For over 15 years, Alena has built PHP applications for clients across diverse industries, including over 7 of those years using WordPress. She enjoys both the creativity of programming and the thrill of solving a puzzle. She is excited about the recent advances in PHP. Most notably, the on-going efforts to expand and encompass the AMAZING PHP community as a whole through the collaboration of various sub-groups and the use of standards, and best practices.
Alena serves as part of the leadership team for both the Portland chapter of Women Who Code and the PDX PHP users group. She is passionate about helping people overcome their own barriers to excellence in order to achieve personal confidence in their ability to learn and succeed. Most recently, this passions has collided with her programming skills at Treehouse, where she is training the next generation of PHP enthusiasts.