Leah Chen
Admissions Data Entry Student Associate
Houston, Texas, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolLeah Chen is a computer science student at The University of Texas at Austin with eight years of hands-on experience across software development, internships, and leadership programs. Currently an Admissions Data Entry Student Associate, she has also interned at AWS and contributed to Girls Who Code’s Leadership Academy, blending disciplined operational work with applied engineering. As a full-stack contributor to the Ghostty terminal emulator, Leah improved UX and performance—adding server-side decorations, quick-terminal features, localization (including Chinese), and GPU-conscious refinements. She brings a practical eye for polishing cross-platform UI and refactoring native integrations, plus familiarity with modern open-source workflows. Based in Houston, she pairs creative interests in art and music with software craft, suggesting a design-minded approach to engineering problems. Ambitious and versatile, Leah is building toward impactful roles that sit at the intersection of user experience and performant systems.
8 years of coding experience
Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science at The University of Texas at AustinHigh School Diploma, High School Diploma at Bellaire High School
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Github Skills (6)
gtk10
zig10
wayland10
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user-interface9
localization8
Programming languages (26)
Github contributions (5)
ghostty-org/ghostty
Dec 2024 - Apr 2025
👻 Ghostty is a fast, feature-rich, and cross-platform terminal emulator that uses platform-native UI and GPU acceleration.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:191 reviews, 59 PRs, 23 pushes in 3 months
Contributions summary:Leah's contributions primarily involved enhancing the functionality and user experience of the Ghostty terminal emulator. They introduced features such as supporting server-side decorations, implementing quick terminal functionality, and enabling auto-hide for the quick terminal. The user also refactored code, converted window actions to use zig-gobject, and made adjustments to ensure correct background blur and CSS class application. Furthermore, the user added localization support, including a basic Chinese translation.
pluiedev/site
Jul 2022 - Feb 2025
Source code of https://pluie.me.
Contributions:11 PRs, 134 pushes, 12 branches in 2 years 7 months
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