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            Hi, I'm Alex.
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              I'm a programmer with a passion for work that has real-world impact.
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              Currently, I build product at Newsela, a company focused on fostering literacy by tailoring real-world content to students' individual reading levels.
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              I came to coding after an award-winning career in journalism, where I structured online conversations around international politics. 
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              Now in tech, I'm ever-learning new programming techniques and technologies and pride myself on the usefulness and philosophical integrity of my work. In the past four years, I've worked on a variety of modern web stacks, from an open-source design system in React to a greenfield Rails application to help code schools better track student outcomes.
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              When I'm not thinking about good object-oriented programming patterns, I spend a lot of time thinking about secular space and discourse, bias detection, and the ethics of communicating "othered" experiences.
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              Ask me about any of the following to see my entire face light up:
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              <!-- <span>&#x1F4D6</span> <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/85688599-alexandra-millatmal?shelf=currently-reading" target="_blank">my current commute reads</a><br> -->
              <span>&#x1F4F0</span> the award-winning live television show I helped produce for Al Jazeera English<br>
              <span>&#x1F41F</span> travel recommendations in Tunisia<br>
              <span>&#x1F33D</span> progressive organizing in Nebraska<br>
              <span>&#x1F4DA</span> the failed book club curriculum I designed for my (then) nine-year-old sister<br>
              <span>&#x1F958</span> Afghan food<br>
              <span>&#x1F3B8</span> Willie Mae Rock Camp
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