I am a Web Developer and Accessibility Specialist based in the San Francisco Bay Area, helping build an inclusive web.
Most recently, I served as a Senior Accessibility Architect in the streaming and entertainment industry, driving accessibility improvements across Web and TV applications. Over my career, I have contributed to hundreds of websites and apps in industries such as healthcare, food, retail, and finance. For more about my skills and qualifications, check out my resume .
Outside of work, you can find me taking photographs, reading magical realism and science fiction, or nerding out in Notion.
I do web accessibility.
Above all else, web accessibility is about making your site usable for as many people as possible. In our modern age, access to technology and the Internet is a human right, regardless of one's abilities. This is easy to overlook. It's fun to build new apps and websites, but it's less fun to learn that many people aren't able to use them. So how do we address this?
Things I can do.
Using automated and manual accessibility testing tools to audit your website, I can estimate overall risk, identify what is and isn't accessible, tie all issues to relevant WCAG success criteria, and most importantly, provide instructions on fixing those issues.
Accessible development starts with accessible design. I can analyze wireframes and tell you the problem areas, such as insufficient contrast, spacing, color dependencies, and layout issues that may affect users with disabilities.
Even the most accessible designs can be a wasted effort if developers aren't aware of factors such as focus order, reading order, proper semantic containers and controls, and various attributes that help assistive technology users. I can mark up your designs with comments conveying exactly that, removing any guesswork.
A robust component library is essential for any modern web application and is far-reaching in maintaining accessibility. Using ReactJS, I develop reusable components to uphold and enhance the accessibility of their designs.
Maybe you've attempted accessibility before but you need some clarification on your learnings, maybe you've had an audit conducted but have difficulty understanding the results, or maybe you're new to the topic and don't know where to begin. Any step towards accessibility is a positive one, and I want to help make it count.