Sophia Kurihara
Education Content Strategist
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolSophia Kurihara is an Education Content Strategist at Figma with nine years of experience blending software development, UX design, and instructional practice to create clear, engaging product education for designers and developers. She leverages a background as a full-stack instructor and software developer to turn complex workflows into approachable written and video tutorials, informed by practical experience shipping applications. Her leadership in UX and hands-on teaching—combined with a BS in Computer Science and formal UX certification—helps bridge product, learning, and engineering teams. Outside work she composes music and is an avid reader and outdoor enthusiast, a creative thread that influences her storytelling and instructional style.
9 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science and Music, Computer Science and Music at Trinity UniversityUX Design Certification, User Experience, UX Design Certification, User Experience at UC San Diego Extended StudiesCertificate of Completion - Full Stack Development, Computer Software Engineering, Certificate of Completion - Full Stack Development, Computer Software Engineering at CodeupAssociate of Arts - AA, Associate of Arts - AA at San Antonio CollegeBachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science at Western Governors University
Github Skills (9)
react5
front-end-development5
javascript4
spring-boot4
spring4
java3
css1
frontend1
springframework1
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
sophiakurihara/assessment-reviews
Nov 2019 - Dec 2020
Contributions:7 commits, 5 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 1 month
CodeupClassroom/jupiter-web-exercises
Sep 2020 - Nov 2020
This is a repository for Jupiter's exercises at Codeup
Contributions:39 commits, 20 PRs, 23 pushes in 1 month
jupiter
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