Hi! I am a developer at The Washington Post. My team builds tools for the newsroom so that journalists can make articles with rich, engaging content. I work primarily on the front end on JavaScript projects. Originally not a techie, I hold a degree in International Relations and taught myself to code after not finding good work in that field. The journey from relative low technical literacy to full time working developer has been... well, hard and interesting. I have some opinions about it all.

I am an active community organizer including sitting as the current Chair for the DC chapter of ACM, helping organize for DC Tech Meetup, DCFemTech, and producing a podcast called DC Tech Stories - check it out!

Currently I am struggling with burn out, how to level up my coding skills without giving my whole life over to side projects, why as a society, we have such a low level of technical literacy, and how to feel like a competent developer while working in imperfect legacy code. I am excited about the future of news media and technology, my upcoming vacation, and fun web storytelling in general.

Ask me anything!