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🇺🇸 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:
  • 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>