Press

Interviews or mentions in the media outside of this blog. 📰️

I've been highlighted outside of this blog 25 times so far.

Strive Community Update - Spotlights

Highlighted in the first quarterly Strive Community Update.

📅️Thu, Oct 31, 2019

Alumni Society - Member Spotlight

The Alumni Society is a network of mid-to senior-level Latino leaders who graduated from the country’s top universities. This network offers exclusive …

📅️Wed, Oct 23, 2019

ABC7 News - Latino Heritage Month

Featured in ABC7 for my work with Techqueria

📅️Mon, Sep 23, 2019

📖2 min read ∙ 322 words

Turning Failure into Fuego

I was the event lead for an event hosted by Slack Earthtones and The Latinx Collective 🔥

📅️Wed, Jul 10, 2019

📖6 min read ∙ 1109 words

🗺️Slack HQ - San Francisco, CA

Amplify Issue 10

Apprenticeships.me was featured in Amplify's newsletter

📅️Thu, May 9, 2019

Sentry Open Source Grant

My application for Techqueria ended up being the recipient of the first Sentry Open Source Grant of $10,000.

📅️Thu, Mar 21, 2019

Latinxs Who Code

A living directory of thriving Latinx software engineers.

📅️Thu, Dec 27, 2018

LatinaGeeks | National STEM Day: Latinas Breaking Down Barriers In Technology

The Mujerista is an online based space that shares stories and experiences that impact, empower, and celebrate Latinas.

📅️Thu, Nov 8, 2018

The Mujerista | Being a Latina in Tech

The Mujerista is an online based space that shares stories and experiences that impact, empower, and celebrate Latinas.

📅️Thu, Nov 8, 2018

Twilio's Signal

It's not about APIs. It's not about bots and telephones. It's about making technology do things it was never supposed to do. It's about making magic, …

📅️Thu, Oct 18, 2018

🗺️Bill Graham Civic Auditorium - San Francisco, CA

Code Like A Girl | Q: How can I get paid to mentor others?

I wrote an article for one of Medium's top 100 publications on finding programs that pay you to mentor others as they learn how to code. 💸

📅️Sun, Oct 14, 2018

Course Report - Where Are They Now?

Featured in a blog post catching up with four bootcamp alumni to see how our careers have grown. 🤔

📅️Thu, Oct 4, 2018

Daily.co Testimonial

Daily.co is a new kind of video calling. 📹

📅️Tue, Oct 2, 2018

The Latinx Collective: Issue 19

The Latinx Collective is a newsletter written by Elisabeth Rosario that offers a refreshing look at the every day contributions and achievements of …

📅️Fri, Sep 28, 2018

People of Color in Tech - Interview

Featured on the POCIT blog on my journey in tech. 💬️

📅️Tue, Sep 11, 2018

Women Who Code Newsletter - CODE Review

Women Who Code mentioned my transition to Slack in their CODE Review newsletter. 👏🏽️

📅️Tue, Jul 24, 2018

Tower 3.0 Testimonial

Provided a testimonial for Tower 3.0, a product I use proudly.

📅️Tue, Jun 26, 2018

Project Alloy Annual Report

My testimonial was featured in Project Alloy's annual report for 2017 to 2018.

📅️Tue, May 22, 2018

TechHire Oakland Volunteer Model

I volunteered to be a part of a photo shoot for TechHire's new website and am now featured there!

📅️Fri, Apr 13, 2018

RevolutionConf

RevolutionConf is a one-day, platform and language agnostic, software development conference being held on May 13, 2016 in Virginia Beach, VA.

📅️Fri, May 13, 2016

📖4 min read ∙ 781 words

🗺️Virginia Beach Resort Hotel - Virginia Beach, Virginia

InNOVAtion Hackathon

My first speaking event at an MLH hackathon!

📅️Sat, Apr 9, 2016

📖3 min read ∙ 466 words

🗺️Northern Virginia Community College - Springfield, VA

Course Report | Alumni Spotlight

Course Report blogged about my coding bootcamp experience with Fullstack Academy's Summer of Code.

📅️Mon, Mar 7, 2016

Course Report | 6 Must-Read Bootcamp Blogs

Course Report blogged about the most recommended alumni blogs to check out from top coding bootcamps. My blog was the first mentioned!

📅️Mon, Oct 5, 2015

Interview with DevLeague

My interview with DevLeague.

📅️Tue, Jan 6, 2015

📖6 min read ∙ 1075 words

Stardust - Book Review

People can go through great lengths for 'true love'. ⭐

📅️Thu, Mar 1, 2012

📖3 min read ∙ 587 words

✒️ Author

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 has both a Bachelors and Masters in Computer Science.

Frances is also the Co-Director of Techqueria, a 501c3 nonprofit that serves the largest community for Latinx in Tech in the US and the host of Tech Queens, the first podcast that focuses on the stories and advice shared by women of color in tech.

Her passions outside of work include contributing to open-source, public speaking and mentoring other people of color in tech.

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