Category: work
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Always Lancaster Women in STEM Podcast
A couple weeks ago, I got to be interviewed in a real, live recording studio for the very first time for our local paper’s Women in STEM podcast! I was almost late to our studio date, because one of the main roads through town was closed so a crane could drop the city’s Christmas tree…
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What I Wish Someone Had Told Me When I Was Learning to Code
A couple weeks ago I was invited to speak to the current students of the New York Code and Design Academy’s Philly class. I wasn’t really sure what I could say to help them out, so I just decided to prep a few slides on what I wish I had known when I started learning…
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Speaking at ELA Conf
There’s an event coming up in Philly this weekend that I’ve been excited about since I caught wind that it was an idea floating around — ELA Conf. “ELA” stands for Empowerment, Leadership, Action, and the conference’s aim is to increase the number of women leading, speaking, and teaching in the technology space. Back when…
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Philly Women in Tech Summit 2015
Last year’s Philly Women in Tech Summit was my very first speaking gig — the kind where you have to submit a proposal & wait by the phone (or your inbox as it were) to find out whether the organizers think attendees will want to hear what you have to say. The panel I participated…
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Alt Summit 2015 Reflections & Recap
Given that this was my second Alt Summit, I felt a little calmer and more prepared for the actual event. The overwhelm didn’t hit until I got home and immediately plunged myself back in the day to day of work and life. Next time, I will definitely be wiser about scheduling a couple days of decompression,…
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Travel, Making Art, & Permission
Do you remember the Amtrak Writers’ Residency craze that was happening several months ago? It felt like everyone I knew was talking about it some capacity, most of them longingly. What could be done with weeks on a train to write one’s heart out? Artists wanted in on it too, calling for an artists’ residency.…