Michelle Chandra
Founder Designer at Dirt Alley Design
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMichelle Chandra is a designer-founder and map artist with 12 years of experience blending data, code, and visual storytelling to create web-based visualizations and handmade map art. Trained at NYU’s Interactive Telecommunications Program, she built real-time Node.js pipelines and CARTO visualizations for her thesis exploring sunrise/sunset photography, work that attracted mainstream media attention. As founder of Dirt Alley Design she turns city street grids into intricate physical maps sold worldwide while drawing on prior roles at CARTO where she improved product usability, documentation, and taught users to build geospatial apps. Her front-end contributions to the popular carto.js library include interactive map tutorials and Google Maps integrations, reflecting a rare mix of artistic practice and practical open-source mapping experience.
12 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Professional Studies, Interactive Telecommunications Program, Master of Professional Studies, Interactive Telecommunications Program at New York UniversityCertificate, Studio Photography, Certificate, Studio Photography at City College of San FranciscoBachelor of Arts, Literature, Bachelor of Arts, Literature at University of California, Santa Barbara
Github Skills (6)
html10
maps10
javascript10
google-maps-api10
develop9
css7
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
CartoDB/carto.js
Mar 2015 - Apr 2015
CartoDB javascript library
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:5 commits, 4 PRs, 3 pushes in 4 days
Contributions summary:Michelle primarily contributed to the front-end development of the carto.js library, focusing on creating interactive map tutorials. Their work involved integrating Google Maps API for driving directions and heatmap visualization, demonstrating expertise in map integration and user interface development. The commits include the creation of example pages showcasing these features and updating library versions, highlighting a focus on providing clear documentation and usability for developers.
javascriptnodejsjavascript-librarycartodb
michellechandra/starTrails
Jun 2014 - Nov 2015
Contributions:51 commits, 1 PR, 3 pushes in 1 year 5 months
visualizationjasonsigalmusiccollaborative
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