Lacey Henschel
Software Engineer at DjangoCon US
Portland, Oregon, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolLacey Henschel is a seasoned software engineer based in Portland with 12 years of experience building and modernizing web applications using Python, Django, Django REST Framework, Wagtail, and Docker. She combines hands-on full-stack development and architecture with strong communication and teaching skills—having created training materials, video tutorials, and presented at major conferences like DjangoCon and PyGotham. An active contributor and organizer in the Django community, she helped develop the Django Girls website and has organized multiple Django Girls workshops while serving on the DjangoCon US team since 2015. At Revolution Systems she focuses on pragmatic modernization, unit testing, and documentation for client systems, and she also publishes technical articles on tooling like Docker and Celery. Her background in English and experience as a technical trainer give her a rare blend of clear technical writing and developer empathy that speeds team onboarding and knowledge transfer.
12 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
MA, English, MA, English at Texas A&M UniversityBA, English, BA, English at Auburn University
Github Skills (10)
html10
code-templates10
apptemplates10
cpp-templates10
website-development10
html-template10
python-templates10
python10
django10
css9
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
DjangoGirls/djangogirls
Apr 2015 - Oct 2015
Website for DjangoGirls.org
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:23 commits, 11 PRs, 45 comments in 6 months
Contributions summary:Lacey primarily contributed to the front-end of the Django Girls website, making multiple updates to templates, including index, resources, organize, and newsletter pages. They also modified the applications and core models, and views, indicating work on both the front-end and the back-end. These changes involved copy editing, typo corrections, and implementing functionality like redirects and display enhancements on the application detail page.
djangodjangogirlspythondjango-girls
williln/til
May 2020 - Dec 2022
Today I Learned
Contributions:55 commits, 22 PRs, 152 pushes in 2 years 7 months
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