Jessica Bell Bio

Jessica Bell

Developer, Washington Post

Washington, D.C.

Jessica Bell works as a developer for The Washington Post, primary on front end and JavaScript projects. She holds a degree in International Relations from San Fransisco State. Professionally she enjoys working with API's, writing clean, commented code, making fun interactive websites, and learning all the time. Other interests include intersection of learning and technology - particularly in tech companies or about products aimed at developers, digital storytelling, and media.

Jessica is very active in the DC Tech scene with previous time on the leadership teams for DC Tech Meetup, DCFemTech, DC ACM and Women Who Code DC. Her current project is DC Tech Stories, a podcast about local tech workers and serves on the ACM Distinguished Speakers Committee.

Her free time is filled with cooking projects, learning computer programming and code, reading science fiction, biking the DC metro area, keeping up with my German, and planning international getaways.

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Jessica Bell

Upcoming Courses

Previously (41)

Career Development

Talk Like A Programmer

Students will learn basic tech terminology so that they no longer feel at a disadvantage when speaking with developers.

17 Times

Coding

Free Intro to Coding

Explore the programming languages that power the web and write your first line of code.

5 Times

Coding

Javascript 101

In this introductory class, you’ll learn about the Javascript development community. You’ll also learn how to think programmatically and apply javascript programming fundamentals.

3 Times

Career Development

Women in Tech Breakfast

Join us for this interactive dialogue about how women are succeeding in tech and fostering the next generation of leaders.

3 Times

Career Development

Tech Education Podcast

Podcast sponsorship

2 Times

Coding

#ilooklikeadeveloper

Let’s break down the barriers for women in tech, one line of code at a time. Take part in strengthening the female programming community with a night of coding & empowerment.

Design

International Women's Day: Equality in Tech

Network and learn from a panel of local women tech leaders.

Business

Level Up Your Career: Valuable Skills for Every Workplace

Boost your skills with three classes that will help you manage projects efficiently, generate innovative solutions, and understand how the web works.

Coding

JavaScript Development

Master the universal language of the web. Learn how to create advanced interactive web experiences with JavaScript.

Coding

Code in One Day: HTML & CSS Crash Course

Get into front-end web development quickly and easily. Dive head first into HTML & CSS, skill up with live coding exercises, and build a basic web page from scratch.

Coding

2-Day Programming for Non-Programmers Bootcamp

Learn the fundamentals of front-end and back-end programming, plus try your hand at writing some code of your own.

Sassy CSS: An Intro to Sass

Take your front-end design skills to the next level with Sass, a CSS preprocessor language.

Coding

Front-End Web Development

Gain critical web development literacy to stand out in tech-driven fields in this 10-week evening course, on campus or online.

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