Community involvement
STEM x Play
One of my latest volunteering activities has been with with UTS STEM x Play primary school program. I had the pleasure of joining a primary school class as an industry professional mentor. The aim is to increase young girls interest, confidence and identity with STEM and is incredibly rewarding to be part of.
General Assembly
I'm regularly involved in the General Assembly software engineering community. I often make time for mentoring sessions with individual students, as well as other career changers.
I also present to software engineering classes at General Assembly Sydney (and Melbourne once or twice!). I introduce them to CSS, the amazing things that can be created with it (think fun interactions and art!), and resources for them to continue learning more!
Men Championing Change
I volunteer with the meetup group Men Championing Change, assisting on their organising committee and looking after their Twitter account.
Meetups
- “Personal branding to get your dream job”
at the Muses Code Hobart virtual meetup, December 2020 - “Break into coding” industry panel
General Assembly event, November 2020 - “How to begin making web accessibility improvements”
at the SydCSS virtual meetup, April 2020 - “Finding your passions and utilising your skill sets”
at a General Assembly event ‘How to land your dream gig in tech’, June 2019 - “CSS images: not just for ‘funsies’”
at the SydCSS first time speakers night, June 2019
Online
- Career FAQ's interview - August 2020
- Code Like A Girl Instagram Stories Takeover - July 2020
- Instagram Live with Createable Tech - May 2020