amira ay Samira Ray
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About

From spreadsheets to full-stack, with data as the throughline.

I spent 4+ years in customer-facing data and process roles before deciding I wanted to build the tools instead of just working around their gaps. That instinct is what's pulling me from spreadsheets and dashboards toward full-stack development.

Right now I'm working through a full-stack JavaScript path — React, Node.js/Express, SQL/Supabase, Next.js — while finishing a BS in Data Science at the University of Phoenix. I gravitate toward projects that connect the two: turning data into usable products, not just analysis that lives in a notebook.

I'm looking for an entry-level software development or analytics engineering role where I can keep doing both — clean, reproducible analysis and shipping features from schema through deployment.

4+
Years of customer-facing data & process experience
2027
Expected BS, Data Science — University of Phoenix
3
Full-stack apps designed schema-to-deploy
Py · SQL · JS
Core languages across analysis and product work

so, who is she?

SAMIRA'S GET TO KNOW HER

Samira Ray smiling, full body
that’s me, obviously

DATA SCIENCE STUDENT

Michigan · learning in public · she/her

SIGNATURE MOVE

Turning a roadmap.sh checklist into an actual finished project, on purpose this time.

SKILLS & PLATFORMS
Python R SQL JavaScript TypeScript React HTML/CSS Tailwind CSS Next.js (learning) Node.js/Express SQLite Supabase REST APIs Git/GitHub pandas scikit-learn Power BI BigQuery Excel
HER WORDS

Hi, if you made it this far, thanks for sticking around. As I said in the beginning, this is not just a portfolio but also a personal project to express my creativity. I wanted this site to be a love letter to all the websites I grew up loving. While I can’t quite replicate Flash-- yet, I can certainly try. Some of my biggest inspirations were Bratz and Monster High, with a bit of Lizzie McGuire thrown in.

Currently, I'm finishing a BS in Data Science at the University of Phoenix, so the plan is data brain + frontend hands. To learn a bit more about me, check the rest of the file.

QUOTE OF THE YEAR

“Regret is such a pointless emotion, don't you agree”

— Magnus Bane, City of Glass

THE FILE ON SAMIRA

  • “This Website!”

    — Currently building

  • “Lord of Shadows by Cassandra Clare”

    — Fave book

  • “Expected June 2027, University of Phoenix.”

    — Graduating

  • “Sewing my own vintage wardrobe on the weekend, like the one in the pic above.”

    — Off the clock

  • “An infinite number, mostly while debugging CSS.”

    — Cups of tea consumed

  • “Data brain, frontend hands — building both at once.”

    — The whole plan