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Welcome to my website! (●’ᴗ’σ)و ̑̑♡

I’m Mary (she/hers). I like creating things, so I make art (various media: drawing, painting, printmaking, installation), code (primarily web apps/games), and write (theoretical essays, interviews, and fanfiction). I studied computer science and art in undergrad. I usually have a weird project or two on the boiler; currently, I'm working on a Marxist web-based incremental game.

I strongly believe in exposing the means of making so that we can learn collectively. This includes making almost all of my code publicly available (either on Glitch or Github), making art that appeals to more than just academics and gallerists (and explaining it), and supporting work that is free and accessible (fanfiction/Vaporwave/open-source software).

I also like experimental things: I’ve played around with VR/AR games and apps, and I enjoy non-traditional interfaces (miss me with those Bootstrap templates). I hope I become known for making weird(ly moving) websites.

Current likes:Blue Period,Day6, GA (my home state 🍑) flipping Blue for Biden & 2 senators,Chinese webnovels, and Netlify for hosting this website for free!

Contact me @ mtruong68@gmail.com. Thank you for reading, and have a nice day!
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Resumé
Education & Skills
Northwestern University 2016 - 2020
GPA: 3.95. BA in Computer Science and Art Theory and Practice
Relevant Coursework: Data Structures, Algorithms, HCI, Machine Learning, Computer Networks, Operating Systems
Coding
JS (React, Gatsby, Next, Meteor) & HTML/CSS, Python, C#, Unity
Art/Design
Adobe Photoshop, InDesign, Premiere, Game Dev & Design
Work Experience
Study Hall LLC May 2020 - Present
Freelance Interactive Developer
Coding various news interactives to accompany articles including the interface for a text based game, a branching decision tree, and designing pop-ups for articles
Institute of Creative Technologies June 2019 - Sep 2019
HCI Research Intern
Designing and developing several VR games for upper extremity physical therapy using handtracking from the Leap Motion SDK on Unity. Iterating on development based on playtesting results. Playable on Oculus Rift and Oculus Quest.
Knight Lab Sep 2016 - March 2020
Student Fellow
Educating students on emergent media through development of AR and VR games & applications, instructional use, and informational explanatory material.
Northwestern EECS Department Sep 2018 - June 2020
Peer Mentor: Computer Networks & Introduction to Systems
Hosted weekly office hours, Assistant to grading homework and exams
DeltaLab Jan 2019 - June 2020
Undergraduate Researcher
HCI researcher studying the development of friendship through a context-aware, mobile applications. Iteratively developed prototypes to facilitate research.
Virtual Reality Applications Center May 2018 - Aug 2018
HCI Intern
Development of interface to user fatigue while watching a drone swarm.
University of Chicago Game Changer Design Lab June 2017 - Aug 2017
Game Programmer Intern
Lead designer in a team developing Unity auto-scroller game
Projects
Art Discontent July 2020 - Jan 2021
Web Developer, Designer, Writer
Created Art-Discontent using Gatsby.js, Contentful CMS, and Netlify for deployment. Interviewed 35 artists and wrote articles about their practices.