Sarah Poon

After graduating from UCLA with a bachelors degree in Business Economics with a Computing specialization, Sarah spent several years working as a web developer for various E-commerce sites. A year after graduation, she began taking computer science classes part time at Cal State Fullerton, eventually completing the core undergrad curriculum. In 2004, Sarah began her masters work at UC Berkeley's School of Information, where her interests included applied natural language processing, information visualization, and human-computer interaction. Upon completing her masters, Sarah began work for the Nearby Supernova Factory at the Space Sciences Laboratory, where she co-developed a data warehouse and workflow visualization system. Sarah now lives in Southern California with her husband and two dogs.