#accessibility

Manjula loves contributing to OSS in her free time. She loves teaching and believes it is best way to learn more and more. She is one of the organisers for React India.

Software Engineer that used to build stand alone applications for data processing and mission planning systems turned into a Full-Stack Developer working with Test Driven Development, XP and Pair Programming. Also a Mom.

Scott is an accessibility specialist at Shopify. He spends his days auditing web properties and native apps, reviewing code, and discussing inclusive design principles with designers, developers, content authors, partners, support, and legal teams. In his spare time Scott runs an online store and writes about web accessibility at ScottVinkle.me. He also enjoys snowboarding in the winter and mountain biking in the summer. He lives in Ajax ON with his wife and two children.

Ava Wroten has been building ambitious EmberJS apps for over eight years. She's built health education software at Eyemaginations (now called Rendia), banking and account opening software at Q2, budgeting software for K-12 educators at Allovue, and now she is connecting students to employers at SkillsEngine. With a passion for frontend web apps, Ava is excited for the future of the web as a platform to deliver innovation that betters people's everyday lives.

In her 18 years in the software industry, Bonnie has discovered that she loves all things testing (how great is it when testing reveals exactly what you need to fix about your refactor or new feature?). She's particularly devoted to Test Driven Development for its emphasis on planning before coding. Bonnie is equally passionate about teaching, and she's pleased as punch to be producing online content full time. She feels weird writing about herself in the third person.

Jen Luker is a Sr. Frontend Engineer, conference speaker, and BookBytes podcast co-host. She has spent the majority of her career as a full-stack developer using PHP, Javascript, and CSS, but has a particular fondness for frontend technologies. She is an advocate for both accessibility, and processes that make doing the right thing easy and the wrong thing hard. When she's not exploring solutions, learning new technologies, or reading, Jen's spare time is spent spinning yarn from raw wool and knitting; she's even been known to 3D print her own tools for the job. She is also fascinated by all things space, antique cars, and IoT.

Sophie is a software developer at Donut where she champions testing and accessibility. And ensures there's a steady supply of office donuts.

Lainey Feingold is a disability rights lawyer in the United States who has worked to make the digital world more inclusive since 1995 and negotiated the first web accessibility agreement in the United States in 2000. Lainey is an international speaker and the Digital Accessibility Resource for the global business to business non-profit Disability:IN. Lainey believes in collaboration over conflict. She developed and practices Structured Negotiation, a problem-solving strategy that avoids lawsuits and focuses on lasting change and relationship-building in the digital accessibility space. She is the author of Structured Negotiation: A Winning Alternative to Lawsuits.

Senior engineer leading accessibility at Discord. React.js core collaborator once upon a time.

Yuraima Estevez is Frontend Development Manager at Shopify. She cares deeply about building open source tools, teaches developers how to create inclusive apps, and is a co-organizer for the useReactNYC meetup. Her superpower is saying hello to every dog she sees, and her current obsession is her Stardew Valley farm.

Steven is the primary developer on axe-core. He enjoys working on an open-source product that contributes to a more accessible web and loves chasing down performance improvements. In his free time, he develops accessible JavaScript games and participates in game jams.

A frontend developer in Toronto.

Senior Software Engineer | GraphQL & React advocate | TC39 delegate | Conference speaker | EggHead instructor | Tech blogger | Content creator

Eva is a Front-End developer who loves cats and makes many Harry Potter jokes. From Buenos Aires, Argentina Eva enjoys making websites and teaching HTML, CSS, SVG and JavaScript. Eva loves the challenge of developing fast, accessible and responsive interfaces, layouts and animations. CSSConf Argentina organizer.

Solutions Architect, working with web development and cloud, in a news media outlet in Brazil with technologies such as TypeScript, NextJS, Node.js, GraphQL, AWS Amplify and the bazillion other AWS services.

Sandrina is a Frontend Engineer who helps turn ideas into accessible experiences. Within the React ecosystem, she’s been shrinking the gap between Engineering and Product design. Currently she’s doing that at Remote as a Team Leader. Along the journey, she’s has been raising awareness of why Web Accessibility is part of our duties as web creators.

Asaf is the front end tech lead @Evinced, with 10+ years of experience in web development, including: frontend, backend and test automation, and a special place in his heart for shiny CI pipelines. After spending a year and a half traveling with his wife and 2 young kids (now 3, Mazal Tov) in the far east, he came back to create state of the art accessibility tools for developers. In his spare time he loves reading Harry Potter with his daughter, mentoring junior devs, and making Pitas on the Saj.

Hi, I'm Alessandro, a software developer from London. I build a mobile app at Formidable using React Native. I truly believe it is our responsibility to push for accessibility to be considered first-class citizens in our development flow.

Hi, I'm Josefine ✌️ DevRel Engineer at Storyblok, GirlCode Ambassador & Accessibility Advocate.