🇺🇸 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 at UC Berkeley, 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:
  • The Little Tech Book Club
    • An organization I have started and am growing, to help inexperienced devs learn how to collaborate on projects and to help experienced devs make the time to continue learning by reading, discussing, and mentoring
  • freeCodeCamp
  • Techqueria 🌮
  • Diversify Tech
• 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>