Jen Looper is a creative technologist and educator with over 25 years' experience as a web and mobile developer and Developer Advocate. She is the Director of Developer Relations at Cloudinary and has worked as a software engineer and Developer Advocate at companies including Progress/Telerik and Microsoft and AWS, specializing in creating cross-platform mobile and web apps, technical curricula, and global communities. A published author, Jen has written Computer Science for Kids, a textbook aligned to CSTA standards for grades 6-8, as well as The Illustrated AWS Cloud, both published by Wiley. She's a multilingual multiculturalist with a passion for web technologies, applied machine learning and AI and discovering new things every day. With a PhD in medieval French literature, Jen's area of focus is curriculum development and the application of sound pedagogy to technical topics. Visit Jen's personal site at https://www.jenlooper.com.
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Pronouns: She/Her
Quote:
- Learn something new every day. Even if you never use it, you expanded your horizon a little bit more!
Managerial Philosophy:
- On our team, all ships rise together. I'll help you fill your sails!
