Summary
Aylin Abarca is an education specialist and aspiring game designer-developer with 11 years of experience blending curriculum support and immersive technology research. Trained in Computer Science with a focus on Game Design and currently completing a Master of Education, she builds playful learning experiences—most recently shipping a six-month Unity mobile puzzle, Tucker's Temple. At East Bay Innovation Academy she applies hands-on instructional practice to integrate STEAM and emerging XR tools, drawing on internship work designing VR learning prototypes and organizing an educational VR hackathon. Comfortable with C++, JavaScript/HTML, GameMaker, and Unity, she pairs technical prototyping skills with education-centered empathy and communications honed through student-facing roles. Notably, she sustains an active portfolio and web presence that surfaces both games and instructional design work, signaling a rare mix of classroom experience and shipped interactive projects.
11 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Education - MEd, Master of Education - MEd at Saint Mary's College of California
University of California Santa Cruz
English, Spanish, Turkish