Laura Kishimoto 🍁:eve:<p>An <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>introduction</span></a>!</p><p>Hello, I'm Laura (she / her). I'm part of the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Sheffield" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sheffield</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SheffGeeks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SheffGeeks</span></a> communities. I am a people-focused <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EngineeringManager" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EngineeringManager</span></a> with a background in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FrontEnd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FrontEnd</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/engineering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>engineering</span></a>, and have helped organise <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SheffieldJS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SheffieldJS</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FrontEndSheffield" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FrontEndSheffield</span></a>, and the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FrontEndNorth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FrontEndNorth</span></a> conference.</p><p>I am a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Canadian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canadian</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/immigrant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigrant</span></a> and I live in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Yorkshire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Yorkshire</span></a> with my partner, Caolan, two <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cats</span></a>, and (soon) a young child. I am learning <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Japanese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Japanese</span></a> and enjoy the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/outdoors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>outdoors</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/food" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>food</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TableTopGames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TableTopGames</span></a>, and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RedPandas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RedPandas</span></a>.</p>