App Academy is a rigorous, competitive software development program with a less than 3% acceptance rate. The curriculum focuses on full-stack web development, pair programming, data structures and algorithms, design patterns, testing and TDD, scalability, OOP, RESTful API development, security, and single-page applications.

The Summer Hackers Program was created by Jessica Livingston, co-founder and partner at Y Combinator, to test a potential solution to the lack of women startup founders. The program provided 40 women across the country with full-stack web development programming experience through the Lambda School. As one of the 40 grantees, I spent 16 weeks learning web foundations, web application development, and testing.

• Managed digital storytelling and product development for the Pristine Seas ocean exploration and conservation initiative.

• Initiated and led the redesign of the current Pristine Seas website, which won both the Webby Award and the People’s Voice Award in the Webbys “Green Website” category in 2018.

• Oversaw rebranding of the Last Wild Places, a high-impact National Geographic partnership.

• Managed logistics and planning in both English and Spanish for more than ten scientific expeditions to remote marine areas.

• Facilitated the development of expedition and protected area maps and local advocacy materials.

• Produced scientific reports and communications plans for journal publications and large-scale protected area announcements.