Sairina M
Software Engineer at New Visions for Public Schools
Oakland, California, United States
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Top SchoolSairina M is a multilingual full-stack software engineer based in Oakland with a decade of professional engineering experience and 15+ years of leadership in education and technical roles. She combines hands-on front-end expertise—notably contributions to the open-source Kolibri learning platform and its Studio content curation tools—with a strong background in UX refinements and Vue.js component work. Her career blends classroom and school leadership (assistant principal, dean) with product-focused engineering at nonprofits and public education organizations, giving her a rare perspective on building user-centered tools for educators. Currently at New Visions for Public Schools, she focuses on scalable, accessible solutions that improve learning outcomes, bringing both pedagogical insight and pragmatic engineering discipline.
10 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
BA, BA at New York UniversityMS, MS at City University of New York-Herbert H. Lehman College
Chinese, Chinese, English
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Github Skills (14)
css10
javascript10
user-interface10
front-end-development10
vue10
vue-jsx10
sc9
ui-design9
scs9
accessibility9
html9
edtech8
ux-design8
user-experience8
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
learningequality/studio
Nov 2020 - Aug 2022
Content curation tools for Kolibri
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:33 reviews, 151 commits, 29 PRs in 1 year 8 months
Contributions summary:Sairina primarily contributed to the front-end components of the `learningequality/studio` repository, a content curation tool for Kolibri. Their work involved updating and implementing UI elements related to privacy policy acceptance, activity duration, and other user-facing features. The user's commits show a focus on the user interface and user experience, modifying existing components and adding new ones to enhance the application's functionality and appearance. The user's contributions indicate an understanding of Vue.js and related libraries for front-end development.
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learningequality/kolibri
Oct 2020 - May 2022
Kolibri Learning Platform: the offline app for universal education
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:61 reviews, 190 commits, 50 PRs in 1 year 7 months
Contributions summary:Sairina primarily focused on front-end development tasks within the Kolibri Learning Platform repository, making UI/UX improvements. Their contributions include fixing padding issues, removing commented-out code, fixing button alignment, and fixing link and icon placements. Additionally, they integrated icons for facilities and changed components to include new icon properties, demonstrating a focus on enhancing the visual presentation and user experience of the application.
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