Hi, I am Princiya!

I love food and Javascript. And now I am getting Pythonised.

Around the Web

Things I am proud of

WWCode Connect Recharge 2022 Keynote

Presented a Keynote at Women Who Code Connect Recharge 2022 on the topic - Reset and Recharge: Humans need it too just like devices!

Featured in Forbes

The Wisdom Of Women Leaders As They Forge The Post Pandemic Future

100 Women in Tech

AgileTD Zone published a list of 100 Women in Tech to Follow and Learn from

PrototypeFund.de 2018 Fellow

PrototypeFund.de 2018 Fellow for Lightbeam to visualise first and third party website trackers.

FreeCodeCamp Interview

Abbey from FreeCodeCamp podcast chats with developer and wearer of many hats Princiya about how she changed careers, moved to Berlin, and worked her way up to a lead role.

Young Leader of the Year 2019

Top 10 - Women in IT Awards, Europe

Contributions to

Open Source

My Open Source journey

I got into open source through the Outreachy program. Read my blog posts on the Open Source topic.

Lightbeam

I have contributed to and maintained Lightbeam, a browser extension that visualizes first and third-party trackers.

Firefox Developer Tools Debugger

I served as a community maintainer for the Firefox Developer Tools Debugger project.

Software Developer coach at Raise.dev and MLH Fellowship

I guided undergraduates in contributing to open-source projects, provided career advice, and prepared them for internships or full-time jobs in Software Engineering. Through this program, I mentored open-source contributors to popular repositories such as React Native Core, AWS Amplify, and Slate.js.

Community Work

Women Who Code Leadership Fellow for Frontend 2021 - 22

Between 2021 and 2022, I also dedicated my time to the Women Who Code community as a Leadership Fellow, specifically within the WWCode frontend technical track.

International conference speaker since 2015

I have been presenting at international conferences since 2015 on web frontend-related topics.

Meetups and community programs

Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, I volunteered my time in co-organizing the Berlin Critical Tech Meetup, reviewing diversity scholarship applications for JSConfEU and React India conferences, and co-hosting the bi-weekly Diversity & Inclusion community and contributor calls. Additionally, I have participated in the mentorship program for the Node.js Diagnostics Working Group and the Open Source Maintainer Leadership program from Mozilla.