JavaScript Auntie is here!
Find me on the interwebz at jenlooper.com or on Twitter @jenlooper. Pronouns are she/her.
Projects of Note:
I'm working on a textbook for kids in grades 6-8, published by Wiley, entitled Computer Science for Kids. Forthcoming in Spring 2023, it is alighted to CSTA standards and has a fun, game-driven storyline with bespoke print illustrations. Follow this project here.
Visit Snappy Squirrel online e-books for kids here.
Enjoy free Machine Learning zines!
Check out the Digital Humanities Toolkit, currently under development here.
Some fun facts:
✨ I am Head of Academic Advocacy at AWS.
✨ I worked at Microsoft for a while too, co-leading the Academic Team in DevRel among other activities.
✨ I teach at Boston University's Metropolitan School in the CS department.
✨ I have over 22 years' experience as a web and mobile developer, specializing in creating cross-platform mobile and web apps.
✨ I enjoy using machine learning solutions within a mobile and web context (applied ML).
✨ Mostly these days I build with Vue.js.
✨ I live in Wellesley, Massachusetts (USA) with my husband and am an empty nester with two adult daughters