Lorena Mesa
Latinx technologist dedicated to building responsible, ethical tech. Python educator. Frequent conference speaker. Former Chairperson at Python Software Foundation. Abides by the motto to Python, live long, and prosper.
- Role
- Senior Software Engineer at CoBank
- Location
- Chicago, IL, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Lorena Mesa
I’m an open source advocate, a data engineer and data scientist, Python educator, conference speaker, and a supporter of responsible, ethical technology. I make it simple for people to discover, use, and contribute to open source by creating tech that enables you to sort through the noise and find projects that speak to you. Connecting the public to open source enables everyone to become a technical creator thereby democratizing open source and the communities that use them.My goal is simple - to leave more behind than I take by making free, accessible, open source software available to all to use and to contribute to.
Experience
Senior Software Engineer
Mar 2025 — Present · Denver, CO, US
Education
University of Illinois Chicago
Master of Arts (M.A.), Latin American and Latino Studies
Dev Bootcamp
Web Development
Georgetown University School of Continuing Studies
Certificate, Data Science
Northwestern University
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Political Science & International Studies
Skills
- Fundraising
- Social Media
- Public Policy
- Css
- Ruby
- Strategic Communications
- Ruby on Rails
- Rspec
- Qualitative Research
- Critical Thinking
- Blogging
- Research
- Web Development
- Test Driven Development
- Teaching
- Sql
- Data Analysis
- Community Outreach
- Community Development
- Politics
- International Relations
- Mongodb
- Public Speaking
- Leadership
- Grant Writing
- Agile Web Development
- Jquery UI
- Jasmine
- Sinatra
- Social Media Marketing
- Analysis
- Github
- Nosql
- Python
- Volunteer Management
- Css3
- Javascript
- Html
- Spanish
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