About me
I am excited to bring my passion for problem solving and drive to find answers to the field of software engineering. Helping my team work through errors, tackle a bug or using TDD (Test Driven Development) to create a thorough test suite and guide code creation is what brings me the most fulfillment as a backend developer.
My time at Turing has taught me that I am tenacious and this is just the start of my tech journey. Using Ruby on Rails I helped create projects that build and consume API's, work with relational databases and restructured a monolith application into micro-services. While working solo has it's own perks, I prefer collaborating with a group, promoting a positive work culture and helping my teammates grow. Supporting my cohort mates with troubleshooting, helping them learning a new skill and watching them succeed is one of the most rewarding experiences I have had.
Before transitioning into software development I spent over 2 decades in the veterinary industry as a veterinary technician. I used a variety of modalities and management practices to improve the quality of life of patients, owners, coworkers and enhance the human/animal bond. My curiosity and love for animal welfare, medicine and owner empowerment/education drove me to pursue additional licensing and a certification in canine physical rehabilitation.
Preferred locations
- Bend, OR
Previous industries
Skills
Currently learning
Projects
Board Together
Board Together
Tools Used
Board Together is a full stack application that allows a user to search for board games, add them to their collection, share their games with other users and borrow games from other users.
This was a collaborative project created with the combined efforts of front end and back end teams.
As part of the back end team, we utilized Rails/GraphQL to consume a 3rd party API for a board game search and created a micro-service API for the front end team to consume.
![Screenshot detail for project Board Together](https://terminal.turing.edu/rails/active_storage/representations/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBBbUZMIiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--beed5cc77f0f95a3bb7f1da57ea0c20232f47867/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaDdCem9MWm05eWJXRjBTU0lJY0c1bkJqb0dSVlE2RW5KbGMybDZaVjkwYjE5bWFYUmJCMmtDSUFOcEFsZ0MiLCJleHAiOm51bGwsInB1ciI6InZhcmlhdGlvbiJ9fQ==--2f17d7aa4c6dab9e37d7af2bdbb7d452b5fd576d/Screenshot%202023-02-24%20at%201.12.52%20PM.png)
![Screenshot thumbnail #1 for project Board Together](https://terminal.turing.edu/rails/active_storage/representations/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBBbUZMIiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--beed5cc77f0f95a3bb7f1da57ea0c20232f47867/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaDdCem9MWm05eWJXRjBTU0lJY0c1bkJqb0dSVlE2RW5KbGMybDZaVjkwYjE5bWFYUmJCMmtDSUFOcEFsZ0MiLCJleHAiOm51bGwsInB1ciI6InZhcmlhdGlvbiJ9fQ==--2f17d7aa4c6dab9e37d7af2bdbb7d452b5fd576d/Screenshot%202023-02-24%20at%201.12.52%20PM.png)
![Screenshot thumbnail #2 for project Board Together](https://terminal.turing.edu/rails/active_storage/representations/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBBbUpMIiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--4d83a22bc6a3d4894d71283f39dc98802cda00b4/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaDdCem9MWm05eWJXRjBTU0lJY0c1bkJqb0dSVlE2RW5KbGMybDZaVjkwYjE5bWFYUmJCMmtDSUFOcEFsZ0MiLCJleHAiOm51bGwsInB1ciI6InZhcmlhdGlvbiJ9fQ==--2f17d7aa4c6dab9e37d7af2bdbb7d452b5fd576d/Screenshot%202023-02-24%20at%201.13.08%20PM.png)
![Screenshot thumbnail #3 for project Board Together](https://terminal.turing.edu/rails/active_storage/representations/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBBbU5MIiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--f920de0762a62f911e9f017f3a1de0a91052ab71/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaDdCem9MWm05eWJXRjBTU0lJY0c1bkJqb0dSVlE2RW5KbGMybDZaVjkwYjE5bWFYUmJCMmtDSUFOcEFsZ0MiLCJleHAiOm51bGwsInB1ciI6InZhcmlhdGlvbiJ9fQ==--2f17d7aa4c6dab9e37d7af2bdbb7d452b5fd576d/Screenshot%202023-02-24%20at%201.13.28%20PM.png)
![Screenshot thumbnail #4 for project Board Together](https://terminal.turing.edu/rails/active_storage/representations/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBBbVJMIiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--27aae9cd7d8124c34e457989fff57f2beaecd354/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaDdCem9MWm05eWJXRjBTU0lJY0c1bkJqb0dSVlE2RW5KbGMybDZaVjkwYjE5bWFYUmJCMmtDSUFOcEFsZ0MiLCJleHAiOm51bGwsInB1ciI6InZhcmlhdGlvbiJ9fQ==--2f17d7aa4c6dab9e37d7af2bdbb7d452b5fd576d/Screenshot%202023-02-24%20at%201.33.45%20PM.png)
Bīk-n-Brü
Bīk-n-Brü
Tools Used
An app created to encourage people to ride bikes to breweries to decrease their carbon footprint by gamifying the experience.
