Summary
Nikolas Brandt is a UCLA-trained computer scientist and AmeriCorps Neighbor-to-Neighbor Fellow who blends software engineering and data research with community-centered public service. He builds practical tools—Node.js scrapers, R data pipelines, and open-source utilities—and has produced forensic-quality data reports (244k-row dataset audit) for academic research into the public health impacts of police aviation. At the City of Santa Rosa he designs outreach campaigns and a neighborhood resilience initiative that pairs social connectivity with disaster preparedness, while his past municipal internship delivered a Dialogflow CX chatbot proof-of-concept and Google Cloud tooling. Comfortable moving between hardware repair, backend engineering, and OCR-driven data extraction, he brings an interdisciplinary lens shaped by environmental studies and ethics coursework. Nikolas is motivated by institutional accountability and environmental justice, seeking roles where technical rigor meets measurable social impact. Not obvious from titles alone: he pairs meticulous data-cleaning habits with event-level community engagement, translating messy datasets into stories that inform policy and outreach.
11 years of coding experience
Dual Enrolled in High School, Dual Enrolled in High School at Santa Rosa Junior College
University of California, Los Angeles
High School Diploma, High School Diploma at Analy High School