Kaitlyn Baysa
- Scott Scholar
- UNO, Information Science & Technology
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Bio
Kaitlyn is from Omaha, NE and is studying IT Innovation and Spanish. Her leadership experience includes serving as a volunteer coach for a local 6th-grade girls' basketball team, helping them to develop their skills on and off the court. Her internship experience includes working at TD Ameritrade, where she works as a software developer. She was involved in developing new technology to propel the company's productivity forward. Her research experience includes working on a research team led by Dr. Magie Hall. In this role, she helps train people experiencing homelessness in Omaha in coding languages and skills that are in-demand within the marketplace to connect them to technology companies, solve the issues of homelessness, and supplying the demand for more people working in IT. She was responsible for researching the best online teaching tools and designing the user interface for the project. Her career interests include innovation, with a focus on language, equity, and diversity.