Derek Helm
District Director at State Representative Barbara Hernandez
Aurora, Illinois, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDerek Helm is a policy-focused district director with a decade of experience supporting Illinois Democrats across legislative, field, and constituent operations. A double BA in Political Science and History from Western Illinois University, he brings strong research, writing, and budgeting skills honed drafting 41 bills, helping craft a $10 billion K–12 appropriations plan, and managing constituent outreach systems like SmartVan. He combines hands-on field experience—training canvassers, knocking thousands of doors, and phone-banking—with office leadership running legislative schedules and committee staffing. Known for operational reliability and quick learning, Derek also has practical IT troubleshooting experience from his university role, which helps him bridge policy work with technical tools.
10 years of coding experience
Bachelor of Arts - BA, Political Science and Government, Bachelor of Arts - BA, Political Science and Government at Western Illinois University
Github Skills (7)
android-studio8
robot8
controller8
robot-controller7
minecraft7
android5
velocity5
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
powerstackers/FTC-5029-Velocity-Vortex
Sep 2016 - Apr 2017
Contributions:80 commits, 6 PRs, 100 pushes in 6 months
velocityminecraftvortex
derekred6/MagicJoeMod
Sep 2016 - Oct 2016
Contributions:21 pushes, 5 branches in 1 month
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