About Me
Hi! I’m Abby—a junior at Grinnell College, studying Computer Science with a concentration in Statistics.
My passion for technology is rooted in personal experience. My mom has lived with Type I diabetes for most of her life, and growing up, I saw how much her medical devices shaped her daily life. Seeing both the power and the limitations of those technologies motivated me from a young age to one day work on them myself, to support her and everyone who depends on reliable health technology.
That goal continues to drive everything I do. I’m particularly interested in software engineering and product design within the health-tech and medical-device space, building intuitive, dependable tools that make managing health easier and less stressful. One of my ongoing projects, refillr is an iOS app that helps users track and refill their medications and supplements, designed to simplify an everyday process that often gets overlooked.
Outside of my own work, I’m always learning and building through my coursework, including collaborative projects like Non-Human Vision, a VR simulation my team is currently developing in our Software Design & Development course.
I’m also passionate about expanding access to computer science education. Since 2024, I’ve volunteered with Girls Who Code at Grinnell-Newburg Middle School, first as a Volunteer Facilitator teaching programming fundamentals, and now as a Facilitator Lead overseeing logistics, budgeting, and volunteer coordination. Helping younger students discover the excitement of computing has been one of the most rewarding parts of my college experience.
Looking ahead, I’m eager to continue exploring opportunities in software engineering—especially in health technology—while staying open to any field where technology can make a meaningful impact in people’s lives.
