HELEN AYANA HOSEIN 403 Goodwood Heights
Morne Coco Road
Diego Martin
Trinidad, West Indies

Telephone: (868) 633-5567
Email: hayh@ugcs.caltech.edu

PERSONAL

Date of Birth: 19 January, 1980

EDUCATION

1998-2000 California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
Major: Computer Science
Currently on one-year undergraduate sabbattical

1996-1998 St. Mary's College, Frederick Street, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, West Indies
Completed GCE Advanced and Alternative Ordinary Level examinations June 1998
GCE Advanced Level Computing Grade A
GCE Advanced Level Further Mathematics Grade B
GCE Advanced Level Mathematics Grade A
GCE Advanced Level Physics Grade A
GCE Alternative Ordinary Level General Paper Grade B

1991-1996 Holy Name Convent, Queens Park East, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, West Indies
Completed GCE Alternative Ordinary Level and CXC Ordinary Level examinations June 1996
GCE Alternative Ordinary Level Additional Mathematics Grade A
CXC Ordinary Level Art Grade One
CXC Ordinary Level Chemistry Grade One
CXC Ordinary Level English A Grade One
CXC Ordinary Level French Grade One
CXC Ordinary Level Information Technology Grade One
CXC Ordinary Level Mathematics Grade One
CXC Ordinary Level Physics Grade One
CXC Ordinary Level Principles of Accounts Grade One

COMPUTER SKILLS

  • Programming: LISP, Java/J++, C/C++, Pascal, QBasic, BASIC, currently learning XML
  • HTML, web page design and other Internet and networking applications
  • PC repair and maintenance (software)
  • Spreadsheet, Database, Word Processing and Graphics applications
  • Operating Systems: MSDOS, Windows 3.x, Windows 9x/NT, UNIX/LINUX

  • WORK EXPERIENCE

    Summer 2000  Intern in Software Engineering - iSpheres Corporation
    Summer 1999  Administrative Assistant - International Business Machines Corporation

    INTERESTS & ACTIVITIES

  • Tap dancing (1992-Present)
  • Latin / Ballroom dance (1994-Present)
  • Modern dance (1995-Present)
  • Beverly Hills Cotillion formation dance team (1999-Present)
  • Out of Context a capella group (1998-2000)
  • Lloyd House Social Team, organising and setting up house events (1999-2000)

  • AWARDS RECEIVED

  • Second Prize, Poetry.com North American Open Poetry Contest (2000)
  • Merit scholarships to Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA, and Lehigh University, PA (1998)
  • General Merit Award for all-round excellence, St. Mary's College, Trinidad (1997)
  • Third place, Trinidad and Tobago National Olympiad in Informatics (1997)
  • Best overall results at Holy Name Convent Secondary School in the Ordinary Level examinations of 1996
  • Holy Name Convent Secondary School Past Pupils trophy for the senior student who best represented the ideals of the school (1996)
  • Highest national score in the Caribbean Examinations Council General Proficiency French examination of 1996
  • Second place, Trinidad and Tobago National French Dictée Competition (1996)