Paula Lavalle
Frontend Software Engineer at Washington State Department of Ecology
Bothell, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolPaula Lavalle is a Frontend Software Engineer with 12 years of experience building accessible, responsive web experiences for government and commercial clients. She has shipped production React and TypeScript applications, led design-system work and component libraries, and delivered data visualizations and prototypes while mentoring teams at Formidable and federal agencies. At HHS she helped produce plain-language, WCAG-compliant public health websites with automated testing and Cloud.gov staging, and her open-source contributions include UX and autoplay improvements to popular React projects like Spectacle and styling/theming work on Victory and URQL ecosystems. Based in Bothell, WA, she combines a visual-design background (BFA in Animation) with strong front-end engineering chops, which helps her translate complex scientific content into clear, user-focused interfaces.
12 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
School of Visual ConceptsBachelor of Fine Arts, Animation, Bachelor of Fine Arts, Animation at University of Massachusetts Amherst
Github Skills (19)
javascript10
uswds10
css10
system10
front-end-development10
html10
react10
jsx10
slide9
testing9
data-visualizations9
ui-design9
data-visualisation9
responsive-design9
documentation9
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
urql-graphql/urql
Feb 2016 - Jul 2018
The highly customizable and versatile GraphQL client with which you add on features like normalized caching as you grow.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:118 commits in 2 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Paula primarily contributed to the styling and theming of the user interface within the Spectacle library. They implemented CSS styles for headings, links, buttons, and typography, creating a cohesive visual design. Their work included modifying the theme file and component files to implement the new design, as well as updating the documentation to reflect the design changes. They also implemented the video functionality and ensured the design was responsive.
graphql-clientnormalizedurqlexchangecomplex-apps
FormidableLabs/spectacle
Mar 2016 - Aug 2017
A React-based library for creating sleek presentations using JSX syntax that gives you the ability to live demo your code.
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:14 commits, 3 PRs, 13 pushes in 1 year 5 months
Contributions summary:Paula implemented and refined features related to autoplay functionality within the Spectacle presentation library. This included adding autoplay controls, modifying keybindings, and managing the autoplay state within the presentation manager component. They also addressed linting issues and made minor adjustments to the example configuration. These changes enhance the user experience by enabling automated presentation navigation.
keynotereactpresentationjavascriptspectacle
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