Summary
Noella Kolash is a Junior Full Stack Engineer and Ph.D. candidate in Human-Computer Interaction at Rochester Institute of Technology with 11 years of experience building accessible web applications and research prototypes. She designs and authors dozens of custom business and instructional applications supporting financial, HR, student information and federal reporting needs while ensuring information security and lifecycle maintenance. Her research focuses on improving accessibility for Deaf users—particularly culturally understandable iconography—and she has a track record of translating that research into working systems like multi-video capture and ASL-friendly communication prototypes. She has presented work at venues including Imagine RIT and the Grace Hopper Celebration and contributed to federally backed projects demonstrated to FCC leadership. Based in Rochester, NY, she blends hands-on full-stack development (JavaScript, PHP, MySQL, HTML5) with user-centered research and direct tutoring experience for deaf and hard-of-hearing students, giving her practical insight into accessible design that many engineers lack.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
A.S, Applied Computing Technology, A.S, Applied Computing Technology at Rochester Institute of Technology
Psychology, Psychology at Gallaudet University