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Tech Queens podcast (2019–2020) empowered women of color in tech by sharing their stories, advice, and experiences.

Frances Coronel

I’m Frances Coronel, a Senior Software Engineer at Slack, speaker, and mentor passionate about building intuitive, high-impact experiences that help millions of people get work done efficiently. A proud Peruvian-American and Corgi mom based in the Bay Area, I love scuba diving, laughing with my partner Andrew, and unwinding with a good Netflix binge.

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September 13, 2022

🧭 ONWARD: A Framework for Maintaining Maintainers

A practical, people-centered framework for maintainers to foster openness, warmth, and sustainability in open source communities.

September 12, 2022

Resources for Breaking Into Tech

This post covers some resources for those trying to break into the tech industry.

July 29, 2022

Byteboard Retreat in Catskills

The Q3 2022 Byteboard Retreat focused on thinking and building on the company culture.

July 2, 2022

Salesforce Day 1 Web Campaign

I led members of my team to launch a number of different web updates for Day One of the Salesforce acquisition of Slack.

June 15, 2022

Featured in GitHub's ReadME Project

Shared my experience on building community, gaining social capital, and embracing my identity in open source.

June 14, 2022

5 Job Interview Questions Slack Asks Software Engineers

My insights into software engineering interviews at Slack were featured in an article published by Built In.