Eloisa Guerrero
Accessibility Risk Assessment Specialist at CIBC
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Top SchoolEloisa Guerrero is an Accessibility Risk Assessment Specialist with nine years of experience blending front-end engineering and inclusive design to make digital products more usable and equitable. Based in Toronto, she has moved from hands-on roles at the Public Knowledge Project and Greenpeace Canada to accessibility-focused positions at Rakuten Kobo and CIBC, bringing practical engineering chops to policy and risk work. Her open-source contributions to PKP projects (OJS/OJS-lib) show a rare mix of back-end and UI improvements—adding features like an "Issues" filter and theme customizations—demonstrating attention to both functionality and user experience. She thrives on empathetic problem solving, building connections that prioritize collective growth and sustainability while translating user needs into technical solutions. Known for thoughtful, people-centered collaboration, she pairs a soft, human-centered approach with rigorous code and design practices.
9 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
JavaScript Fundamentals and Advanced JavaScript, JavaScript Fundamentals and Advanced JavaScript at Juno College of Technology
Github Skills (14)
php10
ui-design10
apidoc9
api9
javascript8
interface-design7
user-interface7
html7
databases6
interaction6
css6
database6
accessibility4
github4
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
pkp/ojs
Apr 2019 - Sep 2020
Open Journal Systems is open source software to manage scholarly journals.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:122 commits, 27 PRs, 23 comments in 1 year 5 months
Contributions summary:Eloisa primarily contributed to the theme customizations within the Open Journal Systems (OJS) repository. Their work involved implementing new theme options, such as using a homepage image as a header background, and modifying the appearance of the issue table of contents. They fixed spacing and tab indentation issues, and added styles to the mobile navigation. The user also worked on the styling of categories.
journalopen-access
pkp/pkp-lib
Apr 2019 - Sep 2020
The library used by PKP's applications OJS, OMP and OPS, open source software for scholarly publishing.
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:40 commits, 20 PRs, 110 comments in 1 year 5 months
Contributions summary:Eloisa primarily contributed to the application's author dashboard, making changes to several files, including the `PKPAuthorDashboardHandler.inc.php` file and the `PKPUploadPublicFileHandler.inc.php` file. These commits involved the implementation of new features, such as the addition of the "Issues" filter, refactoring of code, and changes to locales. The user also worked on integrating components for publication and citations, suggesting a focus on user interface and backend functionality.
securityapplication-libraryweb-applicationpkp
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