HM

About

Helen McKay

When I was 13 years old, I taught myself HTML and CSS so I could tweak Tumblr themes, and I’ve been hooked up web development ever since. Now I’m passionate about building sites with lightweight code, lightning-fast performance, and accessible design.

I am proud to be the front-end developer for Blue Voter Guide—a 100% volunteer-run organization that that has helped millions of progressive voters plan their ballots for elections at every level in every state in the US. Writing code to power grassroots activism has been the most rewarding experience of my life; code-for-activism as my day job would be a dream come true. (Got a project for me? Send me an email!)

I’m also a freelancer, focusing on building small blogging sites to support small creatives.

As a developer, my focus is largely on the front-end (especially the JAMstack) but I’m comfortable working with:

  • HTML
  • CSS
  • JavaScript (Vanilla, jQuery, React and React Native, the JAMstack)
  • Static Site Generators (Astro.js, Eleventy)
  • PHP
  • MySQL
  • C, C++, C#
  • Java
  • Python

…and I can learn anything!

I’m currently a Computer Science student at the University of Houston, graduating in 2025.

When I’m not making websites, I can be found making soups or reading about the Gilded Age.