Recorded live at All Things Open, Robbie and guest co-host Jason Torres talk with Roxy Rodriquez-Becker about her journey from educator and librarian to aspiring developer, the community supporting her transition, navigating motherhood and advocacy, and how her son’s medical challenges inspired her to build a life-changing G-tube feeding app.
In this episode:
- (00:00) - Working Edit
- (01:03) - Wine rating and review: San Simeon Cabernet Sauvignon
- (02:35) - Meet Roxy
- (03:04) - From teaching and libraries to tech
- (05:38) - How Roxy is learning to code
- (06:24) - Inside the “Chosen One” series
- (07:35) - The support systems behind Roxy's move to coding
- (09:14) - Navigating a public job hunt and being in the spotlight
- (11:30) - Roxy’s advice for getting out of your comfort zone
- (12:43) - Roxy’s background in content creation
- (14:35) - How Roxy juggles parenting, work, and learning to code
- (16:51) - How her son’s medical journey inspired the Tube Feed app
- (28:03) - Why advocating for yourself is harder than advocating for others
- (30:00) - What pulled Roxy back into tech
- (32:01) - Growing up Cuban and Catholic
- (35:30) - How Roxy's upbringing shapes how she raises her kids
- (36:33) - Why Roxy chose software engineering specifically
- (38:33) - Robbie's biggest strength and biggest weakness
- (39:27) - Guilty pleasure TV shows
- (40:43) - What success looks like for Roxy
- (42:41) - Where to find Roxy online
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