Who is Rachel Nabors?

Rachel Nabors holds an orchid, standing in font of a pink leopard fur-covered desk. The wall behind is a chalkboard with cartoon drawings and post-its all over it. — I love drawing comics, messing with CSS, and looking after my orchids.

Rachel was raised in the Blue Ridge Mountains where she learned goose wrangling and Photoshop. After watching Chasing Amy at the tender age of 14, she started making comics which helped her escape rural poverty and eventually lead to a career in web development. Now she lives with her husband in Raleigh, North Carolina, while traveling around the world to speak at conferences about CSS, interaction, and design. She works from home building fantastic things for fun and profit.

Rachel loves studying birds, playing Pokémon, and wearing boots. She enjoys tea, orchids, making comics, and helping people learn.

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Speak to me about…

Speaking at your conference
Helping you make awesome things or make your own things more awesome

Email me at aloha at rachelnabors dot com

Street Cred

Best-of CSS Dev Conf 2013
Kim Yale Award for Best New Female Talent in Comics 2007
Nerdlinger Award 2007
Core contributor of Sass Animation Studio
Self-proclaimed rival of Brad Colbow

Past and Future Speaking Arrangements

2014

Feb–Mar 2014 jQuery Europe, Vienna
Mar–Apr 2014 Multimedial, Denmark
Apr 2014 Future of Web Design, London
~~Apr 2014 360 Intersect, Seattle~~ Cancelled
May 2014 La Conf, Paris
June 2014 Rustbelt Refresh, Cleveland
June 2014 Giant Conf, Charleston
June 2014 Foo Camp
July 2014 CSS Summit, online
July 2014 OSCON, keynote
Oct 2014 Fronteers & animation workshop
Oct 2014 CSS Dev Conf, New Orleans & animation workshop
Nov 2014 FOWD NYC

2013

March WebVisions NYC
May WebVisions Portland + Workshop
May Fluent, San Francisco Recorded Lightning Talk
June jQuery Portland Recorded Presentation
June WebVisions Barcelona + Workshop
July Gotham JS
July CSS Summit, online
Aug Frontend Conference, Zurich Recorded Presentation
Sept Blend Conf, Charlotte
Sept CSS Conf EU, Berlin
Sept The Front End Brothers, Bologna
Oct Frontend Masters, Minneapolis + Online
~~Oct Sass Conf, New York City~~ Unable to attend because of illness-induced scheduling issues.
Oct CSS Dev Conf, Colorado

2012

Midwest UX Chaired panel on Women in UX and gave an Ignite-style talk on Wabi-sabi and the beauty of imperfection
Blog Her Chaired a panel on Telling Stories with Pictures: Incorporating Graphics, Cartoons, and Iconography.
edUi Giving talk about telling stories with words and pictures: web design meets sequential art.
CSS Dev Conference Showing people how to make Music Videos with CSS3 and HTML5.

2011

NC Dev Con Gave talk on Comics and Design: How to tell stories with pictures and words.
WordCamp Raleigh Gave presentation on Simple Steps to WordPress Security.