🇺🇸 Hello, my name is Melisa, welcome to my space. 🇦🇷 Hola, me llamo Melisa, bienvenida/o a mi pagina.
- 🎨💻 I'm a software engineer working at Adobe
- 💌 I enjoy mentoring women and BIPOC interested in software engineering
- 💻🏕 I attended a coding bootcamp for Fullstack Web Development in 2017
- I was a recipient of the Adobe Digital Academy scholarship to support my transition into software development
- Before becoming a software developer I studied Political Economy, worked as a waitress, froyo attendant, abuse agent (i.e. social media content moderation), and miscellaneous social media content analyst.
- I earned a Bachelor's of Computer Science from Oregon State University in 2022
- 💎 My favorite organizations/resources are:
- I was a speaker at:
- Hack the Hood - Code Switching<2018>
- Twitter Threads (w/ Techqueria) - Journey into Tech <2019>
- Lesbians Who Tech - Dear Impostor Syndrome, Let's Talk <2019>
- Arlo - Unconscious Biases: Beyond Seeing <2020>
- NestFlight - First Gen in Tech Panel <2021>
- Adobe - APIA Heritage Month Speaker <2021>
- Adobe - ERGs Panel (HOLA + 3) <2021>
- Silicon Slopes Latino (Career Night) - Choose Your Own Adventure <2021>
- Jopwell - How to get a job as a Software Engineer <2021>
- Hack the Hood - Career Exposure Panel <2021>
- MLT Career Showcase <2022>
- Conferences/Events I have attended:
- Intel Developers Conference <2015>
- Google I/O <2018>
- Lesbians Who Tech <2019>
- Recruiting for Adobe at Cornell University <2019>
- An Event Apart <2019>
- Grace Hopper Celebration (virtual) <2020>
- Adobe MAX Online <2020-2023>
- Adobe for All <2019-2023>
- NestFlight <2021>
- Techqueria's Latinx Heritage Month Summit <2021>
- Adobe Tech Summit (organizer for DEI track) <2022>
- I mentored:
- Adobe Digital Academy students <2019-Present>
- Galvanize/Hack Reactor <2021>