Hi! I'm Valentina, a Venezuelan software developer based in Spain. I'm currently pursuing my Master of Computer Science at Georgia Tech through the part-time OMSCS program, and working at eSource Capital. I completed my undergrad at Brown University where I studied Computer Science and International Development Studies, interned at Meta (Facebook) and worked full-time as a Data Analyst at Disney+. This website has some projects and papers I've worked on over the years! You can reach out to me at vcanoarcay@gmail.com.
Sochiatrist
Research Assistant for the Brown Human Computer Interaction group, on a
project that works on predicting mental health issues from
naturally-occurring social and health-tracking data.
Anxi
Mental health intervention with a pulse sensor, mood light orb and
emergency-button watch that promotes mindfulness and provides help for
anxiety disorders.
Autocorrect
Word suggestion engine built in Java with: underlying recursive prefix
tree (trie) implementation; suggestions based on Levenshtein edit
distance, prefix matching and whitespace testing; and rankings by
unigram and bigram frequency.
DjUp
Design and wireframe for DjUp, a mobile app that crowdsources the music
playlist at a party.
Shell
UNIX shell implementation in C from scratch with: command line parsing,
basic commands, I/O redirection, signal handling, and foreground and
background job control.
Malloc
Dynamic memory allocation process implemented in C using a first-fit
explicit free list strategy.
Distributors Portal
Wireframe of a new route and territory planning software built for small
distributors in Latin America to be able to visualize enterprise supply
chain management software.
Tetris
Implementation of the classic tile-matching puzzle game Tetris, and
first Java applet I ever coded from scratch.
Pacman
Implementation of the game Pacman built as a final project for the Intro
to OOP class, which uses Breadth First Search as a search strategy.
Historical Narratives of Denial of Racism and the Impact of Hugo
Chávez on Racial Discourse in Venezuela
This paper aims to examine several narratives that have perpetuated the
denial of racism throughout Venezuelan history, analyze the impact of
President Hugo Chávez's discourse and policy implementation in regards
to racial inequality, and emphasize the importance of addressing the
topic of race in Venezuela. This research was conducted as my final
Capstone project for the International Development Studies major at
Brown.
Food Scarcity, Local Committees for Supply and Production (CLAP), and
Political Clientelism in Venezuela during Nicolas Maduro’s
presidency
Hunger levels in Venezuela have skyrocketed in recent years. With this
crisis, the government has created systems to provide food to those in
need. This paper analyzes the CLAP system, arguing that it is a form of
political clientelism and manipulation between the Maduro government and
the most vulnerable population of Venezuela.
Coping with Personhood through the Illustrations of Carolina Hicks:
An Exploration of Latinidad, Identity, Trauma Healing, and Third World
Feminism
This paper explores the ways in which Carolina Hick's illustrations and
personal experiences fall into the project of Third World Feminism,
through Gloria Anzaldúa's concept of nepantla, Audre Lorde's analysis of
the erotic, and Juana María Rodríguez's notions of queer latinidad.
¿Qué dirán de mí si un día aparezco muerta?: Feminicide, Latinidad,
and State Violence from the lens of Regina José Galindo
In this paper I examine the work of Guatemalan artist Regina José
Galindo, in conversation with the definition of feminicide that Rosa
Linda Fregoso and Cynthia Bejarano present in A Cartography of
Feminicide in the Américas.
Classism, Racism, and the Complexities of Afro Latinidad: A Look into
the History of Whitening, Political Movements, and Reggaetón, and
their Relationship to Black Folklore
How is classism and racism intertwined in Latin America? Is Latin
America "café con leche" or "café y leche"? How does reggaetón represent
Blackness? This paper seeks to provide an overview of Afro Latinidad
from the lens of history and music.
Good Governance, International Aid, and its Implications for
Development
By exploring different points of view in regards to the question
of international aid in developing countries, and using Chile as a case
study, this paper argues that democratic accountability and good
governance are essential for development; therefore, international aid
should be focused on building state capacities.