What comes to mind when you think of Hawaii? It could be: surfing the waves, walking sandy beaches, enjoying the lovely hula dance, sipping tropical drinks, or something even more personal to you. Hawaii is widely known for it’s Aloha Spirit This is one of my favorite songs — and I love the beautiful video:

I am proud to have been chosen as one of freeCodeCamp’s 2018 Top Contributors, and to have been invited to the celebration in New York. I am also very thankful that Outreachy sponsored my travel so that as an Outreachy Intern, I could attend this awesome event. I arrived late…

I can’t believe this will be the last month of my internship at LibreHealth! 😢 Just when it was starting to all come together. But I still have a few more weeks to finish my projects, and I’m thankful for the time to work on them. For those of you…

It has been an amazing few weeks. For those of you who have been following my journey, thank you for seeing me over half-way through the internship. This is a remote position, and it’s been an excellent experience working with people from all over the world. Patience is a virtue…

This is the fourth installment of my Outreachy Internship articles. I’m writing one every two weeks to provide updates along my journey, and I have tried to stay on schedule. …

This has been an interesting couple of weeks for me. As a result, I was slightly delayed in getting this article out. I was recently selected to intern at Outreachy. …

Today marks the first day of my official full-time Outreachy Internship with LibreHealth. If you missed my first story about how I got this wonderful internship, check it out here. It’s been quite a journey! I’m thankful for the break between being accepted and actually getting started. It has allowed…

At 9:00 pm on April 22nd, I was crying in my husband’s arms. I was so certain that I would not be chosen, even after all of my hard work, because there were so many other qualified candidates. Also, I thought I knew who would probably be accepted instead. Twelve…