Hey there! I'm Paula :)

I've been working as a frontend developer for the past 12 years. I witnessed the jQuery/AngularJS frenzy and OOCSS, and I've experienced the loss of Google Reader, Geocities, and Orkut, as well as the rise of ReactJS.

I fell in love with the Web in the late 90s, browsing through shrines, blogs, Altavista, Cadê (for my Brazilian friends), and Yahoo Games. I dabbled with Microsoft FrontPage, built a website about anime, hosted it on Geocities, and decided that I wanted to work on building websites when I was only 14. However, that wasn't a common career path in Brazil at the time, so like most things, it was just a dream for a poor kid. It's incredible to think that 20 years later, I have had the opportunity to create web experiences for companies like Vimeo, Planned Parenthood, and Epic Games.

Random Facts #

• I've played drums for 15 years at church.
• I love karaoke night.
• Recently discovered Critical Role and fell in love with TTRPG.
• I have a degree in Advertising and worked with that for a few years before switching to tech.
• My favorite animals are owls and penguins.
• I love crafting games like Stardew Valley and simulators like Euro Truck.
• Scorpio sun, Virgo rising and Cancer moon.
• Melancholic/coleric.

Inspirations #

This is heavily inspired by the work done by Sara Soueidan, Tania Rascia, Lea Verou, Maggie Appleton and Andy Bell.