I take time to understand how things work. Then I build.

My path into tech has not been a straight line. But looking back, there has always been one constant: wherever I worked, I found something that could work better and created something to make it happen.

At a hotel and restaurant, I rebuilt their website from scratch using WordPress and Divi, collaborating with a photographer to make sure the design matched the quality of the place. Mobile optimisation was a priority from the start. At a Medical and Social Establishment, I developed several Excel tools for different departments. The main one, created for the Animation team in close collaboration with two department managers, is an application called DIMSO, used every day by staff to organise and track activities for each individual resident. It is still in use across two establishments. At World Aquatics, I took the initiative to design and deliver a full stack inventory management system in Django and React. When it deploys in June 2026, it will serve staff in both the Lausanne headquarters and the Budapest office.

Years of working across different industries and settings shaped how I think about building. I have worked with hotel guests, elderly residents, federation executives, and international staff across multiple countries. That range gives me something technical skills alone cannot: I understand who I am building for, and I build accordingly.

I first became curious about web development more than fifteen years ago while experimenting with WordPress, building small freelance websites for local clients. I loved seeing ideas come to life online, but I often reached the limits of what I could customize without understanding the code behind it.

In 2021, I decided to go deeper and began learning through freeCodeCamp, where I earned my Responsive Web Design certification. That experience reignited my passion for creating and sparked a desire to understand how the web works from front to back.

In 2024, I joined #herHack, the largest female-led hackathon in Switzerland, where our team proudly won 2nd place. Working under pressure reminded me how creativity and collaboration can bring bold ideas to life.

The following year, I completed Harvard’s CS50: Computer Science for Web Programming, a professional certification that challenged me to build full-stack projects and connect the dots between logic, design, and user experience.

Each of these experiences shaped not only my technical foundation but also how I approach learning. With persistence, curiosity, and a genuine drive to keep building something real.

Debugging taught me a lot. When I was learning the fundamentals, I made a point of solving errors myself first. Hours on Google, reading documentation, trying to understand what a cryptic error message actually meant. Frustrating? Absolutely. But it built something useful: I do not just fix the error, I want to understand why it happened.

Do I remember every error by heart? Absolutely not. But I know how to find the answer, stay calm when things break, and keep going. And yes, AI tools help a lot nowadays too.

For me, building is not just a technical skill. It is a way of solving real problems for real people, with care and intention.

Each project I take on teaches me something new. Not just about code, but about the people who will use what I build and why that matters.