Juanita Gomez
GSOC Mentor at Google Summer of Code
California, United States
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Top SchoolJuanita Gomez is a security-focused software engineer and community builder with a decade of experience blending open source development, technical writing, and UX improvements. Currently a PhD candidate in Computer Science at UC Santa Cruz and Security Track Chair for PyCon US, she leads initiatives to harden and coordinate the scientific Python ecosystem as Community Lead for Scientific Python and Communications Chair for SciPy. Her hands-on contributions span backend maintenance in NetworkX—removing deprecated features and improving graph algorithms—to front-end and documentation work for Spyder IDE, reflecting a rare mix of code hygiene, usability sensibility, and pedagogy. She has interned at UC Berkeley and held SDE roles at AWS, mentoring GSOC projects and running community summits, demonstrating impact across academia, industry, and volunteer-run projects. Notably, she pairs a pure mathematics background with practical engineering, often turning complex algorithmic or UI issues into clearer, well-documented solutions.
10 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
University of San FranciscoBachelor's degree Mathematics, Bachelor's degree Mathematics at Pontificia Universidad JaverianaApplied Math and Computer Science Computer Science, Applied Math and Computer Science Computer Science at Universidad del RosarioUniversity of California Santa CruzGimnasio Vermont
English, Spanish
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Github Skills (23)
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graph-analysis10
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Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
spyder-ide/spyder-docs
Dec 2019 - Sep 2021
Documentation for Spyder, the Scientific Python Development Environment
Role in this project:
Technical Writer
Technical WriterContributions:62 reviews, 205 commits, 93 PRs in 1 year 8 months
Contributions summary:Juanita primarily contributed to the project's documentation by significantly updating the documentation for the Spyder IDE's Variable Explorer, Help pane, Code Analysis, Files pane, Troubleshooting guide, and more. The contributions included comprehensive descriptions of functionality, screenshots and GIFs to enhance understanding, and an interactive tour for the Quickstart guide. The user also restructured and organized the documentation, added helpful links to related sections and external resources.
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spyder-ide/spyder
Nov 2018 - Oct 2021
Official repository for Spyder - The Scientific Python Development Environment
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:31 reviews, 80 PRs, 1 branch in 2 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Juanita contributed extensively to the Spyder IDE, focusing on front-end UI enhancements and back-end improvements. They modified the text editor widget to convert titles to unicode and fix rendering issues for Python 2. They also updated dependencies, particularly concerning the `qtawesome` library, and integrated changes for the proper display of code analysis results. Additionally, the user addressed various issues and implemented UI and UX modifications.
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