Zaynaib Giwa
Data Visualization Specialist
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolZaynaib Giwa is a Data Visualization Specialist and polyglot programmer with 11 years of experience blending web development, data analysis, and instructional work to turn complex datasets into accessible visuals. Based in Chicago, she brings hands-on expertise from roles at University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago Public Media, and contributions to open-source projects like workflowr where she improved backend robustness and added Shiny prototypes. Her background spans full-stack web tooling (Gatsby/Netlify), R and Python data stacks, and mentoring—she’s taught JavaScript for data science and coached learners in R. Zaynaib pairs a formal foundation in statistics and library/information science with real-world product experience, and outside work she doodles and writes about new technical learnings on her blog.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Professional Studies Coding Bootcamp, Professional Studies Coding Bootcamp at Northwestern UniversityMaster's degree Library and Information Science, Master's degree Library and Information Science at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (16)
rmarkdown10
r10
git9
project-management7
shiny7
css6
ajax6
beautifulsoup6
website-design6
dictionary6
rfc6
website-development6
barchart6
coldfusion6
corpus6
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
workflowr/workflowr
Mar 2019 - Nov 2020
Organize your project into a research website
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:10 commits, 5 PRs in 1 year 8 months
Contributions summary:Zaynaib focused on enhancing the functionality and robustness of the `workflowr` package. Key contributions include addressing issues related to Pandoc installation, specifying namespaces, and developing a Shiny prototype for the application. Additionally, the user refactored code related to commit messages and implemented features for multiline commit messages and the ability to handle the 'combine' argument for file processing, demonstrating a good grasp of the project's internal workings.
rmarkdownpythonversion-controlorganizeresearch-website
zaynaib/Hangman-Game
Sep 2017 - Jul 2020
Javascript hangman game 80s theme style
Contributions:1 PR, 56 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 10 months
gamejavascripthangman80stheme-style
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