Rachell Calhoun

Rachell Calhoun

Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States
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About

I'm a Software Engineer focused on Python and Django and some experience in front end…

Experience

  • Stryker Graphic

    Stryker

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    United States

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    Seoul, South Korea

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    Kalamazoo, Michigan Area

Education

Licenses & Certifications

Volunteer Experience

  • Djangonaut Space Graphic

    Co-counder and Organizer

    Djangonaut Space

    - Present 2 years 1 month

    Science and Technology

  • Grand Rapids Organizer

    Pyladies

    - Present 6 years 11 months

    Science and Technology

    Organize events that facilitate professional development of our members
    Inspire more people from under-represented groups to fall in love with programming & support and mentor them on their journey
    Build a revolving community: students become mentors
    Create a safe, non-threatening environment in the local tech communities

  • Django Girls Graphic

    Grand Rapids Organizer

    Django Girls

    - Present 8 years

    Science and Technology

    Django Girls Grand Rapid holds workshops and study meetups to help:

    Inspire individuals from under-represented groups in tech to fall in love with programming
    Support and mentor those that want to continue their programming after the workshop
    Build a revolving community: students become mentors
    Help increase their presence in the tech field
    Create a safe, non-threatening environment in the local tech communities

  • Django Girls Graphic

    Seoul Chapter Organizer

    Django Girls

    - 1 year 1 month

    Science and Technology

    http://www.djangogirlsseoul.org/
    Organize a free, one-day programming workshop for women with no programming experience to make their first website with Django and Python. Topics gone over in the workshop start at the command line and get the participants to deploy their first web blog.

  • Coach

    Hour of Code, Coding Club

    - 1 year 1 month

    Science and Technology

    Helped teach young students code via Hour of Code and Scratch.

  • ESL instructor

    Hispanic Community Center

    - 5 months

    Education

    Teaching adult learners of ESL

Publications

  • Quantifying the Need for Attorney Pro Bono Services in Connection with the Social Determinants of Health

    arXiv.org

    The paper estimates the need for additional attorney hours annually to address the legal needs of indigent clients throughout the United States in matters that comprise the so-called social determinants of health (SDoH). The result will inform stakeholders such as policy makers and private donors so they can allocate resources appropriately and design programs to close the do-called justice gap. As a pilot study, the scope of the project covers only a few major justice problems related to the…

    The paper estimates the need for additional attorney hours annually to address the legal needs of indigent clients throughout the United States in matters that comprise the so-called social determinants of health (SDoH). The result will inform stakeholders such as policy makers and private donors so they can allocate resources appropriately and design programs to close the do-called justice gap. As a pilot study, the scope of the project covers only a few major justice problems related to the social determinants of health (standard housing, evictions and foreclosures, guardianships for the incapacitated, and victims of domestic violence) because they significantly impact health outcomes and there are data available. Based on our calculations, we estimate that the total number of attorney hours to address only these five legal issues is over 34 million per year. To put that in perspective, the American Bar Association estimated that in 2018, the year from which much of our data comes, the total number of practicing attorneys in the United States was 1,338,678 (Weiss). Thus, to provide the needed hours, every single practicing attorney in the United States would need to contribute about 26 hours a year. While many lawyers do in fact contribute pro bono hours, they address the full range of legal needs that go well beyond just the five we studied.

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Projects

  • Upward Mobility

    Communities can foster environments for citizens to thrive and boost their upward mobility. The conditions most local to a family are also most critical to achieve mobility from poverty. Mobility from poverty includes economic success, power and autonomy, and being valued in a community.
    To measure how upwardly mobile a community is, there are three key drivers tied to the definition:

    Strong and health families
    Supportive communities
    Opportunities to learn and…

    Communities can foster environments for citizens to thrive and boost their upward mobility. The conditions most local to a family are also most critical to achieve mobility from poverty. Mobility from poverty includes economic success, power and autonomy, and being valued in a community.
    To measure how upwardly mobile a community is, there are three key drivers tied to the definition:

    Strong and health families
    Supportive communities
    Opportunities to learn and earn

    Each driver has evidence-based metrics associated with it that can highlight the strengths and weaknesses of a community, and track progress on goals to improve the lives of its residents. These metrics can then inform community leaders where priorities should be to ensure that citizens have the opportunity to reach their full potential and be well-rounded individuals.

    This project was inspired and has intended to follow the research report Boosting Upward Mobility: Metrics to Inform Local Action. This report detailed what metrics to gather and what government agency or other source to obtain them from, however, no technical details were provided. The original intention was that these would be collected by one city or region for their own upward mobility analysis, and therefore would not be a large lift to manually go to each source and gather the data.

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  • Django Girls Code Camp

    - Present

    Django Girls Code Camp is a 2 month long training program for women transitioning into the IT field. We meet every Saturday for 5 hours to learn Python, SQL and Django. We're located in Seoul, South Korea. This is a result of the success and interest of the Django Girls Seoul workshop. We aim to create a welcoming community that is positive and open and to all, especially women new to programming. Our goal is not only to bring more amazing women into the world of technology but support them on…

    Django Girls Code Camp is a 2 month long training program for women transitioning into the IT field. We meet every Saturday for 5 hours to learn Python, SQL and Django. We're located in Seoul, South Korea. This is a result of the success and interest of the Django Girls Seoul workshop. We aim to create a welcoming community that is positive and open and to all, especially women new to programming. Our goal is not only to bring more amazing women into the world of technology but support them on their journey.

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  • Seoul Mate App

    - Present

    A smartphone app for International Students and residents in Seoul.

    Other creators
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Honors & Awards

  • Women in STEM Toptal Scholarship Winner

    Toptal

    https://www.toptal.com/press-center/fifth-scholarship-winner

Languages

  • Spanish

    Professional working proficiency

  • French

    Limited working proficiency

  • Korean

    Professional working proficiency

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