Problem first
I start by understanding the real goal and what success needs to look like.
Frontend developer · React · Next.js · TypeScript
I am a frontend developer with experience building responsive web applications, client websites, API-driven features, and production projects from real requirements. My background in teaching and business ownership also gives me a strong foundation in clear communication, problem-solving, and learning new systems quickly.
Open to frontend, web development, and related technical opportunities.
I start by understanding the real goal and what success needs to look like.
I build with structure, clarity, and reusable components.
I test what matters, fix what does not work, and keep improving.
I design and build for different screen sizes and real users.
01 / What I bring
My experience spans frontend development, real client work, and years of teaching. I bring both the technical skills to build and the communication skills to understand what people actually need.
Responsive React and Next.js interfaces, TypeScript, API-driven features, application states, forms, and careful implementation from designs or requirements.
I have taken projects from idea to launch, worked through deployment and integration issues, and adapted existing systems when the original approach no longer fit the goal.
Eighteen years of teaching taught me how to break complex ideas into understandable steps, listen for what someone needs, and explain technical decisions without unnecessary jargon.
02 / Selected work
These projects show client website work, independent product development, paid implementation work, and responsive API-driven interfaces built from supplied requirements.

Client website · Full rebuild
I rebuilt a real local service-business website beyond the limits of its original GoDaddy template, with clearer service paths, seasonal content, quote functionality, SEO, performance work, and launch support.
“The site is now a powerful asset for my business.” — Yohan, Minnlawn

Independent product · From idea to launch
I planned, built, launched, supported, and later converted a real paid pet-care membership product into an interactive portfolio demo after the paid model no longer made sense.

Skinstric internship
A responsive Next.js and TypeScript skin-analysis flow I implemented from supplied Figma designs, APIs, assets, and project requirements during a paid internship with Skinstric.

Frontend development project
A responsive React marketplace I implemented from supplied designs, APIs, and requirements, with reusable components, routing, loading states, carousels, timers, sorting, and incremental loading.
03 / The path here
Teaching, running a business, and building software all taught me the same thing: understand the problem, communicate clearly, and keep working until the solution makes sense.
Make complicated ideas easier to understand.
Understand customers and solve practical problems.
Take an idea from concept to working software.
Build responsive interfaces people can actually use.
04 / Working philosophy
I work best by building through real problems, testing what works, and refining the result. Each project is a chance to make the next decision clearer, the interface more useful, and the final product stronger.
More about how I workI also run PawCircle LLC, where I build and support websites for independent service businesses. That client work gives me ongoing production experience while this portfolio stays focused on my development career.
Visit PawCircle LLCOpen to frontend, web development, and related technical opportunities
I would be glad to talk about the role, the team, and the problems you need someone to help solve.