i put a little bit of illustration into my creative writing, a little bit of creative writing into my music, a little bit of music into my teaching, and a whole lot of all of these crafts into coding.

fluege frontend developer remote / leipzig, germany, february 2024 - current. : web-components + atomic design system = amazing developer experience (with flexibility, reusibiliity, scalability, and consistency)!. : love the team.

localyze frontend developer remote / hamburg, germany, june 2022 - dec 2023. : javascript frontend (react and nextJs), ruby on rails backend. coding to help automate the tasks of case managers who assisted employees in global mobility. : it was so much fun helping to develop the design system: pluto.

x-ion junior frontend developer remote / hamburg, germany, june 2020 - february 2022. : frontend coding to automate large scale health insurance applications. : i really honed my animation skills.

south high school teacher - english as a second language (esl) minneaplis, minnesota, usa, october 2016 - june 2019. : wrote, designed, and taught 10th, 11th, and 12th grade curriculum oriented towards racial and social justice. helped over 1000 students learn english as a second language. coordinated a team of 10 teachers. boosted the level of cultural relevance using 21st century apps and technology. : this was both the most rewarding and the most stressful job of my life.

minneapolis public schools project specialist - community education minneaplis, minnesota, usa, september 2012 - 2014. : helped to coordinate after school programming for thousands of children in the minneapolis area. maintained, updated, and developed the community education websites. : it was my honour to meet, be mentored by, and work with the greatly inspirational artist: cándida gonzález.

powderhorn porchfest co-founder and organiser minneaplis, minnesota, usa, 2012 - 2014. : together with niky duxbury, we founded powderhorn porchfest- a free, neighborhood based music festival that brought people together and highlighted local musicians, food vendors, and artists. it's still going strong to this day. : seeing the community come out and gather in the streets to hear a lot of great local music.

americorps promise fellow art teacher minneaplis, minnesota, usa, october 2011 - 2012. : designed and implemented art oriented curriculum for youth. : together, with the students, built an enormous robot sculpture using only recycled materials and we had two pet rats in the classroom.

colegio carlos tercero english teacher aranjuez, madrid, spain, september 2009 - 2011. : served as lead english teacher, helping to improve the language skills of students. : i got to act in a pantomime! i also got to walk the camino de santiago- a life changing experience!