Jessica Wilkins
Software Developer at freeCodeCamp
Los Angeles, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJessica Wilkins is a software developer in Los Angeles who leverages five years of experience building React and TypeScript interfaces and APIs to solve unique business problems. A classically trained oboist with graduate-level music training, she pivoted into engineering and brings the discipline of a performer to curriculum design and product-focused development. At freeCodeCamp she helps develop a project-based JavaScript curriculum and maintains the popular Developer Quiz Site, contributing front-end features and UX polish to a repo with 1,200+ questions. Her background includes shipping client-facing marketing sites, partner apps for a major financial platform, and migrating legacy React codebases to modern patterns to boost engagement. An active technical writer and educator, she has published nearly 100 articles on web technologies and career development, reflecting a talent for translating complex concepts into accessible learning.
5 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Master's Degree, Music Performance, Oboe, Master's Degree, Music Performance, Oboe at University of MichiganBachelor's degree, Music Performance, Oboe, Bachelor's degree, Music Performance, Oboe at Eastman School of Music
Github Skills (8)
html10
javascript10
bootstra10
user-interface10
front-end-development10
bootstrap10
react10
css9
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
freeCodeCamp/Developer_Quiz_Site
Dec 2021 - Dec 2022
This is a quiz site filled with over 1500+ questions on programming.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:1764 reviews, 127 commits, 823 PRs in 1 year
Contributions summary:Jessica's contributions centered around the implementation of the user interface for a developer quiz site. They added styling using Bootstrap and Font Awesome icons to enhance the visual appeal of the site. The user also implemented core features of the quiz application by adding a welcome page with navigation elements and building a quiz template. They have demonstrated an understanding of React components.
reactcssjavascriptcss3html5
jdwilkin4/freeCodeCamp
Jan 2023 - Mar 2025
freeCodeCamp.org's open-source codebase and curriculum. Learn to code for free.
Contributions:831 pushes, 189 branches in 2 years 2 months
reactcurriculumlearn-to-code-for-freecssjavascript
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