Portfolio · William Menjivar

William Menjivar

Education tools and civic media, built with clear limits.

I’m a community-college student and the Founder and CTO of MK Ideas.

Portrait of William Menjivar seated outdoors in a blue shirt
William Menjivar · Santa Clarita, California.
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Waylo

Public beta

A planning aid for community-college students navigating transfer requirements.

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Road to El Salvador

Release candidate

An economic-literacy road trip built with Codex and Claude—and directed like a product, not a prompt dump.

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MK Ideas

Live

A public archive of long-form interviews for understanding politics, policy, and competing arguments.

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Praxeos

Portfolio candidate

A beginner’s place to see the structure of a choice: who acts, what they seek, what they use, and what they give up.

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Beyond the screen

Civic stories outside the product case studies—follow-through in San Julián, and technology work inside a student civic organization.

Mission · Summer 2024

A mission that changed my perspective.

Technology matters, but understanding people, context, and responsibility matters more.

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Standing with local and health representatives beside donated medical equipment and washing machines
The handoff brought family, local representatives, health staff, and donated equipment together in San Julián.
Signing documents during the equipment handoff
Following through meant participating in the practical handoff—not only raising funds online.
Boxes of donated health monitoring equipment and medical tools arranged on a table
Health-monitoring equipment prepared for the Luis Poma Health Unit.

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