Here are talks, podcasts, and articles where I’ve been featured recently! Interested in interviewing me for a podcast episode or an article? Feel free to shoot me an e-mail at hiro@24villages.com!
Talks & Events
2026
Panelist: 第33回クラウド女子会 〜今の時代の子育てママの働き方〜
- JAWS-UGクラウド女子会 event (9/11/2026)
Speaker: AWS West Palm Beach: From AWS Newbie to AWS Hero
- AWS West Palm Beach User Group (8/12/2026)
Speaker: AWS DMV Summit 2026: Developer Demos: Creating awsnewbies.com using Amazon Lightsail
- Developer Demos – Hiroko Nishimura at AWS Summit DC 2026 (7/1/2026)
Speaker: vBrownBag: 700,000 Learners Later: AWS Education Community and What’s Changed
- vBrownBag interview with Chris Williams (4/18/2026)
Speaker: JAWS-UG クラウド女子会×初心者支部 コラボ会
- JAWS-UG クラウド女子会×初心者支部 event (2/8/2026)
- 脳手術や闘病、挫折や回り道ばかりの人生から編み出した「自分だけのキャリア」を東京でプレゼンした
Panelist: AWS HEROはAWS re:Invent 2025をどう見たか
- Notion-sponsored event in Tokyo (2/6/2026)
2025
Speaker: AWS DMV Community Day 2025: From Special Ed Major to AWS Hero
- From Special Ed Major to AWS Hero at AWS DMV Community Day 2025
Past Podcasts & Interviews
freeCodeCamp Podcast: From Brain Tumor to Teaching 500,000 Sysadmin Students with Hiroko Nishimura
Tech Careers: Hiroko Nishimura – from help-desk to technical author
HarperDB Select*: Becoming an AWS Hero & Pursuing a Dream Job w/ Hiroko Nishimura
Harper DB Select* with Margo McCabe
aws.fm: Technical Writing, Teaching Tech & Cloud to Beginners, and Navigating Life as a Freelancer
TechJr: Learning AWS with Hiroko Nishimura
CodeNewbie: What is AWS and how do you become a cloud engineer
Talking Serverless: Technical Instructor and AWS Hero
#100DaysOfCloud: Cloud Journey from Hiro to Hero
Screaming in the Cloud: Learning How to Teach AWS to Newbies
vBrownBag: Special Education Teacher to AWS Hero with Hiroko Nishimura
Sahar’s Communication Station: How to Find the Courage to Live Your Best Life
egghead Podcast: Making A Fulfilling Career Out Of Multiple Interests
CurryUp Startup Podcast: We are not Guaranteed a Later
Past Talks
- Walkthrough Wednesday with Hiroko Nishimura
- The Practical DEV (6/30/2021)
- アメリカ在住hirokoさんに聞いてみた！海外移住とバイリンガル教育
- Rie Yoshida YouTube (2/10/2021)
- AWS Newbies” to “AWS Community Leader” as Beginner
- Magenta Codes (10/28/2020)
- Transitions into Tech Talks
- Women Who Code NYC (9/29/2020)
- “Clearing up AWS” Panel
- egghead (9/21/2020)
- Waffle Camp Career Talk (Japanese)
- Waffle NPO (9/20/2020)
- The Power of YES Against Imposter Syndrome
- CFE.DEV (8/20/2020)
- Talking Cloud with Hiro
- Inspiring Figures (4/18/2020)
- Creating Your Digital Narrative
- #48in48 NYC (10/5/2019)
YouTube Playlist of YouTube Videos with interviews: Featuring Hiroko Nishimura
Articles
- Everything You Need to Know About AWS Certifications (US News)
- Best AWS Certification Courses (Benzinga)
- Free, discounted, and paid AWS training resources (Jefferson Frank)
- 100 of the Best Engineers, Developers, Coders and Tech Entrepreneurs of Colour To Follow On Social Media (Jennifer Opal)
- 9 Best AWS Certification Courses (Benzinga)
- Empowering diversity and inclusion in technology through We Power Tech (AWS Blog)
- Celebrating AWS Community Leaders at re:Invent 2019 (AWS Blog)
- Maxing out a 401(k) is surprisingly rare — but may be easier than you think (MarketWatch)
- 60 Female Makers You Should Follow on Twitter (Maker Mag)
- 44 New Skills You Can Now Learn on LinkedIn Learning (LinkedIn Learning)
- 27 New Skills You Can Now Learn on LinkedIn Learning (LinkedIn Learning)