Justin Forlenza
Full-Stack Development Instructor at NYC Department of Education
New York, New York, United States
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Top SchoolJustin Forlenza is a Full-Stack Developer and seasoned educator with 11 years of experience designing web applications and teaching computer science and IT across New York City. He blends hands-on engineering—migrating apps to React, Elasticsearch, Docker, and Kubernetes—with classroom leadership as a Full-Stack Development and CTE Instructor at Brooklyn STEAM Center and NYC DOE. Justin has built production portals for municipal and commercial clients, automated threat-management workflows, and translated in-person curricula to hybrid learning environments. He’s comfortable across the stack (Vue/React, Flask, Python) and in operations, having maintained infrastructure and container images for deployment on Google Kubernetes Engine. Pragmatic and student-focused, he pairs real-world system migrations and security-aware development with curriculum design to prepare the next generation of technologists.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Career and Technology Teacher Education, Career and Technology Teacher Education at CUNY New York City College of TechnologyHigh School, Computer Systems and Networking & Software Engineering, High School, Computer Systems and Networking & Software Engineering at Ralph R. McKee CTE High School
Github Skills (174)
postgresql10
material-components10
ui-components10
authentication10
scheduling10
infrastructure10
turborepo10
plex10
auth10
t3-stack10
javascript10
next-auth10
jwt10
trpc10
typescript10
Programming languages (17)
Github contributions (5)
justinforlenza/keylight-control
Jan 2021 - Nov 2021
A Linux compatible application for controlling the Elgato Key Lights
Contributions:72 commits, 4 PRs, 52 pushes in 10 months
linuxelgatoelgato-key-light
justinforlenza/justinforlenza.github.io
Nov 2021 - Jul 2026
Contributions:24 pushes, 5 branches in 4 years 8 months
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