Born and raised in Toronto, a city where one block holds cuisines from every corner of the globe. I grew up learning that my diversity is a strength, shaped equally by my Filipino roots and Canadian upbringing. That perspective carries into my work, where I believe technology is most powerful when it connects the voices of others.
Every part of my life has involved me touching a keyboard and a screen. From typing www.treehousetv.com before entering kindergarten (an iconic Canadian TV show, I gotta say), to building my first website in HTML & CSS to document recipes I learned as a chef, to now pushing code to applications reaching millions globally through working as a Software Engineer.
But there was always a part of me that lived away from the screen. When I wasn’t at a keyboard, I was drawing. From starting it on KidPix to years of studying Creative Arts in high school, winning art awards, getting 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 now I explore my art itch in my work too.
You’ll now see me combine those two sides, bringing my love for teaching and technology into developer relations. 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.