Jianda Monique

// jianda monique

Blending art, spirit, and tech
to facilitate care, equity, & whimsy

Jr. Data Scientist Author, Artist, Coach Public Health Researcher 2021 Kaggle/Google BIPOC Fellow Transformative Code & Content Restorative Justice Creative
"Each one, reach one. Each one, teach one."

Metaphysical, Multimedia, Data-Diver

I'm Jianda Monique — a Full Stack Developer in training. I've worked as a Jr. Data Scientist, holistic coach, writer, musician, and multi-disciplinary artist based in CA and WA. My work lives at the intersection of data science, community care, and creative expression.

I developed data science skills working with the UCSF Epidemiology Team on public health modeling during COVID-19, and deepened that foundation as a 2021 Kaggle/Google BIPOC Data Fellow under mentors Prasun Kumar Mishra and Julia Elliott. The fellowship sparked a project I'm still building: a mutual aid resource directory for BIPOC and LGBTQ+ artists.

I've worked across the entertainment, nonprofit, education, and tech industries — from MP3.com to UCSF to Amazon — always finding ways to center community, creativity, and the belief that art heals.

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"Software through Design Thinking and Artificial Intelligence are the alchemist's laboratory of the 21st century." — Drew Minkin

"If they don't give you a seat at the table, bring a folding chair." — Shirley Chisholm

🎓 Education & Training

UC Irvine (Film/Media Studies) · Pomona College (Media Studies) · UMass Dartmouth (Women's & Gender Studies) · CSSSA at CalArts (Creative Writing & Music)

🔬 Research Experience

Jr. Data Scientist, UCSF Epidemiology Team (2020–2021) — epidemiological modeling, statistical analysis, COVID-19 public health surveillance. Nominated: COVID-19 Data Hero.

💻 Tech Stack

Python · R · HTML/CSS/JS · BeautifulSoup · Pandas · Jekyll · Git/GitHub · LaTeX · MATLAB · Tidyverse · Linux CLI · Prompt Engineering · Overleaf

🎨 Creative Practice

Published author · Vocalist (Tycho "Dive," Om Lounge 10) · Musician · Published poet & fiction writer · Busker (Santa Monica Pier, Seattle Parks & Rec) · SF Public Library Show Us Your Spines Fellow & More

// published work

My Beautiful Device

A cyberpunk novel of mutual aid, analog soul, and the human spirit — penned by a human in 2020, published on March 4th, 2026. March Forth.

My Beautiful Device book cover

My Beautiful Device

Volume I: Stasis  ·  Series Book 1

Cyberpunk Sci-Fi Dystopia LGBTQ+ Analog Wellness Mutual Aid Anti-Algorithm

In the hollowed-out silence of a near-future dystopia, protagonist They Them — a coder whose memory splits under pressure — fights to build a helper device for psycho-spiritual survival. Originally manifested as a prophetic audiobook time capsule, this is a tactile journey through analog grit, community care, and the enduring software of the human soul.

"Even in a world of Stasis, the human spirit can't be hard-coded."

🌿 Published March 4, 2026 — March Forth — a date that's a loving exhortation. ISBN: 9798224096664

// projects & code

What I'm Building

Open-source, build-in-public. The work is ongoing — the roadmap is honest.

🌱 Main Project

WIP · 2026 Revival

Artist Mutual Aid Directory

A curated resource directory for BIPOC & LGBTQ+ artists — housing, healthcare, grants, and direct aid. Built with vanilla HTML/CSS/JS. Born from the 2021 Kaggle/Google BIPOC Data Fellowship.

github.com/jiandamonique →

📝 Fellowship

Documented

2021 Kaggle BIPOC Data Fellowship

3-month mentored data science fellowship. Completed Kaggle Data Visualization curriculum. Architected a Python/BeautifulSoup → Pandas → Jekyll data pipeline for the mutual aid site.

View the 2021 Showcase →

✍️ Blog · Medium

Published

Oversharing What's Overlooked

My 2021 Kaggle BIPOC fellowship blog — building a mutual aid service with code, community, and resilience. 216 claps on Medium.

Read on Medium →

📖 Book Repo

Coming Soon

My Beautiful Device — Repository

A dedicated GitHub repository for the novel — housing provenance documentation, analog origins, and the open-source philosophy behind the work.

github.com/jiandamonique →

🌐 Open Source

Contributed

freeCodeCamp LearnToCode RPG

Open source contribution to freeCodeCamp's LearnToCodeRPG project — logging development issues to improve the learning experience for new coders.

View Contribution →

☁️ Future Vision

Roadmapped

Mutual Aid — Expanded

Ongoing development of the Artist Mutual Aid Directory — integrating datasets, building resource sections, and broadening support for BIPOC and LGBTQ+ communities.

Follow the Project →

Scholarly Contributions

During my year with the UCSF Epidemiology Team (2020–2021), I contributed to public health research in mathematical modeling, statistical analysis, and epidemiological surveillance — with a focus on COVID-19, BIPOC populations, and disease transmission dynamics.

Estimating Effective Reproduction Numbers Using Wastewater Data from Multiple Sewersheds for SARS-CoV-2 in California Counties

Kwan, Nathan Murthy, Jianda Monique, Eugene T. Richardson, Rae Wannier, Travis Porco, et al. — UCSF / Francis I. Proctor Foundation

Epidemiology & Infection · ScienceDirect · 2024

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COVID-19 Surveillance & Epidemiological Modeling — UCSF Research Contribution

Jianda Monique, et al. — UCSF Epidemiology Team, Francis I. Proctor Foundation

PubMed Central (PMC) · PMC8077580

View on PMC →

COVID-19 Epidemiological Research — Preprint

Jianda Monique, et al. — UCSF Epidemiology Team

HAL Open Science · hal-03452133

View Preprint →

Open Source Contribution — LearnToCodeRPG Diagnostics

Jianda Monique

freeCodeCamp · GitHub Open Source

View Contribution →

🏆 COVID-19 Data Hero Award Nominee — dataheroawards.org

What I Work With

Languages

Python R HTML CSS JavaScript PHP LaTeX MATLAB

Libraries & Tools

Pandas BeautifulSoup Tidyverse Jekyll jQuery Git / GitHub

Data Science

Machine Learning Data Visualization Statistical Modeling Epidemiology Stochastic Systems

Creative & Strategy

Grant Writing SEO / Content Strategy Project Coordination Community Outreach Scientific Writing

// connect

Presence ~ Prisms

Come build with me, follow the project, or just say hey.

🐙 GitHub 💼 LinkedIn ✍️ Medium 🌐 Website 📗 Smashwords

Support the Work 🌿

The Mutual Aid project and others are unfunded and independent. If you believe in what this project is building — resources for BIPOC and LGBTQ+ artists and others needing support — any contribution helps. Or just share the story.