E088 – Interview with Amberley Romo – Part 1

Amberley defines web accessibility as "building for the web in ways that ensure it’s usable by everyone. There aren’t barriers to use for anyone. So, I would say it’s about digital equal access, kind of along the same lines as physical equal access. So, just putting people at the center of building for the web." Thanks to Twilio for sponsoring the transcript for this episode. Make sure you have a look at: Their blog: https://www.twilio.com/blog Their channel on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/twilio Diversity event tickets: https://go.twilio.com/margaret/ Thanks to Gatsby for being a sponsor of the show. Gatsby is a modern website framework that builds performance into every website by leveraging the latest web technologies. Create blazing fast, compelling apps and websites without needing to become a performance expert. Make sure you have a look at their site: https://www.gatsbyjs.org Transcript Nic: Welcome to the Accessibility Rules podcast. This is episode 88. I'm Nic Steenhout and I talk with people involved in one way or another with web accessibility. If you're interested in accessibility, hey, this show's for you. Nic: To get today's show notes or transcript, head out to https://a11yrules.com. Thanks to Twilio for sponsoring the transcript for this episode. Twilio, connect the world with the leading platform for voice SMS and video at twilio.com. Nic: This week, I'm speaking to Amberley Romo. Thanks for joining me for this conversation around web accessibility, Amberley. How are you? Amberley: I'm good. Thank you for having me. How are you? Nic: I'm good. I like to let guests introduce themselves. So, in a brief intro, who is Amberley Romo? Amberley: Of course. So, I'm a software developer based in Austin, Texas in the U.S. And I'm currently working on the Gatsby team, which is a React based framework for building fast websites and web apps. I touch a lot of different things, but I'm currently aligned with the learning team. Anything to do with the experience of learning about Gatsby, understanding what it is, how to use it. And we cross over a lot with developer relations, which is really fun. So, I get to talk to a lot of people and also the core team. So, in terms of supporting people in the main repo and building documentation as things change. I also recently started recording screencast lessons, so that's a new medium for me that's fun. I recently joined the ranks of podcast hosts like yourself. I recently started a podcast with a friend of mine called Fullstack Health. Nic: What's it called? Fullstack? Amberley: It's called Fullstack Health. Nic: Fullstack Health. Tell me a little bit more about that. Amberley: Yeah, it's about the projects and initiatives, things people are building in the tech health and wellness space, and also the health experiences of tech workers themselves. We're also trying to, for each longer episode, talk to an actual health professional on a topic that's adjacent to whatever we were covering in the first interview. Amberley: So, we found that there's a lot of fitness twitter in the dev community. And then, there's also a lot of conversations about mental health and wellness happening and those conversations don't overlap, don't tend to, at least a lot. So, we wanted to do something that sort brought the two topics under one roof. Nic: Awesome. I'll have to check that out. That sounds very interesting. Amberley: Yeah, we just started. So, we've got our first two episodes under our belt. Nic: No, I well remember my first two episodes and that was quite a big hill to climb in terms of a learning curve. But before you know it, you'll be at a hundred episodes and you'll be a grizzled veteran. Amberley: The hardest part is scheduling. Nic: Yes. Yes, indeed. Hey, Amberley, tell us one thing that most people would not know about yourself. Amberley: So, not accessibility related? Anything? Nic: