Sophia Allen
Employer Engagement at St. Louis Community College
Greater St. Louis United States
Summary
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Top SchoolSophia Allen is a workforce development and employer engagement professional with nine years of experience building employer partnerships, managing grants, and driving student recruitment, retention, and completion strategies at St. Louis Community College. She combines higher education and nonprofit program leadership with a background in financial services QA and project management, enabling a data-driven approach to program design and cross-departmental collaboration. Sophia has managed complex grant partnerships (including Job Corps Scholars) and overseen outreach, events, and supervision of career services staff to create measurable pathways to employment. Uncommonly for someone in workforce development, she also contributes iOS UI enhancements to high-profile open-source projects like microsoft/fluentui-apple, demonstrating hands-on technical skill and attention to accessibility. Based in Greater St. Louis, she leverages community and economic development networks to expand internships, apprenticeships, and hiring pipelines that boost student success.
9 years of coding experience
Associate's degree, Human Services/ Addiction Studies, Associate's degree, Human Services/ Addiction Studies at St. Louis Community College
Github Skills (8)
swift10
uikit10
ios10
uitableview9
accessibility9
ui-design8
appkit6
macos5
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
microsoft/fluentui-apple
Oct 2020 - Jan 2023
UIKit and AppKit controls for building native Microsoft experiences
Role in this project:
Mobile Developer (iOS)
Mobile Developer (iOS)Contributions:26 releases, 473 reviews, 150 commits in 2 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Sophia primarily contributed to the `microsoft/fluentui-apple` repository by implementing and modifying UI components for iOS applications. Their work involved adding and updating UIKit controls, specifically focusing on TableViewHeaderFooterView and AvatarView. They also addressed accessibility concerns and implemented RTL (Right-to-Left) compatibility. These contributions demonstrate a focus on enhancing and refining the visual and functional aspects of Fluent UI components for iOS.
fluentui-appleexperiencesiosappkituikit
sophialee0416/AIAA
Sep 2018 - Apr 2019
Android App for AIAA TAMU
Contributions:39 PRs, 27 pushes, 35 branches in 7 months
android-appaiaatamuandroid
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