My professional journey began with me lost on what to do with my life as a fresh college student. After lots of "exploring" various subjects, I ended up taking an introductory course in computer science that primarily used Python and I instantly knew that software engineering was the career for me. At the University of Minnesota - Twin Cities (go Gophers) I studied computer science where I gained a foundational understanding of software development concepts and practices by doing individual and team projects in C, Java, Python, and a wide set of other programming languages. I then had the pleasure of interning for an IoT company, Nimbelink, in Minnesota helping with internal organization, customer code examples utilizing Python and SQL along with several aspects of the Google Cloud Platform, learning from talented senior programmers that helped me gain confidence and experience in the field. These days I am in Northwest Florida at the awesome company Beast Code doing front end work in Vue.js for the company-wide software application Beast Core.
I am always striving to learn more and perfect my coding skills. I especially have been enjoying the expansion of my knowledge base by implementing HTML, CSS, and JavaScript code skills to this website! When I am not coding, one can find me reading at the beach, planning my next travel adventure, or attempting to improve my cooking skills. As I grow as a programmer, I hope to inspire more women and people of color to learn to code and make it more accessible to everyone.