The most common response we hear to the complaint that “All the Speakers at the Conference are men!” or “All the Award Nominees are male.” is that there were “No known female candidates”.

It is our mission to solve that problem by highlighting all of the marvellous talent the Tech Industry has outside of the default.

It is our mission to solve that problem by highlighting all of the marvellous talent the Tech Industry has outside of the default.

Jess Budd

UI Developer, Accessibility Consultant, Digital Producer

Perth, Western Australia

Bio

Jess is an experienced front-end developer and web accessibility consultant, working as a Digital Producer at Australia's second largest not-for-profit health fund. She is co-organiser of Fenders Perth, a meetup for front-end developers providing events, mentoring and support to the web community.

Mentoring

Jess is passionate about giving back to the web community and regularly volunteers her time through various leadership, mentoring and volunteering roles. This has included mentoring primary and highschool students, mentoring women learning to code and co-organising a community meetup group for front-end developers.

Speaker Experience

31 Oct 2019

Making React Apps Accessible: It's easier than you think

Laracon AU