About

Olá 👋🏾

I’m Isabel, a Software Engineer from Portugal 🇵🇹. I enjoy giving back to the community by helping people get started with Open Source and in tech through mentorship.

I’m currently working as a Software Engineer at Deliveroo in the UK. I’m focused on backend engineering. Previously, I worked as a full-stack and Android developer.

I volunteer as a mentor and instructor at As Raparigas de Código community. Previously, I also had the pleasure of mentoring 4 students from Black CodHer coding bootcamp.

Previously, I was an admin at AnitaB.org Open Source community and a GitHub Star. I maintained its projects including both backend and android repositories of the Mentorship System. What I’ve enjoyed the most about being a maintainer was managing the project contributions and, at the same time, guiding newcomers making their first contribution to open source, while providing a safe environment for them to learn, with help from the community.

Occasionally, I write blog posts ✍🏾 and present talks 🎙️. I also do other volunteer work 👐🏾 via mostly mentoring.

🎲 If I could share something, that I think does good for the world, it would be Special Books by Special Kids youtube channel.

✉️ Want to reach out to me? You can reach me on LinkedIn or Twitter.