About
The GPE team:
MIKE ESTRADA
Mike began his coding journey sophomore year of high school in 2005. Since then, he has mastered Java, Front-end development, GoLang, CI/CD and the many other processes & tools involved around an efficient corporate software delivery system spanning dozens of projects. With a simple question he asked himself – “how can I maximize my contribution back to the community?” His immediate answer was to give back what he knew best – coding. “It has led me to amazing places with the most amazing people, and it can do the same for everyone.”
CLARISSA GAYTON
A Software Engineer specializing in React. Clarissa has a Masters of Philosophy in Comparative Literature from Trinity College Dublin and a Bachelor of Arts from Hampton University. She is a California native and has been around the tech industry in the San Francisco Bay Area since the start of the current tech boom. Currently work part-time with Codecademy as an Assessment Content Contributor while working on personal React projects. Previously, Clarissa worked in research and as a teacher for the last 4 years. She’s lived in 5 different countries and has traveled extensively and has met really great people along the way! She wanted to learn how to code for many years, but let fear and the idea that it was too far a stretch for me cloud my judgment and she didn’t make the leap until recently. She completed a Full-stack JavaScript 9-week intensive course with Barcelona Code School and immediately fell in love with React and all of its’ capabilities. Now, she spends her free time working on personal projects and continuing to learn and develop her skills as a Software Engineer.
MATTHEW SARTAIN
An adaptive and articulate software engineer motivated by efficacy, collaboration and creativity. A career in the live music industry has taught me how to work—and work well—with people from every category and corner of the earth. From building musical equipment to building full stack applications, hitting the bullseye for me lies in creating an effortless user experience.
Javascript – React.js – React Native – Jest – GCP – Go – Webpack – Express – Python