Vanessa Stewart
Teacher - Mentor at VM GLOBAL ENTERPRISES LLC
United States
Summary
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Top SchoolVanessa Stewart is a teacher-mentor and web developer with six years of experience blending classroom leadership and full-stack engineering, including a software engineer role at Shopify. She designs learning experiences informed by a Master’s in Learning Sciences from Northwestern and hands-on coding credentials from Epicodus, bringing pedagogy and product thinking to technical work. Vanessa has built portals and React-driven interfaces in internships and contract roles, and now runs her own company, VM GLOBAL ENTERPRISES LLC, while mentoring students at Fusion Academy. Her background in K–12 English instruction and curriculum leadership gives her a rare strength in communication, team coaching, and translating complex concepts for diverse learners. She favors thoughtful, deliberate practice—whether journaling on slow coffee mornings or iterating on user experiences—and applies that reflective habit to both teaching and software development. Based in the United States, she combines entrepreneurial drive with a commitment to education’s emancipatory power.
6 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts - BA English; Business Administration, Bachelor of Arts - BA English; Business Administration at University of WashingtonContinuing Education English Language and Literature, Continuing Education English Language and Literature at Middlebury CollegeContinuing Education Communication and Leadership Studies, Continuing Education Communication and Leadership Studies at Gonzaga UniversityCertificate of Web and Mobile Development Computer Programming, Certificate of Web and Mobile Development Computer Programming at EpicodusContinuing Education (Online) Curriculum and Instruction, Continuing Education (Online) Curriculum and Instruction at University of VirginiaMaster of Arts Learning Sciences, Master of Arts Learning Sciences at Northwestern UniversityMaster of Arts Teaching of English, Master of Arts Teaching of English at Teachers College, Columbia University
Github Skills (22)
design-tokens10
shopify10
vscode-extension10
figma-plugin10
component-library10
react10
typescript9
engage6
examine6
outlining5
text-based4
rpg4
claims4
roguelike4
mud3
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
vanmars/ahoy
Nov 2020 - Sep 2023
English Language Arts game for middle and high school students. The game intends to engage students in a fun, collaborative, and playful learning experience during the outlining phase of the writing process. Goal is to have students examine their argumentative evidence and claims more deeply before beginning the drafting stage of the writing process.
Contributions:2 PRs, 119 pushes, 3 branches in 2 years 10 months
gamegoaloutliningbeginninglearning-experience
vanmars/portfolio
Aug 2020 - Mar 2021
Contributions:74 pushes, 2 branches in 7 months
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