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Kalen Peredo
Kalen Peredo
Learner - He / Him
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Location
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Bio

Currently studying computer science, I am aiming to start a career in the technology industry. Drawing from a background as a registered nurse with three years of experience, I'm eager to combine interpersonal skills developed in healthcare with my new technical skills.

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Product management UI design Project management Website development Software development

Skills

Accounting 1 Marketing strategies 1 Search engine optimization 1 Social media campaigns 1 Trauma care 1 User experience (ux) 1 Web traffic 1

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Community Builder
Issued by Riipen
The Community Builder achievement is awarded to learners who provided feedback to project partners at the conclusion of their project, helping to create a better experiential learning ecosystem for all participants.
Completed on May 1, 2024
Work-Integrated Learner
Issued by Riipen
The Work-Integrated Learner achievement is awarded to learners who applied their skills to a real-world problem by completing a project for an external partner. These learners provided real benefit to businesses while developing experience.
Completed on May 1, 2024
Project Participant
Issued by Riipen
The Project Participant achievement is awarded to learners who start their first project, demonstrating their commitment to putting learned skills to practice.
Completed on March 29, 2024

Latest feedback

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Denise Davis-Gains
Denise Davis-Gains
Director
May 3, 2024
Team feedback
One of the most efficient and professional students that I have worked with to date. Kalen came in, asked questions, did research and produced valuable work for our team. Thank you, I hope we can do another project together.
Web traffic Social media campaigns Marketing strategies Search engine optimization User experience (ux) Accounting Trauma care
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Atlas Studio
Improve Web Landing Page for Trauma Informed Yoga Teacher Training and Create Social Media Campaign
Atlas Studio

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Atlas Studio
Atlas Studio
Simcoe, Ontario, Canada

Improve Web Landing Page for Trauma Informed Yoga Teacher Training and Create Social Media Campaign

The main goal for this project is to improve the web landing page for Atlas Trauma Informed Yoga Teacher Training and create a social media campaign to promote the program and webpage. This will involve several different steps for the learners, including: - Analyzing the existing webpage and identifying areas for improvement. - Developing a new design for the webpage to improve user experience. - Creating a social media campaign to promote the program and webpage. - Optimizing the website for search engine optimization. - Researching other marketing strategies to increase website traffic. - Testing the website and making improvements based on user feedback.

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Category UX design + 1
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Work experience

Registered Nurse / Travel Nurse
Alberta Health Services
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
July 2020 - October 2023

- Developed interpersonal relationships and rapport with physicians, social workers, and therapists using clear, concise communication during daily collaborative meetings.
- Delivered complex technical information to non-technical audiences, adapting explanations to varying expertise levels.
- Took on a leadership position as a preceptor for a 4th year nursing student, providing 1:1 mentorship and guidance in their final semester of school.
- Completed 13-week travel nursing assignments in various cities; assigned to different medical units with minimal orientation, requiring strong judgement and adaptability.

Education

Bachelor of Computer Science, Computer Science
Algoma University
September 2023 - Current
Bachelor of Nursing, Nursing
University of Calgary
September 2016 - April 2020

Personal projects

Pomodoro Technique Timer

- Created a chrome extension based on the Pomodoro Technique, which promotes productivity by setting deliberate breaks during focused periods.
- Worked collaboratively, utilizing version control to merge and integrate team members’ code.
- Built with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript and used message passing to enable interaction between different tabs using the Chrome API.
Spotifeye

- Developed a site to display a user’s top tracks, artists, and genres from Spotify.
- Implemented the Chart.js library for data visualization via graph to display a user’s top genres.
- Used HTML, CSS, JavaScript and worked with Spotify’s REST API to access authenticated user data.