About

Student & Software Developer

Hello! I'm Chaira (ich heiße Chaira/ฉันชื่อชายร่า) and I am an entrepreneurial software developer based in Massachusetts. I am currently in my senior year pursuing a bachelor’s degree for computer science.

Having grown up internationally, I am driven by and committed to developing technology and business that both improves lives while bridging cultural divides through enhanced connectivity.


  • City: Kelowna, BC, Canada
  • Email: harderchaira@gmail.com

Skills

C++/C 100%
Java 100%
Ruby 90%
Python 100%
Swift 50%
SQL & R 90%

Interests

Entrepreneurship

Data Analytics & Machine Learning

Sustainable Development

Investing & Financial Wellness

Aerospace Dev & Tech

Open Source Development

Travel

Data Privacy

Resume

Experience

VEX Robotics

Lead programmer for the first place team at the Vietnam National Robotics Tournament in Ho Chi Minh City which took place in January 2020.

AI4ALL

Scholar at Invent the Future AI4ALL at Simon Fraser University during the summer of 2020.

Xd Hacks Vancouver

Placed third place in an Xd Hacks Mini Vancouver hackathon in early 2021.

Education

Bachelors: Computer Science (Current)

2021-2025

Smith College, Northampton, MA

Undergraduate studies in computer science with a focus in entrepreneurship and finance.

Awards & Accomplishments:

Grade 12

2020-2021

Kelowna Secondary School, Kelowna, BC, Canada

Awards & Accomplishments:

  • Graduated high school at École Kelowna Secondaire.
  • Recipient of the COBS Kelowna Pride Society scholarship.

Grade 10 & 11

2018-2020

Concordia International School, Hanoi, Vietnam

Awards & Accomplishments:

  • Honor Roll with Distinction (2019, 2020)
  • Vietnam National VEX Robotics Championship Winner
  • Vietnam National VEX Robotics - Design Award
  • Female Athlete of the Year (2019)
  • Varsity Basketball MVP (2019)
  • XC Coach's Award (2020)
  • Varsity Volleyball Coach's Award (2020)

Service

Tech Lab Assistant

2023 - 2024

Northampton, MA

Worked as a Tech Lab Assistant, facilitating activities and helping children K-6 learn how to code through various technologies (Scratch, SPIKE Prime, Spheros, FIRST Robotics, Makey-Makey, etc.)

Encode Justice

2020 - 2021

encodejustice.ca

Started and briefly co-lead the Canada Chapter of Encode Justice, where we focused on advocacy, education, and policy around algorithmic bias in Canada. Previously was working as a fellow with parent organization Encode Justice.

STEAM Outreach Team: Robotics Member

2021 - 2022

Western Massachusetts

Was a member of the Robotics Outreach Team through the Jandon Center for Community Engagement at Smith College, where we worked with K-12 children at schools and other organizations to learn STEAM skills such as robotics through sets such as Lego Mindstorms.

Summer School Teacher's Aide

June 2020

Concordia International School, Hanoi, Vietnam

Volunteered as a teacher's aide for Concordia International School elementary school program.

Tennis Coaching

2017 - 2020

Chiang Mai, Thailand & Hanoi, Vietnam

Coached tennis to children aged 5-11, paid and unpaid.

Help Hanoi's Homeless

August 2018 - June 2020

Hanoi, Vietnam

I am very passionate about helping homeless people- I was active in helping homeless people in Hanoi and set up a website guide called Hanoi Homie (hanoihomie.com).

Tutoring Children

2017 - 2019

Chiang Mai, Thailand & Hanoi, Vietnam

Tutored non-native English-speaking elementary students English and Arithmetic.

Portfolio

Related Personal Projects

(built-in demos and certain links will be fixed soon!!)
  • All
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Course-Born
  • Philanthropic
  • For Fun!

NextNode

Personal Software Business

Pyx Boxing

Re-Engineering boxing equipment for women.

Slick Flights.

A game to find the cheapest flight route.

Bikesia

A mock bike share system in the Western Massachusetts valley.

Winegorithm

An NLP neural network that suggests food and wine pairings.

Hanoi Homie

Find communities and resources to help the homeless in Hanoi, Vietnam.

ByteSzd

Fighting food waste ways using AI.

A Fun Binary Clock Project

Who wouldn't want to read the time in binary?

VennScan

Splitting a large bill? That's easy with VennScan.

Holyoke Dinosaur Footprints

Discovering and documenting the history of dinosaur footprints in Holyoke, MA for a Smith College landscape studies project.

$pending Wrapped

A personal finance SQL analysis project.

Recursive Maze Solver

Visually solving various mazes recursively!

Contact

Contact Me

Email

harderchaira@gmail.com || chairachananharder@gmail.com

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