# Selina B. > Software Engineer | AI Machine Learnist | JavaScript | TypeScript | React | Node.js | Ruby on Rails | Go Location: New York, New York, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/selinab Highly collaborative and self-motivated fullstack software engineer specialized in JavaScript. Previously broadly experienced, bilingual professional with notable achievements in nonprofit, international, and other advocacy institutions. Excited about working on any technologies across all fields and doing so through a lens of making an impact. Checkout my website: https://selinabyeon.com/ Proficient: JavaScript (ES6), Node.js, Express, React, Redux, React Native, PostgreSQL, Sequelize ORM, HTML, CSS, Socket.IO, Git Knowledgeable: Heroku, Travis CI, Mocha, Chai, Jasmine, Phaser 3, Bootstrap, Babel, Webpack ## Work Experience ### Software Engineer @ Mural Jan 2023 – Present | New York, New York, United States Mural is the visual work platform that’s your home base for planning, meeting, and working, all in one. Mural is trusted by 95% of the Fortune 100, including innovative teams at IBM, Intuit, Microsoft, GitLab, Steelcase, Thoughtworks, and Atlassian. With Mural, you’ll see faster progress, better ideas, happier teams, and more consistently excellent results. ### Software Engineer @ Policygenius Inc. Jan 2021 – Jan 2023 Policygenius is America’s leading online insurance marketplace with headquarters in New York City and Durham, North Carolina. Our mission is to help people get insurance right by making it easy for them to understand their options, compare quotes, and buy a policy, all in one place. Since 2014 we’ve helped over 30 million people shop for insurance and placed $120 billion in coverage. ### Student Software Engineer @ The Grace Hopper Program at Fullstack Academy Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 • Completed a 17-week immersive software engineering program based in New York City, centered on full-stack JavaScript development, including Node.js, Express, Sequelize ORM for PostgreSQL databases, React, and Redux; along with HTML & CSS, and CS fundamentals. ### Lead Housing Organizer @ MinKwon Center for Community Action Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 • Managed campaigns, outreach, and organizing strategies to advance housing justice campaigns • Organized successful campaigns in collaboration with Housing Justice for All coalition for the enactment of the Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act of 2019 • Create and manage multilingual activities for outreach and workshops for housing rights ### Social Justice Consultant @ Queens College Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | Queens, New York, United States • Assisted in ‘There is a Portal’, a theater project to promote immigrant and refugee rights for the Center for Ethnic Racial and Religious Understanding at Queens College, New York, NY ### Leadership Circle Member @ The Women's Organizing Network Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 • Led projects to enhance gender equality in social justice work and advocated the leadership of women organizers • Description: Social justice community organizing is our greatest hope for overcoming the economic and racial inequality of our times. The Women's Organizing Network strengthens organizers and organizations by introducing a stronger perspective on women's equality and women's leadership, so we can win even more for our communities. www.womensorganizingnetwork.org ### RAISE Co-chair @ Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund Jan 2017 – Jan 2019 | Greater New York City Area • Direct campaigns and projects in connection with AALDEF's immigrant rights project • Manage budget for immigrant rights project • Build and develop local and national alliances in issue areas to serve undocumented immigrants, youth, women and LGBTQ communities, and advocate humane immigration policies • Write grant proposals and reports for foundations • Organized and facilitate regular meetings, events, and workshops for 25+ members • Applied and received Community Mental Health Care Scholarship (2016) • Assisted planning committees for Immigrant Youth Empowerment Conference (IYECon) 2016 ### United Nations Office Intern @ International IDEA Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Greater New York City Area • monitored and wrote reports on various UN and Member States activities for IDEA Member States during the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly, in particular, UNODC, The Second Committee, The Third Committee, The Secretary-General’s gender parity, United Nations for Youth, and EU Cities for Fair and Ethical trade ### Public Housing Organizer @ CAAAV Organizing Asian Communities (CAAAV) Jan 2016 – Jan 2018 | New York, New York • CAAAV Organizing Asian Communities works to build grassroots community power across diverse working-class Asian immigrant and refugee communities in New York City. • Organized public housing tenants; hosted interracial and intergenerational meetings to oppose predatory rezoning proposal in Long Island City, and successfully introduced