Valerie is a software generalist passionate about building people-first products and teams. That means she advocates for accessibility and inclusive design as critical to software delivery; she’s also constantly looking for ways to facilitate team cohesion and cross-disciplinary collaboration in service of that goal. She enjoys discovering and maximizing the strengths of both individuals and collectives.

While her motivations lead her to spend a majority of her time working with front-end technologies and user experiences, they also drive her enthusiasm for improving engineering effectiveness, particularly continuous delivery pipelines and test automation strategies.