Layla Hendrix

p5.js is a creative coding library used to introduce text-based coding to beginners around the world. I have created tutorials for the p5.js learn site that focused on accessibility, creativity and computational thinking. During this project  I collaborated with various writers by providing revisions and feedback on tutorials for the p5.js learn page - feedback was focused on accessibility and readability for beginners

Understanding how the material properties of bone tissue from the various forms of osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) differ will allow us to tailor treatment regimens for affected patients. To this end, we characterized the bone structure and material properties of two mouse models .. in which bone fragility is due to a genetic defect in collagen type I and a defect in osteoblast matrix mineralization, respectively. Bones ... were examined using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopic imaging (FTIRI), microcomputed tomography (micro-CT), histology, and biochemical analysis. 

NYC DOE has trained over 2,025 teachers in 825 schools, reaching almost 177,000 students in grades K-12 and counting! Layla Quiñones and José Olivares will discuss and answer questions about expanding data science curriculum across disciplines and various formats (full course, curriculum, modules) with an emphasis on increasing accessibility for all students within New York City school district.

The 2019 Processing Foundation Fellowships sponsored nine projects from around the world that expanded the p5.js and Processing softwares and nurtured their communities. This year, we collaborated with the New York City Department of Education’s CS4All Initiative, to support two Teaching Fellows, who are Computer Science teachers in the Software Engineering Program of New York City Public Schools. Here is the first interview with Teaching Fellow Layla Quinones, in conversation with Director of Advocacy Johanna Hedva.