Past Work

I've had the pleasure of working with companies who prioritise the web and care about web technologies, education and advocacy. Over the course of my career I've also gained a Masters of Science in Computer Science and a Google Developer Expert recognition in Web Privacy, Security and Authentication.

• blackgirl.tech

  Founder

  • Workshop facilitation in HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and Ruby for 100s of black non-binary people, girls, and women.
  • Corporate worksohops in diverse hiring practices
  • Created paid tuition and internship opportunities with partner org, 8th Light.

• Bocoup

  Web Platform Program Lead

  • Created the five year strategy for the Web Platform Bocoup at Bocoup with a focus on privacy, accessibility and interoperability.
  • Facilitating the standards specification contributions and writing by Bocoup engineers for AT-Driver and WebDriver BiDi.
  • Successfully acquired buy-in for the AT-Driver specification proposal within the W3C Browser Testing and Tools Working Group, resulting in its addition to the charter in 2024.
  • Stakeholder management for the ARIA, Browser Compact Data and WebDriver BiDi projects.
  • Active participation in standards and professional groups including the ARIA Community Group (W3C), Interop Group (independent), the Browser Testing and Tools Working Group (W3C).

• Lola's Lab

  Technologist

  • Workshop facilitation and speaking at: TechKnow Day 2021 - Global Privacy Control
  • Created a web platform curriculum for Kobo University.
  • Technical writing and educational content on WebRTC, Heroku Pipeline and CI, Rate Limiting in Heroku Platform API, etc
  • Founded blackgirl.tech (2014-2019), a non-profit focussed on upskilling Black girls, women and non-binary people to become software engineers.

• Open Web Docs

  Steering Committee Member

  • Project managed branding and website creation.
  • Created community engagement plan for 2021.
  • Contributed to MDN content strategy.
  • Wrote and published WebRTC tutorial to Mozilla Developer Network (MDN) Docs.
  • Led collaborative workshop at Write The Docs 2021 conference.

• Samsung

  Senior Web Developer Advocate

  • Represented Samsung in the W3C Privacy Community Group; giving feedback and questioning new privacy proposals; influencing the privacy considerations of the Samsung Internet browser based on standards.
  • Representing Samsung in the Open Web Docs Steering Committee.
  • Created educational series on online tracking for developers and lay-people; including topics such as Cookies, First-party vs Third-party, Moving on from Third-party Cookies, Topics API, and video content on potential privacy standards.
  • Published tutorials & explainers on platforms such as MDN (Building an Internet-Connected Phone with PeerJS) and the Samsung Internet Blog (Responsive Design: Dark Mode)

• W3C

  Titles

  • Invited Expert - ARIA Working Group (Active)
  • ARIA-AT Community Group Member (Active)
  • WebDX Community Group Member (Active)
  • Privacy Community Group Member (Inactive)
  • Co-Chiar of W3C Developer Council (Inactive)

  Contributions

  • Currently leading integration of APG patterns into MDN.
  • Talk: State of the Browser London 2024 - Improving Accessibility with ARIA-AT
  • Workshop: Class Central 2021 - Intro to W3C
  • Workshop: TPAC 2022 - Dev Council Breakout
  • Workshop: TPAC 2023 - Intro to AT-Driver Spec Breakout