How Do I Contribute? / Community Involvement

Speaking

I've spoken at a number of events, including:

I also co-organized Nashville Women Programmers for and (previously) the Nashville DevOpsDays conference.

Teaching

I most recently taught at Rose-Hulman as a visiting professor from 2020 to 2024.

You can also read a little about the course I taught at Nashville Software School from 2012 to 2016.

Event Sponsorships

Through my former company, Eliza Brock Software, I sponsored a number of conferences and events, including:

We were also active in teaching up and coming developers through Nashville Software School.

If you're interested in learning to program, we've got a whole page for that right here.

Open Source

I contribute to open source projects via. GitHub.

Volunteering

  • Girl Scout Troop Leader (GSOSW 10602)
  • Board Member at the Portland Modern Quilt Guild
  • Member of the CSSE (Computer Science and Software Engineering Department) Board of Advisors, Rose-Hulman
  • (Previously) Rose-Hulman Board of Trustees

Mentoring

Unstructured Mentoring

I also provide unstructured mentoring outside of the below venues. I especially enjoy it when I can work with former students- It's lovely seeing their progression over the years.

(Previously) Rose-Hulman Capstone Projects

I have also been a mentor for both Senior Projects and a Junior Project for my alma mater, Rose-Hulman. Junior Projects are real-world client project undertaken to build project management skills, while Senior Projects are a year-long capstone where students are expected to build full working projects for their clients.

(Previously) Exercism

As time permits, I am a mentor for the Ruby track on Exercism

(Previously) MentorNet

MentorNet is an online service the connects college students in Science, Technology, Math and Engineering with professionals working in the field.