I was born and raised in Toronto, a city where one block can hold cuisines from every corner of the globe. Growing up here taught me that diversity is a strength, and that perspective was shaped equally by my Filipino roots and Canadian upbringing. It still carries into my work today, where I believe technology is most powerful when it helps more people feel seen, heard, and connected.
Every part of my life has involved a keyboard and a screen. Before kindergarten, I was typing www.treehousetv.com into the family computer (an iconic Canadian TV show, I gotta say). Later, I built my first website with HTML and CSS to document recipes I learned as a chef. Eventually, that same curiosity turned into shipping code for applications reaching millions of people globally as a Software Engineer.
But there has always been another part of me that lived away from the screen. When I wasn’t at a keyboard, I was drawing. It started on KidPix, then grew into years of studying Creative Arts in high school, winning art awards, having a piece featured in a Toronto Public Library magazine, and designing my yearbook. Today, I travel and document the art I see in galleries, and I still find ways to bring that creative itch into my work.
Developer Relations is where those sides meet for me. It brings together my love for teaching, building, storytelling, and technology. Today, that looks like coding projects in production, talking to developers on and off camera, and experimenting with the creativity of video editing.
Experience
A few of the places I have worked:
- Browserless — Developer Advocate
- Botpress — Developer Relations Intern
- DoorDash — Software Engineering Intern
- Microsoft — Software Engineering Intern
- Seneca Applied Research — Research Assistant
Education
Where I have studied:
- BASc, Engineering Science — University of Toronto
- BE, Software Engineering — Seneca Polytechnic
Community
What I get involved in:
- WomenTechmakers Ambassador — Google’s program supporting women in tech through resources, community, and visibility
- President & Founder, Google Developer Student Club — University of Toronto chapter, building a community of student developers
- Women in Science and Engineering — University of Toronto chapter, supporting women pursuing degrees in STEM
If you want to collaborate, speak at an event, or just say hi, reach out at chloeann.quijano@gmail.com.