I’m a software engineer with frontend/full stack development experience, recently leaning more towards frontend development. I thrive in environments where I can collaborate across teams and mentor others.
I’m a lifelong learner who enjoys working with new frameworks/technologies in my free time or on various projects at work. Some of the technologies I’ve worked with include: React, Redux, Typescript, JavaScript, Python, Django, Ruby on Rails, and Ruby.
My Story
Since my background is a little unusual, I’m usually asked how I got involved with working on websites. Here’s how:
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I graduated with a degree in painting and creative writing.
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During my senior year of college, I worked on a project where I put together a portfolio website for my artwork. I taught myself HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
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I remember how much I enjoyed putting together my portfolio website – learning new information, the struggle of getting things to work, and how proud I was when it all came together.
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I started working as a website consultant for a nonprofit. I continued to learn how to build sites and build them better.
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Later I found other opportunities where I learned new skills like how to build responsive websites and picked up other programming languages like Python and Ruby.
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And now I’m continuing to grow and learn. The web field is filled with endless possibilities to build different types of applications. And I am hungry to learn as much as I can.