city bill Intro 1681, a language access legislation • Managed overall communication, including media and social media for Intro 1681 • Produced short videos to promote the Language Access legislative campaign • Helped implement Intro 214-B legislation to provide legal representation for low-income tenants with the Right to Counsel Coalition of NYC • Managed Oral History Project, called Storytelling for Language Justice, in collaboration with Naturally Occurring Cultural District - NY’s (NOCD-NY) and produced CAAAV's first zine publication(https://issuu.com/caaav/docs/final) • Designed workshops and political education series in English and Korean on immigration, racial justice, rezoning, housing, and gender justice • Organized interracial and intergenerational meetings for public housing residents to advocate for language access legislation and rezoning, and to improve living conditions that inspire healthier and immigrant-inclusive public housing communities. • Participated in publishing Inclusive City report to provide land use reform recommendations to City Council with the Land Use Reform Working Group • Supervised interns and volunteers ### Social Justice Partner @ Epic Theatre Ensemble Jan 2016 – Jan 2018 | Greater New York City Area • Supported playwright's exploration and content development for Spotlight: Human Rights project • Advised on social justice issues and implemented plans to produce the play for its intended constituencies ### Community Media in Action Fellow @ Global Action Project Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | Greater New York City Area Community Media in Action Fellow 2016, 2017 • Collaborated in End-of-Year Screening: "Our Resistance, Our Time, Our Sanctuary" as Master of Ceremony, and provided outstanding services to hundreds of attendees • Presented workshops on Media History Timeline and Transformative Media at Free Minds, Free People conference • Developed workshop curriculums for the next year's fellow • Co-produced Hate Free Zone (HFZ) (2017) video against the displacement of minority and gentrification in NYC. • Co-produced No Cuts video (2017) video against massive HUD budget cut. • Co-produced Missing Pieces (2016) video to reclaim the dignity of women of color by amplifying women’s narratives (2016) ### Research Assistant @ The Center for International Human Rights Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | Research Assistant • Conveyed human rights related messages to high UN officers, scholars, and ambassadors through various events and panels • Helped the director and Republic of Korea Consulate organize symposium: The Crisis in North Korea: Security and Humanitarian Dimensions, and conveyed related messages to senior UN officers and ambassadors • Planned and implemented International Women’s Day Panel ### Volunteer Assistant @ Inspection and Evaluation Division - Office of Internal Oversight Services Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Greater New York City Area • Assisted in training UN officers for forensic interviewing of minor • Deepened knowledge of sex trafficking of minors and UN investigation process ### Research Assistant @ United States Extremist Crime Database (ECDB) Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | Greater New York City Area • Helped conduct online and offline research on financial crimes and money laundering • Collected available data from dozens of web-based search engines, including LexisNexis • Obtained Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI) certification on Responsible Conduct of Research and Human Subjects Research for social and behavioral science ### Elected Junior Representative, Student Government @ John Jay College (CUNY) Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | Greater New York City Area • Supported and coordinated the student government's campus programs and services • Collectively managed budget to prepare financial plans at Committee on Budget (COB) • Participated in investigations of Judicial Committee for sexual harassment cases • Became certified in sexual harassment on campus at Faculty & Student Judicial committee ### Researcher @ National Model United Nations Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | Greater New York City Area • Participated in the National Model United Nations representing John Jay College • Received First Place Outstanding Delegation Award, National Model UN Conference • Researched and co-wrote position paper and resolution paper. • Sharpened leadership, research, writing, public speaking, networking, negotiating skills. ## Education ### Fullstack Academy Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 ### The Grace Hopper Program at Fullstack Academy Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 ### Bachelor of Arts - BA in International Criminal Justice Major Creative Writing Minor John Jay College (CUNY) ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/selina-byeon - Website: https://selinabyeon.com/ --- Source: https://flows.cv/selinab JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/selinab/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-23