MENTE Summit 2018

Naily Nevarez

Gerardo Rodriguez

Latinxs

in the

Creative & Tech Industry

Naily Nevarez

University of Oregon

About Me

Art & Technology major, Computer Info Tech and Business Administration minors

Third Year Student

What I do

MEChA - Latinx student organization

Majesty - Publication for Women of Color

Yanin Art - Personal Painting Shop

Future plans

- Graphic or Web Design Internship this summer

- Graduate Spring of 2019

- Career wise, I don't know yet!

How did I get here?

- Trial and error

- Pursuing my passions

- Taking chances

- Setting goals

What would I do differently?

- Start career search earlier (more time to get experience and develop career)

- Reach out to people in the field (questions, job shadow)

Gerardo Rodriguez

Name:

Occupation:

Front End Web Developer

Working at:

Cloud Four

www.cloudfour.com

I've had the pleasure to work with:

Always learning
Creative problem-solving
Work alone or as a team
Can work from anywhere
The whole world can see my work

What's fun about it?

What do you do again?

I write code using web programming languages to develop web applications and web sites.

HTML
CSS
Javascript

The three core web technologies:

My code looks like this:

export const actions = {
  async nuxtServerInit ({ commit }, { error }) {
    try {
      const { data } = await axios.get(DATA_URL);

      commit({
        type: SET_TEAM_DATA,
        data
      });

      commit({
        type: CALCULATE_TEAM_AVERAGES,
        data
      });

      commit({
        type: CALCULATE_TEAM_AVERAGE_RANKINGS,
        data
      });
    } catch ({ message }) {
      return error({ statusCode: 404, message });
    }
  }
};

That's cool, but... What does it look like in the end?

Love Has No Labels

Nike Pro 360 Fit System

The Kobe X

Wow, that's some neat looking projects.

Now I'm curious,

what's your story?

How did you get to where you are now?

Born in...

At the age of 10, moved to Hermiston, Oregon

Start working

after High School?

What about College?

University of Oregon

2001-2006

Art Institute of Portland

2007-2009

How did you become a developer?

Hermiston High School:

Drawing
Painting
Loved math

University of Oregon:

Architecture (left program 2nd year)
Drawing
Graphic Design
Short Films
Letterpress
Black & White Photography
Illustration
3-D Modeling
Animations
Built 1st web page!

Art Institute of Portland:

Typography
Web Design
Flash Development
Back-End Development
Front-End Development

What challenges have you experienced?

Many times I was the only Latino in my college classes. I found ways to fit in but I found myself seeking the support of other Latinxs.

Imposter Syndrome:

Originally called impostor phenomenon, impostor syndrome, as it's now usually called, is commonly understood as a false and sometimes crippling belief that one's successes are the product of luck or fraud rather than skill.

Source: merrian-webster.com