Crystal Hess
Professor Of Computer Science at Shoreline Community College
Seattle, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolCrystal Hess is a Professor of Computer Science and educational leader in Seattle with over a decade of higher-ed experience and two decades of teaching and program leadership across K–12 and workforce contexts. She combines a Doctorate in Educational & Organizational Leadership and National Board Teacher certification with practical curriculum design and program scaling work—from founding pre-coursework and inclusion initiatives at Ada Developers Academy to tenuring and leading equity-focused CS program development at Shoreline Community College. Known as a systems thinker and collaborative storyteller, she leads statewide faculty policy and equity efforts (FACTC president, SBCTC equity lead) while also driving day-to-day improvements like equitable hiring and student-centered operational changes. Crystal’s work repeatedly centers anti-racist pedagogy and data-driven program evaluation, including publishing student outcome analyses to surface institutional inequities. She thrives on complex, autonomous projects that blend pedagogy, community-building, and organizational change, and maintains active ties to regional CS educators through a network she created. An underappreciated strength: she pairs rigorous academic expectations with humane support systems that notably increased access and participation for marginalized students.
11 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelors, Computer Science coupled with a Secondary Teaching Certificate, Bachelors, Computer Science coupled with a Secondary Teaching Certificate at The University of Texas at AustinDoctorate, Educational & Organizational Leadership, Concentration: Community Advocacy & Social Justice, Doctorate, Educational & Organizational Leadership, Concentration: Community Advocacy & Social Justice at Seattle UniversityMasters, Information Systems Management, Concentration: Project Management, Masters, Information Systems Management, Concentration: Project Management at Keller Graduate School of Management of DeVry University
Github Skills (22)
fundamentals10
javascript10
python10
padding10
rails10
ruby10
recursion10
ada10
binary-search-tree10
cpp10
loops9
nodes8
data-structures7
nodejs6
sequence5
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
sudocrystal/scc-compsci
May 2017 - Jan 2023
Contributions:451 commits, 487 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 8 months
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