How Mentorship Helped Me Grow (and Get Promoted)
Mentorship has been the biggest lever in my career growth—helping me level up, get promoted, and step into leadership.
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Call of the Roach 🪳
This is a short story I wrote after my father passed away and I was back home helping my mom. Writing this story helped me process the grief I was feeling.
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Resources for Laid Off Software Engineers
Sharing a larger list of resources for laid off software engineers to help with their job search.
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The Unicorn Engineer — Issue #3
In this newsletter, I'll share personal and career learnings, advice, collaboration opportunities, and more. 📨
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Will the Whiteboard Test Become a Thing of the Past?
I was interviewed for an article on how a growing number of companies are using an alternative interview process for software engineers.
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The Unicorn Engineer — Issue #2
In this newsletter, I'll share personal and career learnings, advice, collaboration opportunities, and more. 📨
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Learning Resources for the JavaScript & React Newbie
This list covers different resources I can personally vouch for and would recommend to a JavaScript and React newbie.
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The Art of Raising Your Career Visibility
For Latinx Heritage Month, I was invited to speak on my experiences in tech and my take on DEI and leadership in tech as a woman of color.
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The Unicorn Engineer — Issue #1
Kicking off The Unicorn Engineer — a newsletter about tech, culture, and growth from a Latina software engineer at Slack. 🌈💻
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🧭 ONWARD: A Framework for Maintaining Maintainers
A practical, people-centered framework for maintainers to foster openness, warmth, and sustainability in open source communities.
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Resources for Breaking Into Tech
This post covers some resources for those trying to break into the tech industry.
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Asana Case Study on Techqueria
Participated in case study on how Techqueria builds social capital for Latinx in Tech using Asana to scale efforts.
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How Traditional Technical Interviews Impact Diversity
Interviewed for a podcast focused on software developers and shared my thoughts on the technical interview.
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Accepted to On Deck Engineering Fellowship
I was invited to be a founding fellow of On Deck’s new Engineering Fellowship.
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Latinas From The Block To The Boardroom
The tipping point of tech to hide behind the "pipeline issue" is over with social justice.
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How Slack ERGs stay connected during remote work
I was featured in Slack's blog for my work with Slack's Latinx & Hispanic ERG, Fuego, which I helped launch during the pandemic.
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Leadership Boot Camp from CEN
Took a nonprofit course through the Center for Nonprofit Excellence so I can better understand how to govern Techqueria as Executive Director.
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Coaching Sessions with Dr. Christina Villarreal
Dr. Christina Villarreal is an executive leadership coach, organizational leadership trainer and UC Berkeley professor in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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Stay in the Loop ✍🏽
I share what I’m learning about bringing AI agents to whole companies, for engineers and everyone else. Follow along for more.