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Interaction Designer
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Professional Info

Companies Worked For
SunRain Productions, Stauffer, General Assembly, Cherry Hill Company, Stand Up To Cancer, University of Southern California, Vassar College
Industries Worked In: 
Web Development, Film Production, Higher Education, Libraries, Non Profit / Activism, Entertainment Industry, Voter Education

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Other languages: 
English

On Drupal.org for 14 years 9 months

Over 10 edits to documentation

Bio: 

Rain Breaw Michaels is a user experience designer and certified web accessibility professional (CPWA through IAAP). She has been an instructor at community colleges and General Assembly, and is passionate about advocacy and empowerment.

Rain has long been an active participant in the Los Angeles Drupal User Group, including formerly spearheading DrupalChix and local community activities and projects.

In 2015, Rain authored the 10 hour O'Reilly video course, Learning Drupal 8: Install, Build, Deploy and Maintain a Customized Drupal Website (found at http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920040262.do).

Documentation guides

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Drupal Contributions: 

Serving as an accessibility topic maintainer for Drupal core. A member of the DrupalCon MIN 2020 Program Team on the UX, Design & Accessibility track. Produced the announcement video for DrupalCon Los Angeles 2015. Co-organizer of DrupalCamp LA 2009 and 2010, active DrupalChix supporter, former co-manager of LA Drupal User Group. Frequent presenter at DrupalCons and DrupalCamps, including DrupalCon San Francisco, DrupalCon Chicago, DrupalCamp LA, BADcamp, and SANDcamp. Frequent trainer for Drupal Global Training days.

Areas of Expertise: 
accessibility
User Experience Design
Site builder
Interaction Designer
Drupal Trainer
Drupal events: 
DrupalCon San Francisco 2010
DrupalCon Chicago 2011
DrupalCon Denver 2012
DrupalCon Portland 2013
DrupalCon Los Angeles 2015
DrupalCon Seattle 2019
DrupalCon Minneapolis 2020 (was planning to attend)

Credited on 76 fixed issues

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rainbreaw helps support and grow the Drupal community with the Drupal Association.

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