Jackie Ni

Jackie Ni

Student in New York City, he/him

Work Experience

2023 — Now
Congressional App Challenge Judge at Congresswoman Grace Meng
Flushing, NY
2020 — Now
Irvine, CA

Founded the largest youth FEC-registered Super Political Action Committee; grew TikTok to over 300k followers; converted over half a million unique website visits

2019 — 2022
Camp Instructor at Sage Hill School
Newport Beach, CA

Taught middle school students JavaScript with personal websites, video games, and a screaming roomba

2021 — 2021
Summer Intern at C.A.C.A. LA
Los Angeles, CA

Organized ASIA Conference; learned local AAPI issues

2021 — 2021
Irvine, CA

Debugged Marwin Sports collaboration app; introduced App Clip for verifying NFCs; coded Solidity smart contracts and React dashboard for minting ERC721 tokens and mapping them to NFCs

Projects

2021

Sold 12k+ Trump NFTs for charities

2020

Developed website with React

2020
Supply Crate

Developed website with React redirecting COVID-19 PPE and money to institutions in need (hospitals and BLM protests)

2018
Dime

Co-founded blockchain-based fantasy sports game

2018
7x Hackathon Winner

AngelHack LA (2018), HackSocal (2019), DeveloperWeek (2019), HackSocal (2020), Facebook Developer Circles (2020), IrvineHacks (2020), YeeHacks (2020)

Only lost at one hackathon since 2018

Features

2021

NowThis, The Hill, The Philip DeFranco Show, OC Register

2020

New York Times, Good Morning America, Business Insider, The Hill, Mic, The Daily Dot, Fox Business

2020

Fox 11, ABC 7, KTLA, and OC Register

Volunteering

2020 — 2020

Taught one class about basics of blockchain alongside JavaScript applications; taught another class about the intersection between memes and politics

Education

2021 — Now
Bachelor of Political Science at Columbia University
New York, NY

Asian American Alliance (Board), Debate (Member), John Jay Hall Council (President)

2016 — 2020
Sage Hill School
Newport Beach, CA

Student Council (Class President), Meme Club (President), SageHack (President), Robotics (Head of Code)

Contact

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