I have always had a passion for combining STEM and art. In high school, I was equally excited about my ceramics classes, as well as the math team. I loved finding ways to creatively express myself, but also solving problems and puzzles.
When I went off to college, I began by studying Astronomy and Spanish. However, as time went on, I stepped away from Astronomy and immersed myself more in language. I enjoyed how as my Spanish studies got more intensive, my connections to the world around me deepened.
I wasn’t sure what I wanted to do after college, but I knew that I wanted to do something which allowed me to help others. I began doing technical recruiting, and later transitioned into payroll. This eventually led to an opportunity to help open up the Denver office of a payroll/HR tech startup. I loved helping build the office, and eventually a new team in Denver. My role progressed into managing the resolution of large scale payroll tax issues. In this role I was solving complex puzzles, while also getting to work closely with our engineering teams to work together on solutions. I really enjoyed this work, especially knowing I was helping our small business customers, but over time I began to be more interested in the engineering side and wanted to be the one working in the code to not only fix issues, but help create an amazing experience for those that relied on our platform.
I started teaching myself some coding online, and finally discovered a field which would combine my interests by working to creatively solve problems. I knew that this was what I wanted to go into, and also knew I wanted to learn with a community that was equally as passionate about moving into software development, so I applied for Turing. I have loved the experience so far, and am excited to be able to move back into the tech industry as an individual who can help build software which makes the lives of those using that software a little easier.