Josh Torrez

Teaching Assistant (CS 361: Systems Programming) at University at Illinois Chicago (2025 – 2026)

• Mentored students in POSIX systems-level software development using C and Linux.
• Facilitated weekly office hours, guiding students through debugging low-level programs using GDB.
• Led weekly lab sessions on process management, socket programming, and multithreaded synchronization.
• Created PowerPoint animation to demonstrate data races in multithreaded programming.

Service Associate at Kohl’s (2023-03 – 2024-02)

• Promoted to Seasonal Omni Lead, coordinating a team of 3-7 associates to meet daily fulfillment goals.
• Adapted communication to different customer needs while maintaining professionalism and a positive customer experience during high-volume periods.

Bachelors in Computer Science, Minor in Mathematics – University of Illinois Chicago (2026)