Summary
Jenell Pizarro is a Design System & Accessibility Engineer with nine years of front-end experience focused on crafting inclusive, equitable user interfaces. She brings hands-on expertise in React, modern JavaScript, and design systems, with a strong track record at companies like Netlify and PowerDMS and now leading accessibility efforts at Optro. Jenell blends engineering and mentorship—she’s served as an engineering manager and taught front-end development, improving both team processes and student outcomes. Her background in broadcast journalism and theatre gives her a user-centered communication style that helps translate complex accessibility needs into usable design components. Known for a cheerful, user-first approach, she advocates for practical accessibility solutions that scale across products. Based in Florida, she pairs creative empathy with disciplined engineering to make web experiences both delightful and usable.
10 years of coding experience