Get in touch 12th-grade student · Queens, New York
I learn bymaking things.
I'm Umair Hoque Chowdhury — a high school senior who turns curiosity into videos, designs, code, projects, and community work.
My story
Student / CreatorNYC · 2026
Film✦Design✦Color✦Code✦Service✦Leadership✦Sports✦Story✦
01Profile
Who I am
I'm curious about almost everything.
I grew up in Bangladesh and now study in Queens. Moving between two places pushed me to adapt quickly, stay curious, and become more comfortable teaching myself new skills.
I started with graphics and video. Then I moved into cameras, color, VFX, Blender, websites, apps, games, social media, leadership, and community work. I do not want to stay inside one box.
I started learning design and editing when I was young, then kept going through personal projects, school work, volunteering, internships, and real jobs.
02Experience
Work, service, and responsibility
Where I learned by showing up.
I have worked and volunteered in very different settings. Each one taught me something I could not learn from a classroom alone.
202601
I worked across New York City, helping turn neighborhood businesses into stories people could watch and understand.
- I researched neighborhoods, visited locations, and spoke with local business representatives before and during shoots.
- I filmed with drones and professional cameras, edited videos, graded color, took photos, and made graphics for publishing.
- I studied social media trends, helped plan and manage content, and supported web projects through AI-assisted coding.
New York City
25/2602
I supported community events and local business outreach while learning how to handle real deadlines, people, and responsibilities.
- I handled drone work, photography, cinematography, heavy video editing, color grading, posting, and content creation.
- I spoke with and interviewed business owners, then helped turn those conversations into useful media and marketing content.
- I worked on food drives and cleanup events and learned cooperation, workload management, and team coordination.
Queens, New York
202503
I spent a summer working in community gardens and learned that useful work does not always happen behind a screen.
- I helped with harvesting, weeding, watering, cleaning, and keeping tools and garden spaces organized.
- I learned about plant care, pollinators, birds, and the role local gardens play in a neighborhood.
- I supported garden activities under supervision and practiced being dependable in a new environment.
Jamaica, Queens
04 YRS04
Four years of continued involvement
English Track
VolunteerI volunteered with English Track for four years. It became one of my longest commitments outside school.
- I learned to keep showing up, communicate clearly, and work with different people over a long period of time.
- The experience helped me become more responsible, patient, and comfortable taking initiative when something needed to be done.
- It also gave me an early foundation in service, teamwork, and leadership.
Long-term service
Professional references are available on request.
03Selected work
Projects and self-directed work
Built by doing.
These projects show how I learn. I start with an idea, build something, test it, find what is wrong, and improve it. The process matters to me as much as the final result.
NYC Neighborhood Stories
I helped document neighborhood businesses across New York City. I researched each area, visited locations, filmed with drones and cameras, edited the footage, graded the color, designed graphics, and helped publish the final content.
Research · filming · editing · color · graphics · publishing
Chit-Shat Messaging App
I used AI-assisted coding to build a texting app with direct messages, community chats, profiles, reactions, typing indicators, read receipts, and mobile-focused interactions. I also worked through loading, duplicate-chat, and reliability problems.
Planning · interface · testing · debugging · AI-assisted code
2D Game Experiment
I developed a playable 2D game while learning basic programming logic, interaction design, visual choices, and testing. It taught me how quickly a simple idea becomes a chain of small problems to solve.
Game logic · interaction · visuals · testing
My Visual Practice
I started graphic design when I was young and kept building from beginner work into stronger, more intentional visuals. My practice now includes Photoshop, video editing, compositing, VFX, DaVinci Resolve color grading, cinematography, on-camera modeling, and growing Blender skills.
Graphics · motion · color · camera · modeling · 3D learning
Websites & Digital Builds
I use HTML, CSS, light programming, and AI models to turn ideas into working digital experiences. I have built forms, content sites, mobile interfaces, rankings, and tools while learning how layout and code work together.
Structure · responsive design · code · testing · iteration
Content & Social Media Work
I study online trends, think about what an audience will care about, plan content, prepare visuals, schedule posts, and help manage publishing. I used those skills in both community and neighborhood-business work.
Trend research · planning · administration · content · publishing
04Capabilities
What I can do and how I learned it
Skills I actually use.
I make things people can feel.
Graphic design was where I started. Video editing came next, and then cameras, color, VFX, and 3D. I like taking a plain idea and slowly shaping it until it has a mood, a pace, and a reason to be remembered.
What I use: DaVinci Resolve · Photoshop · Blender · drones · professional camerasI edit videos and build their pace.I shoot with drones and professional cameras.I make graphics and photo edits in Photoshop.I grade footage in DaVinci Resolve.I create VFX and composite different visual layers.I am moving from beginner into intermediate Blender and 3D work.I have also appeared on camera as a model.
05Education
Formal foundation
Learning here. Built everywhere.
2024 — PresentNYC
Hillcrest High School
12th-grade senior · Queens, New York
2019 — 2024BD
Nasirabad Government High School
GPA 4.94 / 5.00 · Bangladesh
Secondary school record4.94GPA / 5.00
Bangladesh to New York
I continued my education in a new country, a new school system, and a new city.
Certificates & activities
Signals beyond the classroom.
English · FluentBangla · Native
- 01
Pearson English Benchmark achievementCertified English-language achievement through Pearson.
- 02
Robotics program certificateHands-on exposure to robotics, circuits, and technical problem-solving.
- 03
Physics OlympiadParticipation in an academic physics competition.
- 04
English OlympiadParticipation in an English-language academic competition.
- 05
Football / soccer championshipsTeam competition experience and championship certificates.
- 06
CricketTeam sport participation and competition experience.
- 07
BadmintonAthletic participation beyond school and creative work.
Thank you for taking the time to learn about me
I'm still learning.
I'm ready for what's next.
umairhoquechowdhury13@gmail.com Queens, New Yorkumairhoquechowdhury.site© 2026 UHC