DEVELOPMENT
Hello, my name is
Elizabeth Ho
I'm a second-year Computer Science student with a minor in Human-Computer Interaction at Virginia Tech. I'm interested in building technology that enhances everyday lives, especially through thoughtful and intuitive design!
I really enjoy collaborating with others and learning from different perspectives. I'm especially drawn to the design side of tech — understanding how users interact with a product and what makes something feel easy or frustrating to use. That's what led me to full-stack development, where I can both design and build, turning ideas into something real and usable!
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What I've Built
Projects
Development
Hackathons
Where I've Been
Experience
Work Experience
Returning to AWS as a Software Development Engineer (SDE) Intern — excited to meet new people and, of course, the free bananas 🍌
Built a serverless automation pipeline using AWS Lambda, S3, Athena, and Step Functions to automate certificate backfills across databases with parallel processing. Reduced certificate update time by 99.86%, saving a full developer-month per newly launched region. Also uncovered and permanently resolved a 5-year-old data integrity bug in production, improving system reliability by 40%.
Designing and building custom websites for individuals and small businesses — handling everything from initial concept and UX design to development and deployment. Built a full site for My Color Nails & Spa (Manassas, VA), a nail salon and spa, featuring their services, hours, location, and customer testimonials. Focused on creating fast, responsive, and visually polished experiences tailored to each client's needs.
Maintained the official SASE website and collaborated with officers and the web dev team to plan updates, migrating from vanilla CSS to Tailwind CSS to improve cross-device responsiveness and visual consistency. Designed and built new Sponsors and About pages to improve public-facing communication and sponsor visibility.
Involvement
Studying for the AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner exam, covering core AWS services, cloud architecture, security, pricing, and support models.
Prof. Nizamani
Building Python image-processing pipelines using OpenPose to analyze posture and movement in classroom data. Designing LLM prompts to interpret classroom visuals and usability insights, comparing AI output to human judgment. Developing a framework that combines pose detection, spatial layout analysis, and AI-generated narratives.
Prof. Hamouda
Conducting user research with K-12 educators and students (ages 10–18) to design age-appropriate AI teaching resources, translating Virginia CS SOL standards into interactive learning activities through iterative user testing. Managing end-to-end product development for AI educational tools, designing interactive lessons and codebooks to teach AI concepts, and assisting with classroom implementation and the CodeKids platform.
Mentor 50+ students during weekly office hours in introductory Java and object-oriented software design. Assist in weekly lab sessions for 80+ students with hands-on code review and debugging for labs and projects. Design custom test cases beyond course requirements to surface edge cases and improve debugging efficiency.
Let's Connect
Say Hello. 👋
Thank you for exploring my work! Whether you have a specific project in mind, a collaboration idea, or just want to chat about the latest in tech — my inbox is always open. I'm currently looking for new opportunities and would love to connect.
Elizabeth Ho · Virginia Tech · CS + HCI
2026