Jade Zhao · 赵郎溪 (she/her)
Informatics (Business and Society) @ Indiana University · Luddy HIEP Scholar · Hudson & Holland Platinum Scholar · Direct Admit · first-generation · Expected May 2027
I care about the systems that have to keep working after the demo ends. As Digital Humans Project Lead at Luddy LINK, I study how AI-driven virtual personas might work in business. My long-term ambition is to open a duck farm.
Where to look
One person. GitHub, LinkedIn, and Instagram all use zhao-langxi. The four URLs are rooms, not extra surnames.Education
Same order and wording as the resume PDF.Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering · GPA 3.50. Hudson & Holland Scholar (Full Merit), Direct Admit, first-generation. Study abroad: Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spring 2026.
AP Scholar and member of Quill and Scroll International Honorary Society. Yearbook editor; tennis and Student Council; 200+ hours of community service. iSquad, robotics, and CHS Live stay on the zhao-langxi About essay.
Work
Same order as the resume PDF.Luddy LINK places students on applied technology projects at the Luddy School. Ask how digital humans (AI-driven virtual personas) might show up in real business workflows, with customers and inside operations.
Dig into how consumer apps collect, store, and protect personal data on a university project with an industry partner under a non-disclosure agreement (NDA). Keep deliverables high-level and careful ... partner-confidential detail stays behind the NDA.
Carry privacy work into how people actually meet consumer technology ... collection, storage, and protection of personal data; keep the user-facing story clear.
Research agentic AI and go-to-market (GTM) strategy as public-interest technology for nonprofit organisations ... adoption that can last after the pilot. Public Interest Technology University Network (PIT-UN).
Work every role in the family restaurant (floor, till, kitchen). After COVID-19 closures and staff cuts, rebuild the website and social media from scratch. Web and content continue in summers and remotely in term.
Support programming for the Hudson & Holland Scholars Programme (HHSP), Indiana University Bloomington’s largest merit-based scholarship programme, helping first-generation, low-income, and rural scholars transition into research, leadership, and professional opportunities. A Hudson & Holland Platinum Scholar and first-generation student myself.
Coordinate the Mentor Apprenticeship Programme (MAP) within Faculty and Staff for Student Excellence (FASE) in IU’s Office of Student Life, including as STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) MAP Coordinator. Run MAP day to day: mentor training, Canvas operations, and programme communications for 50+ first-generation and low-income peer mentors. Spoke at the IU Leadership Conference 2025.
Serve IT (Laurie Burns McRobbie Serve IT Nonprofit Clinic) is a school-run organisation where students apply technology skills to build the capacity of local nonprofits. Lead accessible WCAG 2.1 web projects for Bloomington partners without in-house developers, using React and Python/PostgreSQL. Joined as a first-year student; later became Website Team Lead. Founded Serve-AI via PIT-UN.
About
I care about the systems that have to keep working after the demo ends. My long-term ambition is to open a duck farm.
I am seeking a software engineering role after graduating in May 2027, especially near database management, internal information systems, IT (information technology) teams, and ETL (extract, transform, load) pipelines. If that is your domain, I would welcome a conversation.
As Digital Humans Project Lead at Luddy LINK, I study how AI-driven virtual personas might work in business ... with customers and inside day-to-day operations.
The same question shows up under other titles: Web Developer with the National Science Foundation (NSF), User Experience Designer with IUB Undergraduate Education, and Business Technologist with the Public Interest Technology University Network (PIT-UN). Different labels. Same instinct ... will this still hold when someone real has to use it.
I grew up a Restaurant Kid in my family’s Chinese buffet in Greenfield, Indiana. Floor, till, kitchen, then the site and social rebuild after COVID-19. Friday nights taught me more about systems than demos ever did.
On campus I am STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) MAP Coordinator for the Mentor Apprenticeship Programme (MAP) in Faculty and Staff for Student Excellence (FASE), and a Programme Assistant for the Hudson and Holland Scholars Programme (HHSP) in Undergraduate Education. At Serve IT (Laurie Burns McRobbie Serve IT Nonprofit Clinic), I lead web development so local nonprofits can keep their missions running on systems that remain workable after delivery. I am Jade Zhao ... 赵郎溪, zhao-langxi on GitHub, LinkedIn, and Instagram. I am first-generation and a Hudson and Holland Platinum Scholar, reading for a B.S. in Informatics (Business and Society) at the Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering, Indiana University (GPA 3.50; Direct Admit; Luddy HIEP Scholar). Cathedral (class of 2023) is one education line on the resume; the fuller high-school list lives on zhao-langxi About.
Each summer I return to Jade🌱, offering technical consulting, web design, branding, and software support to small business owners in the community that raised my parents.
Skills: Python · React · WCAG · PostgreSQL · SQL · Research · Data Privacy · Mentoring · Programme Coordination · Web Development · Content Strategy · Database management · ETL · User Experience · GTM
I am grateful for Miriam Attenoukon’s mentorship during my time as a Hudson & Holland Scholar.