Isabel Costa

Isabel Costa

London, England, United Kingdom
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About

I'm a Software Engineer, from Portugal, currently based in London, UK. With a BSc and MSc…

Experience

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    Deliveroo

    London, England, United Kingdom

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    Remote

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    London, England, United Kingdom

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    London, United Kingdom

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    Oeiras, Lisbon, Portugal

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    Oeiras, Lisbon, Portugal

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Education

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Volunteer Experience

  • Instructor and Mentor

    Instructor and Mentor

    As Raparigas do Código

    - Present 3 years 2 months

    Education

    https://raparigasdocodigo.pt/

    I've co-presented multiple summer workshops:
    • Introdução ao Git e ao GitHub
    • Git na vida real
    • Workshop de LinkedIn (2 parts)
    • Como usar o GitHub como portfólio
    • Gestão de Carreira

  • Mentor

    Mentor

    Black Codher Bootcamp

    - 3 years

    Science and Technology

    Black CodHer is a part-time 30-week coding bootcamp run by Coding Black Females and Niyo Enterprise, which trains black women in the skills they need to become Full Stack Developers.

    I volunteered as a mentor, providing career and technical mentoring to learners. I've done 1:1 mentorship, weekly, with 4 women who are now working in the tech industry as developers.

    https://blackcodher.com/

  • Open Source Contributor and Maintainer

    Open Source Contributor and Maintainer

    AnitaB.org

    - 4 years 1 month

    Science and Technology

    Have been an Admin at the community since February 2020.

    • Mentor during Google Code-in 2019, Google Summer of Code 2020, Open Source Hack, Hacktoberfest
    • Participate actively on Slack, Zulip and GitHub;
    • I host Ask Me Anything sessions for newcomers;
    • Maintain Mentorship System project (Backend and Android);
    • Review pull requests;
    • Help new contributors get involved with Open Source.

    Systers on GitHub: https://github.com/systers
    AnitaB.org on GitHub:…

    Have been an Admin at the community since February 2020.

    • Mentor during Google Code-in 2019, Google Summer of Code 2020, Open Source Hack, Hacktoberfest
    • Participate actively on Slack, Zulip and GitHub;
    • I host Ask Me Anything sessions for newcomers;
    • Maintain Mentorship System project (Backend and Android);
    • Review pull requests;
    • Help new contributors get involved with Open Source.

    Systers on GitHub: https://github.com/systers
    AnitaB.org on GitHub: https://github.com/anitab-org

  • Community Leader at AnitaB.org London Community

    Community Leader at AnitaB.org London Community

    AnitaB.org

    - 1 year 6 months

    Science and Technology

    • 2020 - Volunteer Management lead
    • 2019 - Online Collaboration lead

  • Writer

    Writer

    Code Like A Girl Inc

    - Present 6 years 7 months

    Science and Technology

    I am a writer for Code Like A Girl. An online publication whose goal it is to change the perceptions of Women In Technology by Amplifying their voices.

    See my work with Code Like A Girl here: https://code.likeagirl.io/@isabelcmdcosta

  • Google Summer of Code Admin

    Google Summer of Code Admin

    AnitaB.org

    - 7 months

    Science and Technology

    I served as an admin for the Google Summer of Code (GSoC) program.
    I managed BridgeInTech project team of 3 mentors and 1 student contributor, who successfully completed GSoC.

    • Project: https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/archive/2020/projects/4686682311360512/
    • Program: https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/

  • Google Code-in Mentor

    Google Code-in Mentor

    AnitaB.org

    - 3 months

    Science and Technology

    Google Code-in is a global online contest that aims to introduce teenagers to the world of open source development.

    As a mentor, I helped participants contribute to the mentorship system project from Systers community. I collaborated with other mentors and admins to create work for participants, mainly focused on coding tasks for the backend project. I created tasks and also reviewed the participants' work.

    Program: https://codein.withgoogle.com/

  • GHC Open Source Day - Systers Representative

    GHC Open Source Day - Systers Representative

    AnitaB.org

    Science and Technology

    I represented the Systers Open Source community during Open Source Day on Grace Hopper Celebration 2018 in Houston, Texas.

    Before the event I and the other two representatives onboarded mentors and participants, helping them prepare for the OSD.

    During OSD, I worked with mentors and other representatives to help participants contribute Mentorship System (Android) project. Contributions included UI Design, Quality Assurance testing, coding, creating bug reports and submitting pull…

    I represented the Systers Open Source community during Open Source Day on Grace Hopper Celebration 2018 in Houston, Texas.

    Before the event I and the other two representatives onboarded mentors and participants, helping them prepare for the OSD.

    During OSD, I worked with mentors and other representatives to help participants contribute Mentorship System (Android) project. Contributions included UI Design, Quality Assurance testing, coding, creating bug reports and submitting pull requests.

  • Mentor

    Mentor

    NAPE - IST

    - 1 year 10 months

    Education

    As a mentor at the Student Support Unit (NAPE) I was responsible for 9 first year students.
    I facilitated the integration and adaptation of new students in academic life.

    NAPE: http://nape.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/en/nape/
    Mentoring Programme: http://nape.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/en/mentorado/

  • Volunteer

    Volunteer

    EntrAjuda

    - 2 months

    Poverty Alleviation

    As a volunteer for a subsection of EntreAjuda, Banco de Bens Doados, I prepared baskets of non perishable goods, that would be distributed to charity institutions and families in need.

    http://www.entrajuda.pt/ | http://www.bancodebensdoados.pt/

  • Volunteer

    Volunteer

    IEEE-IST Student Branch

    - 2 years 8 months

    Science and Technology

    I helped record and produce videos for IEEE-IST Academic project, and helped organizing some events and activities such as workshops and others.

Honors & Awards

  • 2022 People's Choice Award for Community Management

    Opensource.com

    I've been awarded for my contributions to Community Management topic to Opensource.com in 2021.
    Learn more in https://opensource.com/article/22/1/community-awards-2022

    Read my article on "3 steps for managing a beginner-friendly open source community" at https://opensource.com/article/21/8/beginner-open-source-community

  • Coding Black Females Star 2021 - Super Speaker

    Coding Black Females

    I was recognized as a Coding Black Females Star of 2021.

    Star Award: Super Speaker

    I've spoken at numerous CBF events throughout 2021, alongside encouraging more members within Coding Black Females to get involved in public speaking.

  • GitHub Star

    GitHub

    "The GitHub Stars program thanks GitHub’s most influential developers and gives them a platform to showcase their work, reach more people, and shape the future of GitHub."

    https://stars.github.com/alumni/

  • GitHub Star

    GitHub

    "The GitHub Stars program thanks GitHub’s most influential developers and gives them a platform to showcase their work, reach more people, and shape the future of GitHub."

    https://stars.github.com/alumni/

  • Most Outstanding Student

    AnitaB.org

    Was selected and nominated by my peers, mentors, and admins for my work during Google Summer of Code 2018, within Systers Open Source Community out of 11 students.

  • Winner of A+ challenge

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    My team won Winner of A+ challenge at BreakingDev University Hackathon out of 6 projects for ISTCollab project (2016)

  • Merit Diploma

    Instituto Superior Técnico

    Academic years for BSc degree: 2012/2013 and 2013/2014

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