Held a workshop on diversity in tech for underrepresented students.
Author: Frances Coronel
Frances Coronel is a software engineer specializing in UI development on the Customer Acquisition Team at Slack where her mission is to make your working life simpler, more pleasant, and more productive.
She has been working professionally as a developer since 2015 and holds a Bachelors in Computer Science from Hampton University and a Masters in Computer Science from Cornell Tech.
Outside of Slack, Frances is an Executive Director of Techqueria, a 501c3 nonprofit that serves the largest community of Latinx in Tech in the US.
She also supports Code Nation as a member of their Bay Area Leadership Council and the Latino Community Foundation as a member of their Latinos in Tech Giving Circle.
I was invited to speak on open source for NGINX and BrightTalk and shared my experiences as an open source maintainer and best practices encouraged by the devrel team at Slack.
Gave advice to University of Toronto students on software engineering career and how to prep for internships.
I was invited to speak on diversity in tech at Foothill College as part of their Tech for Social Good series.
I participated in a convention bringing together leaders in workforce development and technology sectors to examine multiple topics in the tech sector.
I was featured in Slack’s blog for my work with Slack’s Latinx & Hispanic ERG, Fuego, which I helped launch during the pandemic.
I was featured in the NextGen Collective newsletter under Latinx to Watch.
Asana learning talk highlights messages from members about how Techqueria has helped them with their professional paths.
I was given the “Connector Award” in The Buildies Awards. I was given the award by Commsor for being a community builder that brings people…
Interviewed on “From the Source” Podcast, a podcast featuring a collection of true stories from tech veterans and the wide array of their day-to-day challenges.