Dora Guo | blog
Picture of woman with black hair in a rose garden and under blue skies

Photo taken at the International Rose Test Garden in Portland, OR.

Hi, nice to meet you :)

I'm Dora (she / her) and I study Computer Science at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

I like dancing, reading, and writing! Thinking about tech \ race \ power.

Contact me:

📧: doraguo at umich dot edu

🐤: @dorayguo

💼: dora-guo


Experiences

Microsoft

Software Engineering Intern

Summer 2022

Created a one-click solution for developers to automatically create and provision a VM to an existing IoT device representation.

Software Engineering Intern

Summer 2021

Developed creation wizard & post-creation page for orgs to review decentralized identity credentials.

Hosted sweepstakes using decentralized raffles.

Explore Intern

Summer 2020

Made a C# API for developers to test their SaaS apps for SCIM standards.

Shortened time from 6 months to 2 weeks, found 6 existing app issues, and conducted 10+ cognitive walkthroughs.

The Michigan Daily

Software Engineer

Summer 2021 - Present

Developed a scrollytelling for the UM vs OSU rivalry through history.

Contributed to the new mobile app (homepage, section, article page) and a digital collage on kinship

Managing Online Editor

2022, Summer 2021

Co-Managed 50+ people in product design, engineering, and data teams.

Managed projects, established specs & processes, and provided mentorship.

Hosted meetings and regular 1:1s.

Tech for Social Good

Project Chair

Apr 2021 - Apr 2022

Reviewed 80+ applications and created web dev and design workshops.

Onboarded, hosted weekly syncs, and provided assistance for the PMs of 3 socially-impactful projects.

Technical Lead

Oct 2020 - Apr 2021

Wrote specs, hosted team meetings, and updated HCD reference document.

Developed profile, update profile, events, and event creation page using Django and PostgreSQL.


Projects

2022

Rivalry Timeline

Made a scrollytelling that narrated the UM vs OSU rivalry through history using Scrollama.

Dec 2022

Personal website

Made this website using Next.js.

Dec 2022

2021

Sentiment analysis

Trained & tested model for binary sentiment using NLTK and Twitter API.

Jan 2021

To-do list app

Made a minimalistic to-do list app using React Native.

Jan 2021

The Miseducation Project

Created galleries and modal popups using React.

May 2021

2020

Skill-sharing platform

Made dynamic explore page, profile page, and homepage for MHacks project.

Aug 2020

Previous blog

Made a blog using Jekyll.

Aug - Dec 2020

Webscraping scripts

Scraped course availability & recent articles using Beautiful Soup and Selenium.

Dec 2020