Joe is a Front-End Web Developer and User Experience Designer specializing in accessible, enterprise-level WordPress solutions. <\/p>\n
After three decades as a public servant at Metro Los Angeles, managing their blog network, he retired to present on WordPress and open-source tech in emerging or underrepresented communities around the world, from Inglewood, California, to San Jose, Costa Rica, to Taipei, Taiwan.<\/p>\n
He also advocates for accessibility by blending careers as a Graphic Designer\/Illustrator in Corporate Identity and Branding for Fortune 500 companies, Chrysler, and Unisys, with that of a Front-End Web Developer and UX Designer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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