Aaron Cottrill is an injury prevention specialist and licensed PTA with 11 years helping patients across outpatient physical therapy settings in the Washington DC–Baltimore area. He pairs hands-on clinical experience at organizations like Fit For Work and Winchester Orthopaedic with formal training (A.A.S. and B.S. in PTA) to design practical, evidence-informed interventions that reduce workplace and sports-related injuries. Beyond patient care he brings a developer’s mindset—contributing full-stack improvements to the well-known freeCodeCamp Developer Quiz Site, including UI enhancements, image optimization, and unit testing—showing a knack for usability and code quality. That blend of clinical pragmatism and technical contribution enables him to translate data-driven ideas into tangible prevention tools and educational resources.
11 years of coding experience
Associate of Arts and Sciences (A.A.S.), Physical Therapist Assistant, Associate of Arts and Sciences (A.A.S.), Physical Therapist Assistant at Northern Virginia Community College
Bachelor of Science, Physical Therapist Assistant, Bachelor of Science, Physical Therapist Assistant at Pima Medical Institute
This is a quiz site filled with over 1500+ questions on programming.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Contributions:23 reviews, 16 commits, 28 PRs in 6 months
Contributions summary:Aaron contributed to the development of a quiz site, focusing on both front-end and back-end aspects. Their work included implementing new quiz questions, modifying existing components, and enhancing the user interface by converting images to webp format and adding the ability to share results. They also integrated unit tests and performed code quality improvements, such as fixing spelling issues and refactoring code to improve maintainability.
Contributions:1 PR, 17 pushes, 10 branches in 2 years 4 months
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