Natasha Proctor
Subject Expert Teacher at BASIS.ed
Phoenix, Arizona, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolNatasha Proctor is a versatile educator and software engineer with 11 years of experience bridging technical development and STEM pedagogy from Phoenix, AZ. She designs advanced computer science and physics curricula—covering AP Computer Science and AP Physics (1, 2, C) and capstone projects—while building classroom tools and simulations that scale hands-on learning for large cohorts. Her industry background includes embedded flight software work at Honeywell and front-end contributions to the widely used JupyterLab Desktop project, where she improved UI/UX, drag-and-drop file handling, and Windows compatibility. Natasha combines research experience in soft matter and condensed-matter physics with practical software engineering, translating complex technical papers into efficient models and visualizations. She’s known for mentoring new hires and students, founding an Early Career Network, leading cybersecurity camps, and creating environments that encourage curiosity and authentic collaboration.
11 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
Github Skills (13)
css10
typescript10
javascript10
typescripts10
electron10
react10
typescript-types10
jupyter9
jupyterlab9
html9
compatibility7
file-handling7
windows7
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
jupyterlab/jupyterlab-desktop
Jun 2017 - Aug 2017
JupyterLab desktop application, based on Electron.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:91 commits, 34 PRs, 8 pushes in 1 month
Contributions summary:Natasha primarily contributed to the front-end aspects of the JupyterLab Desktop application, focusing on the user interface and user experience. Their work included adding a splash animation, integrating code fonts, and implementing file-opening functionality via drag-and-drop and double-click. They also addressed UI/UX issues by fixing icon visibility and focus issues, and making the application work correctly on the Windows platform.
desktop-applicationjupyterlab-extensionelectronjupyter-notebooknotebook
nproctor/SwellPy
May 2016 - Dec 2017
Particle swelling model
Contributions:1 release, 162 commits, 6 pushes in 1 year 7 months
particle
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