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Ximena (He-Men-Ah) here, a Mexican-born, Texas-based designer and developer. Currently a Web Designer at The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA). A curious human, who loves to find, try and learn new things. Focusing on designing and developing inclusive and accessible user interfaces and experiences. Passionate in all things web and advocate of uniting the design and developer communities to work together and learn from each other.
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2022
Apr 19, 2022
Apr 19, 2022
Designed a Website

About UTSA


Redesigned and launched the About suite of pages on the UTSA website that focus on telling the story of the university's past, present, and future.

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Web Designer, The University of Texas at San Antonio
Jan 06, 2022
Jan 06, 2022
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Redesigned a website
Used Jamstack
Used Eleventy
Using Tailwind CSS
Used Netlify
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Happy to help Conor jump on the Eleventy + Netlify ship! Just gave some tips and talked things out. The site is looking great Conor!
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Ximena Vila Ferral
Jan 06, 2022
Redesigned a website
Used Jamstack
Used Eleventy
Using Tailwind CSS
Used Netlify
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Personal Site Rebuild


Redesigned and rebuilt my personal site to a Jamstack framework using Eleventy, Tailwindjs, and Netlify.

https://conormeagher.com
Jan 01, 2022
Jan 01, 2022
Wrote a Blog Post

No one knows all the things

It's easy to assume the people we look up to know everything, we forget we all have our own experiences and knowledge gaps.

No one knows all the things (ximenavf.com)
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Jan 01, 2022
Jan 01, 2022
Launched a Blog
Coded a site
Wrote a Blog Post
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Launched my blog on my site

Happy New Year Y'all! We're actually off to a good start this year, all things considered. I've been wanting to put out a blog for a while now but I keep overthinking it… as I do. So, I finally just…did it. We'll see where this goes. 

https://ximenavf.com/
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2021
Dec 31, 2021
Dec 31, 2021
Wrote a Blog Post

First Blog Post

Wrote the first blog post on my personal site as an intro to what I want to do and share on there.

¡Hola Mundo! (ximenavf.com)
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Dec 17, 2021
Dec 17, 2021
Built a Mechanical Keyboard

Keychron K6, Gitified


Customized a new mechanical keyboard.

⌨️  Specs:
This one is a Keychron K6 with lubed brown switches and Oblotzky SA Oblivion V2, Hagoromo Alphas with Git modifiers. 
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