Being a mother has been the best adventure yet! I love every second of it, but that does not mean it isn’t a challenge. Victor, my son, is now 9 months, and he was around 6 when the internship first started. My working schedule can rage from 5 in the morning to some time after midnight. My husband and I take shifts watching over our son since he, too, works from home. This journey has helped us develop more as a family.
Being scared of success can be an issue for some people, this can be known as imposter syndrome. I’m a 25-year-old graduate who just recently became a mother less than a year ago. I had the career goals aliened for myself when suddenly I discovered I was pregnant my last year in college. My goals soon after shifted.
Imposter syndrome is something I notice now throughout my internship period. See, after giving birth, my mindset was set to how to care for my child. I had self-doubt about my tech skills since the moment I applied to the Outreachy internship. As vulnerable as I felt, I never let that stop me. I have gained confidence in my work, in my skills, and in myself because of this internship. I have developed enough technical experience to further my career as a Frontend Engineer. I want to continue to learn about the best UX practices as well as create more projects in JavaScript. I soon want to start learning React and Angular.
I now feel strong enough to share my skills with my community here in Salinas, CA. It has always been a dream to help educate the underrepresented community I come from. We need more doctors, engineers, political leaders to come from underrepresented communities. With the help from organizations like Outreachy, we can help bring these communities resources and inspiration.
My Outreachy Journey 