Hi, I'm Cherisse!
Welcome to my portfolio website!
I'm currently a Software Development student at NAIT. I officially began my coding journey in 2024, but I'm learning new things every day and hoping to complete the program in April 2026! Though I particularly enjoy front end, I've been taught skills that enable me to be a fullstack developer and work on the back end as well.
I'm based in Edmonton, Canada but would be willing to relocate or work remotely once I finish my diploma!
My interests include drawing, gaming, writing, computers + programming, and I dabble in video editing and 3D modeling. I love working with things that let me be creative!
So what's your story?
I grew up fascinated with computers ever since we had an old Windows '98, back in the days where there was a designated "computer room". I've been on the internet way too much ever since we got it at home, where I tinkered with small games and utilized HTML/CSS as a teen, but never ventured further. I also built my own PC in 2016 for gaming and workstation purposes and built + upgraded PCs a couple times since.
(But I wouldn't call myself a pro with hardware or anything...)
After graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in Studio Art in 2020, the job market was tough post-pandemic. I wanted to improve my skillset, so after a couple years of freelance work I decided to go back to school in 2024. I fully committed to learning how to program at NAIT, and now I maintain a 4.0 GPA!
Technical Skills
Frontend
- HTML
- CSS
- Bootstrap, MUI
- JavaScript
- React, Astro
Backend
- SQL
- C#
- LINQ, Blazor
- Dart
- + Flutter
DevOps/Tools
- Git
- GitHub
- Figma
- Netlify
- NPM
Projects
...This Website!
This website is a basic showcase of my front end abilities! I opted to work with vanilla CSS to demonstrate my personal design choices, as well as vanilla JavaScript for a proper reactive webpage, using a mobile-first approach.
*I made use of Bootstrap icons since SVGs are unwieldy out of preference for cleaner looking HTML.
BikesRUs App Project (Sales + Returns)
A group project for an App Dev class. I was responsible for the sales and returns section, which required writing database (LINQ) queries, reverse engineering the database into the system, and finally, using these queries for data display on the front end and allowing authorized users to alter data.
AFS Catalogue Website
A produce catalogue website built for Alberta Food Security as a capstone project. Working on a student team of 9 developers and 1 business analyst, we met with a client every week and did biweekly sprints to complete a functioning catalogue page with a cart, checkout page, registration and login/logout functionality, as well as an admin-only section to manage orders.