Résumé

Mariel Laugesen

calendula.asteraceae@gmail.com

Work Experience

• Wolfram Research, Junior Developer on Wolfram U Team | May 2022–June 2026
  • Developed frameworks for interactive web applications in Wolfram U courses
  • Deployed 30 course websites using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
  • Redesigned user interface for auto-graded exams, in collaboration with design team
  • Modified and ran SQL queries on CRM database for Wolfram U marketing project
  • Migrated student course usage data to relational database
  • Supported educational training programs at Wolfram U students in US and globally
  • Generated reports for senior management on student interactions with Wolfram U courses
  • Collected and analyzed user feedback on Wolfram U coding boot camps
  • Overhauled codebase for generating completion certificates
  • Implemented new language localization functionality for certificates (starting with French)
  • Troubleshot user-reported bugs in Wolfram Language deployment code
  • Documented usage of custom functions created in the deployment package
  • Organized files for interactive courses and webinars using Git
  • Vectorized image assets for interactive courses
  • Managed Wolfram Language package with tools for internal team use
  • Tracked workflow with Jira
• Wolfram Research, Transcription Editor for Wolfram U | July 2021–May 2022
  • Edited computer transcripts of videos for grammar and accuracy
  • Captioned videos based on transcripts
  • Updated webinar recordings on BigMarker
  • Tracked workflow with Jira
  • Tested functionality of Cryptography course
  • Contributed to Differential Equations course
    • Wrote new poll questions
    • Tested course functionality
    • Checked quizzes and exercises for mathematical accuracy
• Wolfram Summer Program Mentor | Summer 2024 | Waltham MA
  • Supervised high school student group on coding projects and essays
  • Assisted with musical activities
• NetMath Mentor—University of Illinois | April 2019–November 2020
  • Mentored remote learners in Linear Algebra, including Singular Value Decomposition
  • Debugged students’ Mathematica code
  • Responded to student emails within 24 hours
  • Onboarded, trained and supported learners over video call
  • Collaborated on grading with other mentors

Education

• Bachelor of Science in Mathematics and Bachelor of Arts in Spanish | 2018–2022
  • University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
  • GPA: 3.61/4.0
  • Language Coursework:
    • Syntax
    • Phonology
    • Romance Linguistics
    • Spanish Linguistics
    • Spanish Composition
    • Audio-Visual Translation
    • Business Spanish
    • Spanish Golden Age Theater
  • STEM Coursework:
    • Statistics
    • Probability
    • Abstract Algebra
    • Real Analysis
    • Differential Equations
    • Differential Geometry
    • Linear Algebra with Mathematica
    • Computational Mathematics
    • Computer Science
  • Honors & Awards:
    • LAS James Scholar | 2018–2022
    • Chancellor’s Scholar and Campus Honors Program | 2018–2022

Volunteer Experience

• Society for Creative Anachronism | Local Officer 2025–present | Regional Officer 2026–present
  • Served simultaneously as a local and regional officer for a 501(c)3 educational nonprofit
  • Researched historical names and heraldry
  • Summarized evidence that names were historically plausible
  • Helped members design personal heraldry that followed style rules
  • Guided people through the process and paperwork for registering heraldry with the SCA College of Arms
  • Checked and commented on hundreds of heraldic submissions every month
  • Created statistical reports on awards given within the organization
  • Notified submitters in a timely manner when their submissions were processed, approved and returned
  • Contributed to meetings deciding policy at the international level
  • Maintained confidentiality of submitters’ personally-identifying information
• Wikisource | Contributor 2020–present | contribution history | Administrator 2024–present
  • Improved and debugged heavily-used Lua code
  • Reviewed, proofread and edited OCR output
  • Formatted documents using CSS and MediaWiki markup
  • Improved metadata, categorization and sorting of pages
  • Researched international copyright laws applicable to hosting works
• Standard Ebooks | 2023–present | contribution history on GitHub
  • Created ebooks conforming to formatting and accessibility requirements
  • Checked formatting using command-line tool
  • Vectorized illustrations from scans
  • Organized work in public Git repository
• Urbana Public Library Volunteer | 2015–2022
  • Shelved and organized books efficiently
  • Independently assessed book donations for Amazon, Etsy and Ailibris sales

Personal Projects

• Wikimedia Commons | 2020–present | contribution history
  • Created vector versions of raster graphics
  • Extracted images from book scans
  • Digitized rare public-domain books
• Glowfic Constellation | 2024–present contribution history on GitHub
  • Fixed bug in button alignment
• Built personal website
  • Implemented site design with HTML and CSS
  • Created site icon using SVG
  • Deployed site with Neocities command-line tool
  • Translated site content to Spanish

Skills

• Spanish (fluent reader, writer and speaker)
  • Wrote academic essays on cultural and literary topics
  • Adapted and performed in Spanish dramatic excerpts
  • Translated and subtitled Argentinian concert footage
  • Translated Spanish folk song (see here)
  • Translated mathematical journal article into English (see #50 here)
• Coding
  • Beginner:
    • Python (NumPy, Pandas)
    • Java
    • C++
    • R
    • Ruby on Rails
    • Haml
    • SQL
  • Intermediate:
    • EPUB
    • LaTeX
    • Jira
    • Command line
    • version control / Git
    • JavaScript
  • Advanced:
    • XML
    • HTML
    • CSS
    • SVG
    • Lua
    • Wolfram Language / Mathematica