Tristan Espinoza
Co-organizer at Tiny Tech Zines
Los Angeles, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolTristan Espinoza is a multidisciplinary software developer and creative coder based in Los Angeles with 11 years of experience building full‑stack applications using React, Node.js, and Tailwind CSS while also exploring generative work with p5.js and openFrameworks. He contributes to prominent open-source projects like the p5.js web editor, where he improved accessibility and refactored navigation components to make creative coding tools more inclusive and maintainable. Tristan blends technical craft with arts education—he’s taught graduate creative coding at Parsons and built web systems for cultural institutions such as UCLA—bringing both pedagogy and production-grade engineering to projects. As co-organizer of LA’s first tech-focused zine fair and a background in museum curation and interactive experiences, he consistently bridges technology, art, and community engagement.
11 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Fine Arts - BFA, Art and Technology, Bachelor of Fine Arts - BFA, Art and Technology at School of the Art Institute of ChicagoMaster's degree, Design | Media Arts, Master's degree, Design | Media Arts at University of California, Los Angeles
Github Skills (8)
accessibility10
javascript10
user-interface10
react10
html9
css8
github7
testing7
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
processing/p5.js-web-editor
Jul 2024 - Mar 2025
The p5.js Editor is a website for creating p5.js sketches, with a focus on making coding accessible and inclusive for artists, designers, educators, beginners, and anyone else! You can create, share, or remix p5.js sketches without needing to download or configure anything.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:8 reviews, 5 PRs, 25 comments in 8 months
Contributions summary:Tristan primarily focused on enhancing the accessibility and structure of the p5.js web editor's user interface. They implemented ARIA roles across the navigation menu components and updated tests to reflect the changes. Additionally, the user refactored the navigation bar components, including menus, to improve code organization and maintainability. These changes suggest a focus on improving the user experience and code quality of the editor.
web-editorlaunchedjs-webjavascriptp5-js
tespin/dwayne-detector
Jan 2018 - Apr 2022
Contributions:61 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 3 months
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