# Monica Hicks

> Reddit Backend Engineer || Stanford CS

Location: New York City Metropolitan Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/monicahicks

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ Reddit, Inc.
Jan 2025 – Present | Manhattan, New York, United States

### CS198 Coordinator @ Stanford University
Jan 2024 – Jan 2025 | Stanford, California, United States
As a CS198 Coordinator, I work with my two co-Coordinators to ensure the 100+ active Section Leaders for Stanford's introductory CS classes have what they need to be successful. In addition to providing administrative and logistic support, Coordinators have the amazing experience of interviewing, hiring, and training each new cohort of Section Leaders.

### Software Engineer @ Reddit, Inc.
Jan 2024 – Jan 2024 | New York, New York, United States
SEO Team

### SWE Intern @ Recidiviz
Jan 2023 – Jan 2023 | Oakland, California, United States

### Computer Science Section Leader @ Stanford University
Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | Stanford, California, United States
Section Leaders ("SLs") are primarily responsible for teaching a weekly CS106 section, typically containing between 8 and 12 students. In addition, they are responsible for attending lectures and weekly staff meetings, grading student assignments, and holding Interactive Grading ("IG") with each student.

I also had an involvement role as a CS100A course helper. I would help students work through coding exercises during the problem solving portion of the class and host additional office hours on weekends.

### Astrophysics Research Assistant @ Stanford University
Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | Stanford, California, United States

### Social Chair @ CS+Social Good
Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | Stanford, California, United States

### Education Outreach Team Lead @ CS+Social Good
Jan 2021 – Jan 2023 | Stanford, California, United States
Education Outreach works with high schools to introduce students to the concept of social impact coding. In 2022, we started a new initiative to convert our existing Java projects to Python to increase the scope of schools that we could work with. In addition to maintaining the AP outreach program, we are expanding our program to include schools with less access to resources. Diverse perspectives are not just valuable in STEM, they are necessary.

### Above and Beyond Computer Science (ABCS) Fellow @ Meta
Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | Remote

### Volunteer @ Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano
Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 | Concord, California, United States
Volunteering to help families in Contra Costa and Solano counties combat food insecurity and meet their nutritional needs.

### English Tutor @ Diablo Valley College
Jan 2019 – Jan 2021
Helping students navigate assignments.
Using peer-tutoring to build a foundational understanding of complex grammatical concepts and college-level writing techniques.
Teaching students to self-tutor and overcome academic barriers in higher-level university courses.

### Supplemental Student Instructor, Calculus II @ Diablo Valley College
Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | Pleasant Hill, California, United States
Attending all classes and Office Hours to answer questions and build community in and out of the classroom
Writing up homework solutions
Creating material for and facilitating review sessions


## Education
### Master of Science - MS in Computer Science
Stanford University

### Bachelor of Science - BS in Computer Science
Stanford University

### Computer Science
Diablo Valley College


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/monica-d-hicks

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Last updated: 2026-03-30