Heroines of JavaScript series: Lauryn & Layla interview Jen Looper
Tags: diversity, javascript, girlswhocode, womenintech
Published: 2019-07-02 14:23:26

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title: Heroines of JavaScript series: Lauryn & Layla interview Jen Looper
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description: Lauryn & Layla interview Jen Looper, Founder of Vue Vixens and our first Heroine of JavaScript.
tags: diversity, javascript, girlswhocode, womenintech
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## Stream Replay Link

[https://youtu.be/GTRGZYol2Bg](https://youtu.be/GTRGZYol2Bg)

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### Segments

| Timestamp     | Topic
| ---           | ---
| 00:06         | Kick it off
| 00:12         | Why we're doing this
| 00:16         | Lauryn & Layla interview with [Jen Looper](https://twitter.com/jenlooper)
| 01:02         | Wrap it up Mike!

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### Today's Candle To Code By

No time for candles with these awesome guests!

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## Things we learned

- [Vue Vixens](https://vuevixens.org) is an initiative founded by Jen Looper, Developer Advocate at Progress, that creates and hosts workshops to teach Vue.js to under-represented people in a cool and fun way.
- So many great projects for kids to use in learning about the internet of things at [ThingLearn](http://www.thinglearn.com/).
- Jen's cat is on Twitter at [@nativescriptcat](https://twitter.com/nativescriptcat)
- Some great organizations who are helping women in tech:
  - [Black Girls Code](http://www.blackgirlscode.com/)
  - [Resilient Coders](http://www.resilientcoders.org/)
  - [Girls Who Code](https://girlswhocode.com/)
  - [Harvey Mudd College](https://www.hmc.edu/)
- Cool app building experience at [http://nsvue-workshop.netlify.com](http://nsvue-workshop.netlify.com)



## Things to Review & Notes

- Heroines of JavaScript kick-off


## Goals

- [x] Interview with [Jen Looper](https://twitter.com/jenlooper)


### About Jen Looper

Jen Looper is a Google Developer Expert and a Senior Developer Advocate with over 18 years’ experience as a web and mobile developer, specializing in creating cross-platform mobile apps.

She’s a multilingual multiculturalist with a passion for hardware hacking, mobile apps, Vue.js, machine learning and discovering new things every day.

She is the founder and CEO of Vue Vixens, an initiative promoting diversity in the Vue.js community.


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