Lora Volkert (she/her) is a software developer and former journalist in Boise, Idaho. She has worked for about a decade and a half in the tech industry at Clearwater Analytics, a fintech company; at Healthwise, a not-for-profit organization that creates medical and wellness content; and a startup in the health care sector called Leap Orbit. She specializes in testing automation and web accessibility.
Prior to going back to school for computer science, Lora was a journalist at the Idaho Press-Tribune and the Idaho Business Review, where she focused on the business, technology, and construction and development beats. Lora is a queer bisexual cisgender woman. She has volunteered for Pride Foundation since 2012, first as a scholarship and grant reviewer, and then as a member of the Idaho Leadership Action Team. She created the Friends of Alan Turing scholarship fund for LGBTQIA+ STEM students.
In her spare time, Lora runs sound and lights for Boise-area community theaters, hikes in the Boise Foothills, works on cosplay outfits, and writes and draws graphic novels, comic books and zines. She lives with her dogs Kubernetes and Kate.
Favorite quote: “All flourishing is mutual.” — Robin Wall Kimmerer
Favorite place in the Northwest: The Artist’s Alley at the Boise Comic Arts Festival and the tech booth at Boise Little Theater