My name is Mami, and I’m a Software Engineer from Madagascar. I came to the United States in 2021 to study Computer Information Systems at Monroe University and graduated in June 2025 with a Bachelor of Science and a minor in Mathematics.
Currently, I work as a Junior Data Analyst in New York City, which I know sounds different from the title I use, but my tasks are very broad, and I also learn a lot from them. At work, I recreate legacy dashboards in Power BI, build and maintain SharePoint sites for my department and was recently assigned to redesign my old University’s library website using SpringShare’s LibGuides platform as a side project.
I chose Software Engineer because building software makes me feel like I am a magician doing a bunch of tricks behind the scenes, and then my users go “wow.” I think it is fun and I also believe that right now is a very exciting time to be a developer because of AI. It reduces a lot of development time and makes it easy to build things much faster.
When I was a student, my work authorization was limited to on-campus jobs because of my F1 visa status, so I started going to hackathons instead to get more exposure building software, working with different teams and under deadlines, experimenting with many APIs, SDKs, and new frameworks.
At one point I was honestly obsessed with hackathons, because during my academic years I won 12 of them across different U.S. Eastern universities like Yale, Princeton, Stony Brook, and more.
Outside of tech, I used to hate reading and writing, but I recently started pushing myself to do both more often. I also try to consistently cook healthy meals and go to the gym, though I’m still working on making those habits stick. Other things I love:
- Dogs
- Piano, guitar, and bass
- Chess
- Video games
- Beach
- Sun
- Malibu