Ceora Ford
Technical Learning Specialist at Figma
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolCeora Ford is a Technical Learning Specialist and former developer advocate with seven years of experience helping developers master identity, GraphQL, and modern web tooling. Based in Philadelphia, she blends hands-on front-end work—contributing UI improvements to the popular CodeSandbox online IDE—with a talent for crafting accessible learning experiences at companies like Auth0, Apollo GraphQL, and Figma. She has a strong background in developer experience, technical writing, and content curation, having edited the TLDR newsletter and co-hosted Stack Overflow’s podcast to surface practical developer insights. Ceora pairs instructional design with coding chops informed by a Cloud DevOps nanodegree, enabling her to translate complex technical concepts into usable developer resources. Colleagues describe her as a connector who amplifies product adoption through clear documentation, engaging content, and community-focused advocacy. She’s actively looking for opportunities to combine teaching, developer experience, and product-focused engineering.
7 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Nanodegree Cloud DevOps Engineer, Nanodegree Cloud DevOps Engineer at Udacity
English
Github Skills (9)
codesandbox10
javascript10
react10
html9
css8
angular3
preact3
vue3
svelte3
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
codesandbox/codesandbox-client
Jan 2021 - Jun 2021
An online IDE for rapid web development
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:1 review, 29 commits, 30 PRs in 4 months
Contributions summary:Ceora primarily contributed to the front-end of the CodeSandbox client, focusing on UI updates and component integration. They added images of team members to the homepage and company pages. The user's commits also include merging updates to the Discover page and user settings, reflecting their involvement in integrating new features and general UI improvements.
reactjavascriptsvelteonline-idepreact
ceoraford/kwk-l1-oo-cash-register-kwk-students-l1-phil-072318
Jul 2018 - Jul 2018
Contributions:44 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
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