EXPERIENCE 💻
January 2018 - Present
QLD STUDENT SERVICES & COMMUNITY MANAGER - CODER ACADEMY
Leading community engagement for the Queensland market; including running events, meetups, workshops and hackathons
Maintaining a positive experience within Coder Academy and the Brisbane Tech Community
Forming internship and event partnerships with startups and enterprise organisations
Social media and communications engagement with students, alumni and partners across LinkedIn, Twitter & Slack
Key Achievements
Organising Internships from March 2019 to July 2019
Presented at DDD Brisbane and Pause Fest Melbourne on the topic of neurodiversity in the workplace
Supported and organised weekly Mentor Sessions with the Partnerships team, which would also lead to companies joining the Internship program for our students
July 2016 - November 2017
SESSIONAL ACADEMIC - QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
Planning and leading tutorial sessions for over 30 students per class
Marking assignments and presentations
Key Achievements
Maintaining a positive experience for students with a contributed outcome of over 90% for the unit
September 2019 - Present
BRISBANE TECH NEWBIES - MEETUP ORGANISER
Organising speakers for each monthly event
Securing sponsorship from local companies
Booking of venue for each monthly event
Moderating and running the event
Marketing each monthly event via Meetup, Twitter and LinkedIn
Key Achievements
Adaptability running the meetup from face-to-face to virtual from April 2020, with each monthly event organised via Zoom
MENTOR 🙌
Muses Code JS
March 2019 | September 2019
Mentoring in HTML and CSS
She Codes Australia
November 2019 | March 2020 | November 2020
Mentoring in HTML and CSS
Mentoring my team during their final project with the She Codes Plus Brisbane cohort
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENT 🎤
DDD Brisbane
November 2019
The future of accessibility requires us to think differently
Pause Fest Melbourne
February 2020
We need to think differently about accessibility
Dawn Cast
May 2020
Neurodiversity in Tech
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAMJp-mhfNo&t=1094s
I was given an extraordinary opportunity to appear in my first podcast with Catherine Ngo and Dai Le from DAWN.
I was first introduced to the incredible Catherine a few months ago where we discussed the importance of inclusivity and diversity, and from there was introduced to the amazing Dai.
In the podcast, we talk about Neurodiversity and how I shared my diagnosis with my workplace & community, Women in tech inspiration & opportunities, & how to stay positive during COVID-19.
Xceptional presents 'Autism Uncovered'
September 2020
During the virtual webinar, we delved into 'Autism Uncovered' and discussed the common myths and misconceptions around autism in the workplace.
Video link below:
https://youtu.be/9dSliD8mfAc
Women in Technology WA Inc. (WiTWA)
October 2020
I had the wonderful opportunity to discuss 'Neurodiversity in Tech' with my fellow panelists & pioneers in the startup space, Beck Janes and Johnny Doan
The panel was moderated by the always incredible Kate Kirwin as we delved into neurodiversity, how can workplaces support diversity and inclusion, which companies are excelling & which companies have more work to do.
Pluralsight LIVE 2020 Virtual Conference
October 2020
I presented my virtual talk on neurodiversity in the workplace, and the benefits of neurodiversity.
Video link below:
https://www.pluralsight.com/courses/pluralsight-live-2020-accessibility
WorkingMouse and TANDA
November 2020
I had the pleasure of presenting at WorkingMouse and TANDA on the topic titled “Confidently speak with confidence - How to be the best YOU!” 🙌
EXPERTISE 💬
Community engagement
Digital marketing
Mentoring
Event planning
Public speaking and moderating events
Leadership
Organisational and analytical skills
Webinar development and hosting
Project management
SKILLS 💻
Google Suite
Slack
Zoom
HubSpot
Beginner frontend development - HTML, CSS