparison across 150 prompts, found fine-tuning regressed general ability, and reported the honest result.
✅ Verified by Extern · ⏱️ In progress
100M people a year learn for free on Khan Academy. Someone pays for that. Use AI to source and pitch the deals that fund it next.
The work analyzed external partnership opportunities and produced outreach-ready materials that used AI to identify and summarize potential funders. The project synthesized candidate partners into concise pitches and supporting notes for outreach.
I translated research and AI‑assisted sourcing into concise pitch materials and listening-friendly summaries that supported outreach to potential partners.
