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Arya Mayfield (She/Her)

Software Engineer (API | Backend | Game Development)

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About Me

I am a 24-year old software engineer who was born and raised in Phoenix, Arizona. I have been pursing programming as a hobby since 2015, and I have been professionally writing code since 2019. I have primarily worked in C# and Python, but have a significant variety of experience in other languages as well (see the Skills & Experience section below). I have always enjoyed the thrill have being able to constantly push myself to learn new things and tackle new challenges and projects.

One of my biggest driving inspirations for programming has been my passion for video games. I play a significant variety of games, and my experience with those games and the communities they foster has led me to pursue a career in the software engineering field in the video game space. I was an active leader of the Esports Club at the University of Arizona during my time there, including helping to propose, plan, and bring to fruition the current varsity esports program and arena they have today.

Some of my favorite games include , , , , , , , , and more. Beyond this, I also hold a deep love for all things "nerdy". Whether it be Star Wars, anime, fantasy novels, you name it, I am probably excited about it.

As a final note to the introduction of, well.. me, I would be remiss if I did not talk about my identity. I am a proud woman, I am very proud of how far I have come on this journey, and I am looking forward to what the road holds ahead.

Timeline

2000Born in Phoenix, Arizona.
2018-2021Freelance development services across a variety of projects, but often relating to developing Discord community tools for a group of people.
January 2019Won the Modular Mining challenge category of Hack Arizona.
January 2020Won the FLY.me challenge category of Hack Arizona.
Spring 2020Worked for several months at FLY as an intern before the company closed its doors as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Summer 2020 - Summer 2021Worked for Space Productions (now called Spacetime Strategies) on Discord community management tools for companies like Cooler Master and MSI.
Fall 2021Worked on the MSI Student Radiant Cup Valorant tournament as a graphics operator on the broadcast team.
August 2021 - May 2022Unity Game Developer for the Extended Reality and Games Lab at the University of Arizona, partnering with the Department of Veterans Affairs to research the viability of a virtual reality game being used as a clinical treatment for cognitive impairment.
September 2022 - PresentSoftware Engineer for OnePoint Patient Care on their integrations team. Built varied healthcare data integrations, applications, and solutions across a variety of areas of the business. This includes full development cycle work, from planning, designing & architecting, proof-of-concepts, development, deployment, post-deployment support, and maintenance.

Skills/Experience

A collection of a lot of the programming languages, development stacks, and other technologies I have used. Not all of these are relevant to just programming.

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My Hobbies/Likes

Video Games, Programming, Hiking, Manga/Anime, Food, LGBTQ+ Pride

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