Summary
Aurelia Fornallaz is a software engineer in San Francisco with 13 years of experience building web tools at the intersection of maps, science, and data-driven storytelling. Currently at Apple, she brings a strong open-source and teaching background—having taught programming and data visualization at NYU, SVA, Parsons, and contributed course materials and tutorials publicly. Her work spans JavaScript/Node, Python, and front-end web tech, with a particular knack for geospatial web maps and scientific data workflows developed during roles at CartoDB and Mozilla’s Open Science team. Fluent in French and conversational in Spanish, she pairs technical depth with curriculum design and community building (Girl Develop It, Mozilla), making complex data accessible to diverse audiences. Notably, her academic training combines information science and conservation, reflecting a rare blend of metadata, preservation thinking, and practical software engineering.
13 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Dual-degree Bachelor of Arts, Dual-degree Bachelor of Arts at University of Wisconsin-Madison
3ème cycle, Histoire de l'art, Lettres Modernes, 3ème cycle, Histoire de l'art, Lettres Modernes at Université de Provence
Dual MS/MS, Information Science + Conservation of Art, 4.0, Dual MS/MS, Information Science + Conservation of Art, 4.0 at Pratt Institute
MS, Conservation/Preservation, MS, Conservation/Preservation at Università Internazionale dell’Arte
English, French, Italian, Spanish