![Screenshot detail for project Bīk-n-Brü](https://terminal.turing.edu/rails/active_storage/representations/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBBdHRJIiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--7ba536908fd237924587ef2027167e425fd69398/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaDdCem9MWm05eWJXRjBTU0lJY0c1bkJqb0dSVlE2RW5KbGMybDZaVjkwYjE5bWFYUmJCMmtDSUFOcEFsZ0MiLCJleHAiOm51bGwsInB1ciI6InZhcmlhdGlvbiJ9fQ==--2f17d7aa4c6dab9e37d7af2bdbb7d452b5fd576d/Screenshot%202023-01-28%20at%207.42.33%20PM.png)
![Screenshot thumbnail #1 for project Bīk-n-Brü](https://terminal.turing.edu/rails/active_storage/representations/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBBdHRJIiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--7ba536908fd237924587ef2027167e425fd69398/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaDdCem9MWm05eWJXRjBTU0lJY0c1bkJqb0dSVlE2RW5KbGMybDZaVjkwYjE5bWFYUmJCMmtDSUFOcEFsZ0MiLCJleHAiOm51bGwsInB1ciI6InZhcmlhdGlvbiJ9fQ==--2f17d7aa4c6dab9e37d7af2bdbb7d452b5fd576d/Screenshot%202023-01-28%20at%207.42.33%20PM.png)
![Screenshot thumbnail #2 for project Bīk-n-Brü](https://terminal.turing.edu/rails/active_storage/representations/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBBdHhJIiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--750a924b5774c228dd358dee5961714ccef821d6/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaDdCem9MWm05eWJXRjBTU0lJY0c1bkJqb0dSVlE2RW5KbGMybDZaVjkwYjE5bWFYUmJCMmtDSUFOcEFsZ0MiLCJleHAiOm51bGwsInB1ciI6InZhcmlhdGlvbiJ9fQ==--2f17d7aa4c6dab9e37d7af2bdbb7d452b5fd576d/Screenshot%202023-01-28%20at%207.42.59%20PM.png)
![Screenshot thumbnail #3 for project Bīk-n-Brü](https://terminal.turing.edu/rails/active_storage/representations/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBBdDFJIiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--b2b1ce34a3098b044bbca134cf64d67508f54b88/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaDdCem9MWm05eWJXRjBTU0lJY0c1bkJqb0dSVlE2RW5KbGMybDZaVjkwYjE5bWFYUmJCMmtDSUFOcEFsZ0MiLCJleHAiOm51bGwsInB1ciI6InZhcmlhdGlvbiJ9fQ==--2f17d7aa4c6dab9e37d7af2bdbb7d452b5fd576d/Screenshot%202023-01-28%20at%207.46.05%20PM.png)
![Screenshot thumbnail #4 for project Bīk-n-Brü](https://terminal.turing.edu/rails/active_storage/representations/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBBdDVJIiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--bd83e3ddc61fc2c4a048d2206d24fdb0f08ae635/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaDdCem9MWm05eWJXRjBTU0lJY0c1bkJqb0dSVlE2RW5KbGMybDZaVjkwYjE5bWFYUmJCMmtDSUFOcEFsZ0MiLCJleHAiOm51bGwsInB1ciI6InZhcmlhdGlvbiJ9fQ==--2f17d7aa4c6dab9e37d7af2bdbb7d452b5fd576d/Screenshot%202023-01-28%20at%207.47.13%20PM.png)
Lunch and Learn
Lunch and Learn
Tools Used
Consuming API's and building an API backend micro-service to meet the needs of a front end application.
![Screenshot detail for project Lunch and Learn](https://terminal.turing.edu/rails/active_storage/representations/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBBdFZJIiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--4527ea3e8806417e5ff3fdac99cbf904e4d745b0/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaDdCem9MWm05eWJXRjBTU0lJY0c1bkJqb0dSVlE2RW5KbGMybDZaVjkwYjE5bWFYUmJCMmtDSUFOcEFsZ0MiLCJleHAiOm51bGwsInB1ciI6InZhcmlhdGlvbiJ9fQ==--2f17d7aa4c6dab9e37d7af2bdbb7d452b5fd576d/Screenshot%202023-01-28%20at%207.22.46%20PM.png)
![Screenshot thumbnail #1 for project Lunch and Learn](https://terminal.turing.edu/rails/active_storage/representations/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBBdFZJIiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--4527ea3e8806417e5ff3fdac99cbf904e4d745b0/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaDdCem9MWm05eWJXRjBTU0lJY0c1bkJqb0dSVlE2RW5KbGMybDZaVjkwYjE5bWFYUmJCMmtDSUFOcEFsZ0MiLCJleHAiOm51bGwsInB1ciI6InZhcmlhdGlvbiJ9fQ==--2f17d7aa4c6dab9e37d7af2bdbb7d452b5fd576d/Screenshot%202023-01-28%20at%207.22.46%20PM.png)
![Screenshot thumbnail #2 for project Lunch and Learn](https://terminal.turing.edu/rails/active_storage/representations/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBBdFpJIiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--dc4542e6233f7b1597a1d9d7038739d1652e2c31/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaDdCem9MWm05eWJXRjBTU0lJY0c1bkJqb0dSVlE2RW5KbGMybDZaVjkwYjE5bWFYUmJCMmtDSUFOcEFsZ0MiLCJleHAiOm51bGwsInB1ciI6InZhcmlhdGlvbiJ9fQ==--2f17d7aa4c6dab9e37d7af2bdbb7d452b5fd576d/Screenshot%202023-01-28%20at%207.23.03%20PM.png)
![Screenshot thumbnail #3 for project Lunch and Learn](https://terminal.turing.edu/rails/active_storage/representations/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBBdHBJIiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--fcc8081fc939fec817d40f7e9a0ae439fcf48e09/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaDdCem9MWm05eWJXRjBTU0lJY0c1bkJqb0dSVlE2RW5KbGMybDZaVjkwYjE5bWFYUmJCMmtDSUFOcEFsZ0MiLCJleHAiOm51bGwsInB1ciI6InZhcmlhdGlvbiJ9fQ==--2f17d7aa4c6dab9e37d7af2bdbb7d452b5fd576d/Screenshot%202023-01-28%20at%207.35.51%20PM.png)