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Additional Experience Summary

Volunteer Experience

Code Louisville QA Mentor

  • Volunteering as a mentor for the QA Course offered by Code Louisville Opens in new window during the August 2022 session.
  • Plan to discuss my experience with Accessibility QA work during the session to introduce students to Accessibility early.

Code Louisville Front-End/Web Development Mentor

  • Volunteered as a mentor for the Front-End Web Development Course offered by Code Louisville Opens in new window starting with the May 2020 session.
  • The May 2020 session was the first virtual session due to the COVID-19 epidemic. As a result, the other mentors and I were given the opportunity to help shape how we would mentor virtually rather than in-person.
  • Built out a Front-End Development Wiki Opens in new window for all Front-End classes to make use of in my personal Repo. It was later copied over to the official Code Louisville GitHub Opens in new window so they could use it as the basis for their future documentation.
  • Lead the class in a discussion of Accessibility using my Introduction to Accessibility presentation, or as an open discussion.

Google Accessibility Trusted Tester

  • Participate in user research to provide Accessibility focused feedback on upcoming Google products and feature updates.
  • Received occassional compensation in the form of gift cards or free products to test.
  • Learn more, or apply to be a Google Trusted Tester program by visiting Google's Disability inclusion page Opens in new window.

Google Women Techmakers Ambassador

  • Participate in a worldwide community of tech leaders who are passionate about empowering their communities through organizing events, public speaking, creating content, and mentoring.
  • You can learn more about the Google Women Techmakers program Opens in new window on their page.
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Speaking Engagements

PowerPoints from presentations listed below are stored in my A11y-Materials GitHub repository Opens in new window.

Accessibility Testing 101

Pour One Out for A11y

  • Presented at the following location(s):
  • The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) have become the baseline for most Accessibility regulations and standards relating to digital content. WCAG is an expansive topic in and of itself. To help you get started on your journey to learning more; we will first start with the 4 core principles used to categorize the WCAG Guidelines, also known as the POUR Principles.

Accessible Support and Technology

  • Presented at 3 locations:
  • Sought to help people be more aware of how important accessibility is, teach ways they can keep accessibility in mind wherever they go, and make the entire subject a little less overwhelming.
  • Based off my personal experiences in academia and working at the American Printing House for the Blind in Louisville, KY.

Introduction to Accessibility

  • This is an updated version of my previous talk with new categories added and additional details not previously included.
  • Presented at following location(s):
  • A general overview of the topic of Accessibility. Covers the general idea of what Accessibility is, its importance, the value it has for everyone, and ways anyone can work towards improving it everywhere.
  • The Tech Foundations meetup was a shortened form of the presentation to account for me sharing the time with another speaker named Tyler Mullins, and to avoid excessive overlap between our presentations.
  • The CloudFit Software presentation was a shortened version I did to introduce some of my colleagues to ways they could improve accessibility in their work.

Networking for Personal and Professional Growth

  • Presented at following location(s):
  • The talk was a general overview of the benefits of Networking both on a professional and personal level.
  • Particularly focused on:
    • Personal and Professional networking are not always mutually exclusive.
    • Navigating barriers to networking that a person with PTSD, anxiety, or other accessibility concerns may face.
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Projects

CorgiDev Site

  • Project Location: CorgiDevSite repo on GitHubOpens in new window
  • Built using Visual Studio Code and Visual Studio Community.
  • This repo is where I store the code for this very site.
  • Site has been hosted through:
    • AWS S3 - January 2018 to April, 2020
    • Google Firebase - April 2020 to Current
  • While hosted through AWS, AWS Route 53 was used to allow use of my email in GSuite.
  • After the switch to Google Firebase for hosting, I now use GitHub Actions to automate deployment.

MyCamPost

  • Project Location: Campost Opens in new window
  • First project I worked on that used MVC.
  • Used HTML and CSS to help redesign the layout of the main page to include a search field with filters.
  • Also designed the layout of the results prior to the site being connected to a database.

CVE Search

  • Project Location: CVE_Search Repo on GitHub Opens in new window
  • Built using Python.
  • Downloads a CSV, edits the file, and then allows the user to search based on the CVE name.
  • Served as my project submission for the Code Louisville May 2020 Python Course.

Key Vault Expiration Notification

  • Project Location: Key-Vault-Expiration-Notification Repo on GitHub Opens in new window
  • Built using PowerShell.
  • Performs API calls to the Azure DevOps API.
  • Uses a WIQL query to search work items sent via API call.
  • Downloads a CSV, edits the file, and then allows the user to search based on the CVE name.
  • There are 2 main folders, AzureRunbook and LocalRun, and each contains 2 scripts.
    • AzureRunbook scripts are meant to be run in an Azure Runbook.
    • LocalRun scripts are capable of being run locally.
  • Of the 2 scripts in each folder, one checks for expiring Key Vault assets and sends email notifications as needed. The other does the same, but also creates Azure DevOps work items as needed and includes that information in the notifications sent.

Azure VM Snapshot

  • Project Location: AzureVMSnapshots Repo on GitHub Opens in new window
  • Built using PowerShell.
  • Allows for the creation and deletion of snapshots of Azure VM virtual disks.
  • Formatted to be used as an Azure Runbook script.
  • Gave me experience with a variety of environments beyond just the general commercial Azure environment.
  • Learned how to force TLS use.

Hyper-V VM Scripts

  • Project Location: Hyper-V-VM-Scripts Repo on GitHub Opens in new window
  • PowerShell scripts relating to the creation, configuration, and deletion of Hyper-V VMs.
  • Learned how to use Powershell to configure Windows Features and local Group Policy.
  • Handled issues relating to TPM and secure boot required by Windows 11.
  • Learned about issues relating to Hyper-V and Windows Hello in Windows 10/11.
  • Created initially as a way to have a separate VM so I could have a secure, separate environment for work on my personal machine.

ADO Powershell Scripts

  • Project Location: ADO-Powershell-Scripts Repo on GitHub Opens in new window
  • PowerShell scripts relating to Azure DevOps.
  • First script was one for creating work items for when you want to create a set of work items repeatedly. For example, if you have a set of repeat tasks you create every sprint.
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Certifications & Badges

Certification TitleDate IssuedIssued ByExpiration DateVerification InformationBadge or Icon
Accessibility in Action Badge April 27th, 2020 Microsoft Accesibility Opens in new window Not Applicable Verify Accessibility in Action on Credly Opens in new window Achievement in Accessibility - Accessibility in Action Badge
Trusted Tester July 8th, 2020 Department of Homeland Security Office of Accessible Systems & Technology Opens in new window Not Applicable Trusted Tester Certification Number: TT-2007-01048 Certified Department of Homeland Security Trusted Tester Badge
AZ-900: Azure Fundamentals Certification June 20th, 2021 Microsoft Opens in new window June 20th, 2023 Verify AZ-900 Certification on Credly Opens in new window Azure Fundamentals Badge
Diveristy, Equity, and Inclusion in the Workplace Certificate May 5th, 2021 University of South Florida Muma College of Business Opens in new window Not Applicable Verify Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion certificate on Credly Opens in new window Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Workplace badge
Inclusive and Ethical Leadership Certificate November 15th, 2021 University of South Florida Muma College of Business Opens in new window Not Applicable Verify Inclusive and Ethical Leadership Certificate on Credly Opens in new window Inclusive and Ethical Leadership badge
WAI0.1x: Introduction to Web Accessibility January 3rd, 2022 W3Cx Opens in new window Not Applicable Verify Introduction to Web Accessibility certificate on edX Opens in new window No badge available

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