Ambar Valdezbuilds with data.
Information Technology student at Rutgers University with a Cybersecurity concentration and a Data Science minor, turning datasets into decisions, from loan portfolio analysis to Python tooling.
A junior who likes the place where data meets real decisions.
Studying
B.S. Information Technology at Rutgers University, Cybersecurity concentration with a Data Science minor. Anticipated December 2027.
Working in
Python, SQL, and the Excel and Power Query data stack, with hands-on financial technology experience from a Bank of America sponsored mentorship.
Recognized as
Dean's List 2025. Member of SHPE (Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers) and ISACA. Involved in ALPHA (Association of Latino Professionals for America), AnitaB.org, Grace Hopper Celebration (GHC), and RWWC (Rutgers Women's Wrestling Club).
Looking for
Seeking a Summer 2027 internship to build experience in data, analytics, or IT.
Hobbies & talents.
Outside of academics and technology, I enjoy expressing creativity through painting, art, and other visual projects.
I also have experience in wrestling, which has helped me develop discipline, perseverance, and teamwork.
Follow my art and creative work on Instagram: @ambzway.
Recent work.
/01RAGmind · Agentic AI Retrieval System
An agentic AI system that answers cybersecurity questions from real reference material, judges whether it found enough to answer, retries when it has not, and cites every source. Features hybrid search and a built-in evaluation suite. Built, evaluated, and deployed end to end. Click to try it live.
Password & Breach Risk Analyzer
A live web app that scores any password against weak-pattern analysis and known breach lists, then estimates crack time. Built with Python, Streamlit, and AI Prompt Engineering. Click to try it.
Loan & Branch Performance Analysis
Excel driven analysis of loan and branch datasets during the Bank of America sponsored ALPHA LIFT FinTech mentorship, surfacing regional and seasonal patterns and insights on risk and growth.
Cloud Computing & Security Research
A technical paper on cloud architectures, common attack vectors, and the mitigation strategies that address them.
Python Projects on GitHub
A data analysis project plus a practice suite of programs covering core programming fundamentals, all published on GitHub.