Tag: girl develop it

  • 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…

  • Reflecting on ELA Conf

    Ela Conf was hands down my favorite unexpected thing to happen this year. Friday evening started out with snacks and a few planned lightning talks. Joni and LeeAnn then asked the crowd how many of us had never spoken into a mic before, and a bunch of people raised their hands… and then gave their…

  • Intro to HTML/CSS for Girl Develop It South Jersey

    A few weekends ago, I taught my first Girl Develop It class for the South Jersey chapter, over the bridge in Haddonfield, NJ. It was the 101 class — a basic intro to HTML & CSS. The class was small, with only 9 students, so it felt really low pressure and conversational. Throughout the class, the students asked…

  • A Girl’s Best Friend is Her Chrome Extensions

    If you’re like me (and most people), you’re into ways to make life easier. These Chrome extensions have individually and collectively improved the quality of my life significantly, and I’ve been recommending them to people in Girl Develop It classes, so I thought it’d be good to compile them all here. Without further ado: Pocket…

  • The cat is out of the proverbial bag…

    …thanks to this Technically Philly article about me and a bunch of my friends. So here’s the deal: I’ll be starting as a junior front-end web developer on Urban Outfitters’ ecommerce team on February 10. I’m incredibly excited to learn from the team I’ll be working with and continue to grow as a developer. None…