Anita Cheng
Content Designer at City and County of San Francisco
San Francisco, California, United States
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Top SchoolAnita Cheng is a senior content designer in San Francisco with 11 years of experience turning complex, policy-heavy systems into plain-language, accessible digital services for millions of users. She has led high-stakes public-facing work—from heading San Francisco’s COVID-19 content response to simplifying WIC and permitting processes—consistently lowering reading levels and improving findability and satisfaction. Comfortable with both content strategy and front-end implementation, she ships HTML/CSS prototypes, content models, and scalable documentation while collaborating tightly with designers, engineers, researchers, and policy experts. Her background in cancer research informs a data-driven, empathetic approach to user needs and stakeholder constraints. Anita also contributes front-end improvements to open-source projects like Habitica, blending UX polish with practical engineering. She is actively seeking hybrid or remote roles focused on public-good digital services where plain language materially improves outcomes.
11 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
CourseraUCLA ExtensionCertificate, Certificate at California State University-FullertonCertificate of Achievement, Certificate of Achievement at Pasadena City CollegeBachelor of Arts - BA, Bachelor of Arts - BA at Pomona CollegeiversityArt Center College of Design
English, Chinese
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (11)
html10
css10
responsive-design10
javascript10
user-interface10
vuejs29
vue9
bootstrap9
bootstra9
vuejs39
image-optimization8
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
HabitRPG/habitica
Feb 2015 - Sep 2015
A habit tracker app which treats your goals like a Role Playing Game.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:14 commits, 4 PRs, 73 comments in 6 months
Contributions summary:Anita primarily focused on front-end development, contributing significantly to the user interface and visual aspects of the application. Their commits included adding and modifying images, addressing affix troubleshooting issues, and implementing responsive design elements. The user also updated the HTML and CSS to enhance the user experience, adding interactive features. These efforts improved the overall look, feel, and functionality of the application's user interface.
trackerexpressvuereactjsrole
AnitaYCheng/ParallaxFeaturedImage
Sep 2014 - Jan 2015
Contributions:7 commits, 3 pushes, 1 comment in 4 months
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