David Gross
Social Development Specialist at Self-employed
Berlin, Germany
Summary
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Top SchoolDavid Gross is a multidisciplinary social development specialist and storyteller with 14 years of experience blending journalism, photojournalism, design, and software to drive advocacy and social impact. Based in Berlin, he has founded and led projects—from creating therapeutic arts programs for refugee children across multiple countries to launching Africa’s first locally made artist-grade watercolor pigments—demonstrating an ability to turn cultural insight into tangible products and programs. His background includes award-winning long-form documentary photography published in major outlets, UX design for privacy-focused blockchain apps, and building multimedia publishing platforms and mobile apps. He combines hands-on technical skills (WordPress plugins, app development, Alexa skills, forensic documentation) with classroom teaching and community organizing to scale sustainable interventions. Notably, he archives children’s wartime drawings into a research resource and trains teachers to continue psychosocial art education, reflecting a knack for creating enduring, research-ready social assets. Trained in journalism and social work as a human rights profession, he bridges storytelling, pedagogy, and product design to serve vulnerable communities.
14 years of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer
BA, Philosophy, BA, Philosophy at University of California, BerkeleyM.J., Journalism, M.J., Journalism at UC Berkeley Graduate School of JournalismLos Gatos High SchoolMaster of Arts - MA, Social Work as a Human Rights Profession (SWHR), Master of Arts - MA, Social Work as a Human Rights Profession (SWHR) at Alice-Salomon-Fachhochschule für Sozialarbeit und Sozialpädagogik Berlin
English, French, German
Github Skills (16)
font-style10
solidity10
font-metrics10
android10
react-native9
text-rendering9
coronasdk9
ios9
lua8
html8
rendering8
sdk7
codekit7
fonts7
corona3
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
mimetic/corona-textrender
Apr 2015 - Apr 2019
A pure-Lua text rendering module for Corona SDK which can handle basic HTML, fonts, font-styles, and even basic font metrics. (Takes over from corona-styled-textwrap)
Contributions:60 commits, 1 PR, 40 pushes in 4 years
coronasdkfont-metricsfont-styleluatext-rendering
mimetic/CoronaVR
Dec 2011 - Mar 2014
Contributions:12 commits in 2 years 2 months
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