Alexandra Palermo — Portfolio

01 — Selected Work

Things I've built

RepQuest

A fitness focused app designed to help beginners build their confidence in the gym. The app provides structured routines, a weekly workout calendar, and unlockable milestones that help users track their workouts and turn consistency into something worth celebrating.

My role — Frontend-focused: templated the HTML/CSS views in Handlebars and shaped the day-to-day UI, while contributing across the stack on testing, Docker, and the Postgres schema alongside a five-person team.

Live app ↗ Repo ↗

TEAM PROJECT · 5 AGILE / SCRUM UI/UX DESIGN WIREFRAMING HTML / CSS / JS HANDLEBARS POSTGRESQL DOCKER MOCHA / CHAI

The Potion Creation Station

A console-based inventory system for an RPG-style potion shop, built around a self-balancing Red-Black Tree so insertions, deletions, and sorted listings stay fast as the shop's stock grows. Potions carry Strength, Speed, and Health stats, with flexible sorting, search, and a guided walkthrough interface.

Repo ↗

SOLO PROJECT C++ DATA STRUCTURES RED-BLACK TREE OBJECT ORIENTED

The Circle of Life Game

A two-player, Lion King–themed board game for my data structures course — character select, branching paths, colored tile events, and a full-color terminal board.

SOLO PROJECT C++ DATA STRUCTURES FILE I/O OBJECT ORIENTED

SafeSmart

Most internet-safety tools bet on teaching elderly people to spot scams themselves. SafeSmart bets against that — it watches for suspicious activity and alerts a trusted relative directly, an approach validated through a 61-person survey and two rounds of usability testing.

My role — Design and prototyping lead: built the Figma prototype and drove the interaction/visual design decisions, while my partner led the written research documentation and reporting.

Figma prototype ↗

TEAM PROJECT · 2 UX RESEARCH SURVEY DESIGN STORYBOARDING FIGMA PROTOTYPING UI/UX DESIGN USABILITY TESTING

02 — Toolkit

What I work with

Languages

Java
Python
C / C++
SQL (Postgres)
JavaScript
HTML / CSS

Frameworks

React
Node.js
Mocha
Chai

Dev Tools

Git
Docker
VS Code

Design

Figma
Adobe Suite

03 — About

A little about me

I'm a Computer Science student who cares as much about how something looks and feels as how it works — pairing algorithms and full-stack development with UX coursework like wireframing and prototyping.

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04 — Contact

Let's talk

I'm currently looking for internships in software development and UI/UX. Reach out — I'd love to hear from you.

Email alexandrappalermo@gmail.com LinkedIn alexandra-palermo GitHub zandrapalermo Phone (970)-631-5048