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West Stefany · San Diego, California

Curious about how things work.
Driven to build something better.

I turn ideas into real projects—from games that make learning fun to software that solves practical problems.

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MATHEMATICS　✦　COMPUTER SCIENCE　✦　ENGINEERING　✦　ENTREPRENEURSHIP　✦　TEACHING　✦

Selected projects

Find the need.
Build the answer.

Across games, financial technology, and the college journey, the pattern is consistent: understand the problem, design a system, and make it real.

012024–Present

West Coast Games

Roller Coaster Builder 2

Founder · Creator & Developer
Need identified

Younger students have limited opportunities to encounter physics before advanced high-school coursework, while games provide an intuitive way to experiment and learn.

Built

A live game where players design roller coasters and encounter introductory physics concepts through experimentation and play.

Continuing to develop the educational component to make physics more accessible to younger learners.

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02Financial technology

Xnergy Financial

Xnergy DealOS

Software Architect & Developer

Built for Xnergy Financial in response to an identified business need.

Need identified

Lead generation, investor information, and transaction workflows were fragmented across different processes and systems.

Built

A unified deal-management platform designed to connect the transaction lifecycle from origination through closing, centralize lead and investor data, and support investor matching.

Work spans stakeholder discovery, system architecture, interface design, and implementation using Python/FastAPI, PostgreSQL/SQL, GitHub Actions, and Microsoft Azure. AI is used as a development tool.

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032026–Present

College journey platform

Orbit

Creator & Developer
Need identified

The path from choosing colleges through applications, admissions engagement, selecting a school, and joining its community is fragmented across many systems.

Building

A connected platform for college discovery and matching, admissions requirements, application tracking, interviews and engagement, and eventually campus-community connections.

Designed to relate students’ interests, accomplishments, goals, and academic profiles to institutional opportunities and requirements.

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Academics

Advanced study,
applied widely.

4.00

unweighted high-school GPA and overall college GPA

Highlighted coursework

Calculus III · Linear Algebra · Advanced Computer Science

Alongside AP Biology, AP Calculus, and AP Computer Science Principles.

Recognition

Work recognized
across disciplines.

01

San Diego Business Journal

Winner — 40 Next Top Business Leaders Under Forty

West Coast Games / Roller Coaster Builder 2
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2024 40 Under 40 Winner
02

College Board

AP Scholar

Scores of 5 on all three AP Exams taken: Biology, Calculus AB & Computer Science Principles
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03

Children’s Business Fair

Best Presentation

CoderKamp.com — coding education for children
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04

National PTA Reflections

Award of Excellence

Music composition & guitar performance of original work, “I’m in My Life”
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05

Del Mar–Solana Beach Optimist Club

1st Place — Vic Kops Children’s Challenge Award, Science

Original science books and educational videos for young learners
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Leadership & community

Learning matters more
when it is shared.

01

CoderKamp

Created coding education for children and presented the project at the Children’s Business Fair, earning Best Presentation in 2021.

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02

Early science education

Created original science books and videos explaining digestion, eyes, ears, and hearing in ways young learners could understand.

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03

Science Olympiad

Extended a long-standing interest in science, engineering, experimentation, and collaborative problem-solving.

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04

Dream ME

A nonprofit organization supporting youth in transition and underserved children through educational and service initiatives, including coding education.

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Music & athletics

Rhythm,
motion,
discipline.

Music

Guitar · Drums · Digital composition

Composed and performed the original work “I’m in My Life” on guitar, earning a National PTA Reflections Award of Excellence.

Athletics

Track · Cross-country · Skiing · Snowboarding · Surfing

Endurance, balance, and the habit of continuing to improve.

About West

A student, creator, developer, and teacher—connected by curiosity.

Driven by curiosity about how things work and the challenge of building something better, I enjoy turning ideas into real projects—from games that make learning fun to software that solves practical problems.

I’m pursuing advanced mathematics and computer science through dual enrollment while applying those interests across engineering, AI, game development, entrepreneurship, and teaching.

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