A very determined Junior Software Developer from a hospitality and retail background recently graduated from Makers Academy who enjoys constant learning, attending workshops, and improving her programming skills.
I have always had a passion for Tech, but I never knew what path was right for me. After travelling for over ten years around the world, I decided to settle down in London, start thinking about changing career, and work towards this new goal.
I started teaching myself how to code, following some free courses, completing katas, joining coding communities, and watching many tutorials on youtube.
In August 2021, I was offered the chance to volunteer for GenSpec for a side project. That was my first experience working in an agile dev team.
From November 2021 to February 2022, I attended Makers Academy, where I consolidated my knowledge of Ruby and JavaScript, learnt new frameworks, solidified best practices and processes used in Software Development, helped my teams succeed, and provided mentorship to some fellow students.
I'm looking forward to working for an enthusiastic, diverse engineering team where I can learn from, provide solutions and contribute to its success.
Projects * Skills * Education * Experience * Interests
| Project name | Description | Technologies |
|---|---|---|
| Quizzical | Last solo project from Scrimba React course. Practicing everything learnt so far. Getting data from the Open Trivia Database API. | React & CSS |
| Tenzies Game | Another exercise from Scrimba React course. Practicing using some hooks such as useState and useEffect. Deployed on Netlify. | React & CSS |
| My Travel Journal | Mini exercise from Scrimba React course. Practicing using props and transfering data. | React & CSS |
| Business Card | Mini exercise from Scrimba React course. Practicing working with React components | React & CSS |
 Wormz |
Final group project at Makers: a 2D web game based on the existing Worms game. Also deployed on heroku. | JavaScript, P5, Matter.js, Node.js, Express, HTML5, CSS3, Mocha, Chai |
 GemJunkies |
Engineering group project II - Facebook clone with our own bubblegum design. Deployed on heroku. | Ruby, Rails, JavaScript, HTML5, SCSS, Bulma, PostgreSQL, Rspec |
| Chitter Challenge | Twitter clone. Login and Sign up designs are as close as possible to the original Twitter. | Ruby, HTML5, CSS3, PostgreSQL, Sinatra, Rspec |
| InCanterbury (private) | Work in progress. Mobile app for businesses in Canterbury. Only the back-end is completed right now. | Node JS, TypeScript, Express, Firebase, NPM, Jest |
| My GOTC Accounts | A simple mobile app where you can add and edit accounts owned in GOTC mobile game. | Flutter, Dart, Firebase |
| Travel Advice Form page, Technical Doc page | Some simple web pages built on Codepen while practicing web designing. | HTML5, CSS3 |
Ordered chronologically from latest project.
Since I was studying in Italy up to now, I have changed so many jobs.
My first job in London was behind the bar, and I had to learn everything in two weeks. I had no prior experience preparing drinks, but I managed.
During my ten years exploring the world, I worked an average of six months in between travels. When I was in Vancouver, I got promoted to a supervisory role after only two months. I quickly understand processes and procedures in a company and apply them.
When I started volunteering at GenSpec, I barely knew what APIs meant. After the first meeting and researching all the techs we were about to use I was able to create my first Firebase function with TypeScript and test it successfully in few days (with Jest).
I have attended many free online courses before joining Makers to learn the fundamentals of coding languages.
Tech is second nature to me. Since I was a kid I have always loved building, destroying and re-building. My inquisitive mind on how things work makes finding solutions easier.
Family and friends often ask me for advices on how to fix or use their devices.
When I was working for Getir (startup) as a Team Leader, problems would come up non-stop and I had to solve issues constantly. Our store was one with the best KPIs in the company.
There were quite a few times during my time at Makers where I got a bit stuck (even during pairing), but I never gave up. The fact that something isn't working as intended is a big challenge that I feel the need to solve. And I did 98% of the time only by researching.
In the ten years travelling, I have greatly improved my communication skills personally and professionally. It is a neverending journey.
I am a great listener and observer. Working in customer-focused jobs, I had to deal with so many people every day while staying calm.
In Getir, I had to manage a team of over 20 colleagues. Employees would call every day with new issues and requests. With active listening, empathy, and organisational skills, I was able to maintain a happy team.
I have trained many colleagues in previous roles or explained how things work to fellow students (even during the Makers pre-course). I often received positive feedback and helped many people get unstuck.
MAKERS ACADEMY (London, Oct 21 - Feb 22)
16 week Software Development Bootcamp
- Pair-programmed daily in order to solve weekly challenges.
- TDD constantly in order to improve code quality. (Rspec, Jest)
- Followed effective debugging processes.
- Learnt to use other frameworks such as Rails.
- Reviewed someone's else code weekly and gave feedback.
- Utilised MVC pattern, databases, HTTP requests, APIs.
- Worked on 3 engineering group projects, requiring teamwork, research, planning and communication.
FREECODECAMP, CODECADEMY AND UDEMY (London, 2020-2021)
Various coding courses: Ruby, HTML5, CSS3, JS, React, Flutter and Dart.
- Learnt the basics of each language/framework.
- Joined a community of self-learners on discord where we helped each other when stuck.
- Attended workshops and a hackathon organised by Codecademy.
LORENZO LOTTO INSTITUTE (Italy, 1999 - 2004)
Diploma in Tourism. 3 A-levels equivalent.
- Included: English, French, Math, ICT, Economics, Business Relations.
GENSPEC Ltd (London, 2021)
Full Stack Mobile App Development - volunteering
- Wrote effective APIs. (Node.js, Express, Typescript and Firebase)
- Tested APIs to ensure responsiveness and efficiency. (Jest and Postman)
- Learnt a new framework. (Dart/Flutter)
- Attended weekly meetings.
GETIR (London, Feb 2021 - Jun 2021)
Store Team Leader
- Managed the day-to-day running of the dark store, meeting health & safety standards, managing stock deliveries, staff schedules, and more.
- Ensured all store operational goals, policies and procedures were met and maintained. Constantly ranked "top store performance" since opening.
- Maintained high levels of customer satisfaction: 4.3/5 feedback rating.
Technologies used: Google Sheets, Slack, Zoom.
COMPASS Group/HCA UK (London, Dec 2015 - Aug 2020)
Catering Supervisor
- Analysed catering bookings and liaised with staff to set up equipment and supplies to meet client expectations.
- Communicated with managers of other departments and suppliers to review catering goals, schedule events and carry out catering needs as contracted.
- Cut spending through effective inventory management and supply sourcing.
Technologies used: MS Excel, Windows, internal software.
- World Travelling: visited 54 countries so far, and lived in 8.
- Documentaries and videos on youtube.
- Drawing: especially portraits.
- Photography: especially when travelling, but even now I enjoy taking photos around London.
- Coffee - I worked as a barista for quite some time in the past. I am very proud of my barista skills, and I particularly loved Latte Art. I watched many youtube videos to improve my skills and make many customers happy.
- Play mobile games such as Game of Thrones Conquest that requires strategy and teamwork.