Ellie Popoca
Curriculum Developer in Chicago, she/they
When im back in Chicago, I feel it! (Home, at last!) In my video editing era.
About
Creative technologist located in Chicago, hoping to reach and explore creative coding communities + engage in education spaces.
Contact
Work Experience
designing the p5.js and Git & GitHub course! Currently making project tutorial videos for users (˶˃ ᵕ ˂˶) .ᐟ.ᐟ
Attended over 40+ hackathons both in person and online across the usa to teach about project sprinting and technologies ⋆౨ৎ˚⟡˖ ࣪
led a team of 5 software engineers to redesign and implement changes to internal tooling for software monitoring!
Volunteering
led the marketing for the event feb of 2022 for over 300+ students in the Chicago area! <3
Awards
Attended the Figma "Config" conference with an all-expenses paid trip to San Francisco, California.
Built Forte, a BeReal version of music, collaborating and sharing recommendations with friends using React, TailwindCSS, and MongoDB.
built a tool to track an event and its attendees' carbon footprint using SvelteKit, TailwindCSS, and MongoDB.
Selected out of 10,000 students as a high school senior for outstanding participation in technology spaces.
Designed and developed projects under the mentorship of Google engineers