Writing and Speaking

I’ve been writing and giving talks on my work involving software engineering, my open source project if-me.org, and mental health activism since 2014. If you would like to invite to me to write or speak, please contact me. I only do paid engagements, especially for corporate organizations. Events must have an adequate code of conduct and provide live-captioning and/or sign language interpretation.

2023

Effective ways developers can learn from user feedback πŸ”—
Panelist, LeadDev
Riding the Ever-Changing Waves of the Front-end Like a Neopian πŸ”—
Speaker, Software Architecture Superstream: Frontend Architectures for O’Reilly

Riding the ever-changing waves of front-end development πŸ”—
Writer, LeadDev

2021

Developing Your Software Engineering Career

Keynote Speaker, Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital and the Autism Research Centre

Trying Times, You Are Trying

Keynote Speaker, Vimeo’s May Mental Health Awareness Month Event

2020

Learning Web Development through if-me.org πŸ”—
Volunteer Teacher, Code Cooperative (now Emergent Works) Workshop Series

2019

Ayana Miller on Privacy & Data Governance and Julia Nguyen on Mental Health Tech for Good πŸ”—
Interview by Shane Hastie, QInfo Podcast

Impact Starts With You πŸ”—
Speaker, QCon SF

I’m Not Well and That’s Okay
Keynote Speaker, Redefining Crazy: It’s the System, Not the People – Mental Health Association of San Francisco Conference

I’m Not Well and That’s Okay
Keynote Speaker, AnxietyTech NYC

Navigating Front-end Architecture Like a Neopian πŸ”—
Speaker, LeadDev London

Mental Health in Tech πŸ”—
Interview by Jessica Rose, Pursuit Podcast

Navigating Front-end Architecture Like a Neopian

Speaker, Open Source North

I’m Not Well and That’s Okay πŸ”—
Keynote Speaker, University at Buffalo Department of Computer Science and Engineering

Navigating Front-end Architecture Like a Neopian
Keynote Speaker, Write/Speak/Code San Francisco Open Source Hours

2018

Civic Hack Night feat. Julia Nguyen, Founder, if me
Keynote Speaker, Code for San JosΓ©

2017

We’re All in This Together: Mental Health in Tech Communities
Panelist, Grace Hopper Conference

I’m not well and insecurities I’ve felt side hustling πŸ”—
Writer, if-me.org

Two Households, Both Alike in Dignity: A Not-So-Tragedy of Refactoring Front-end APIs πŸ”—
Speaker, QCon NY

What it Means to Contribute to if me

Speaker, Newbie Remote Conf

What it Means to Contribute to if me πŸ”—
Speaker, SFHTML5 Code For Good Week

Two Households, Both Alike in Dignity: A Not-So-Tragedy of Refactoring Front-end APIs πŸ”—
Speaker, Curry On! Barcelona

Mental Health Awareness Panel

Speaker, NerdWallet NerdTalks

i18n + if me πŸ”—
Speaker, Google’s Open Source Show & Tell

Are You More Than Okay: Mental Health in Tech Communities
Speaker, An Evening of Conversation about Mental Health in Tech

2016

Are You More Than Okay: The State of Mental Health in Tech in 2016 πŸ”—
Writer, Model View Culture

Open Sourcing Mental Health πŸ”—
Interview by Saron Yitbarek, Code Newbie Podcast

Speaking Her Truth: Q& A with Julia Nguyen founder of if me πŸ”—
Interview by Myisha T. Hill, Huffington Post Blog

Exploring Mental Illness With Open Source
Keynote Speaker, Open Source Bridge

An Ugly Side of Women in Tech Organizations πŸ”—
Writer, Medium

Spirals and Storytelling
Speaker, Ability in Tech Summit

2015

Spirals and Storytelling πŸ”—
Keynote Speaker, DevTO’s International Women’s Day Talks #IWDTO

Lessons I’ve Learned Being a Tech Intern πŸ”—
Writer, Code Like A Girl

Technically Inexperienced: A pseudo-memoir, quasi-rant on my several months of new grad software engineering interviews πŸ”—
Writer, Tech Diversity Files

Exploring Mental Illness through Open Source

Speaker, WaffleJS

Write/Speak/Code Speak Workshop

Teaching, Dreamforce

Failure, Privilege, and Mental Health
Speaker, Tech Inclusion Conference

Finding Hope Through Tech πŸ”—
Writer, Stories from Women in Tech Blog

Changing the face of STEM education πŸ”—
Interview with Julie Stauffer, University of Waterloo Alumni Magazine

Opening up Conversations about Mental Health in Computer Science Education
Speaker, Self Conference

Immigrants also have to challenge their own culture’s mental health stigma πŸ”—
Writer, Al Jazeera’s coverage on the People of Color + Mental Illness Photo Project

Opening Up Conversations About Mental Health in Computer Science Education πŸ”—
Speaker, 360|Intersect

Exclusion and Exceptionality in the Pipeline πŸ”—
Writer, Model View Culture

Get to Know: Women in Computing
Writer, University of Waterloo Women in Computer Science Club

2014

Tackling Mental Health in STEM Education

Speaker, NY PHP

Tackling Mental Health in STEM Education πŸ”—
Speaker, Women Who Code San Francisco

None of the Boys: Female Identity in STEM πŸ”—
Writer, Shameless Magazine

The Pressures of Success in Undergraduate Computer Science Programs πŸ”—
Writer, Model View Culture

Be bold, take flight β€” tryangles!