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AWS Hero’s First Tech Talk: AWS DMV Community Day 2025

AWS Hero’s First Tech Talk: AWS DMV Community Day 2025

Posted on November 15, 2025November 15, 2025Author Hiroko NishimuraPosted in Learning in Public, TechLeave a Reply

AWS Hero Hiroko Nishimura gave her first ever tech talk at DMV Community Day 2025, and lived to write about it!

Getting ready for AWS re:Invent

Getting ready for AWS re:Invent

Posted on November 14, 2025November 14, 2025Author Hiroko NishimuraPosted in TechLeave a Reply

Get ready for AWS re:Invent with me with things I’m thinking about as I pack and get ready for a week-long event.

AWS Heroes Summit 2025

AWS Heroes Summit 2025

Posted on November 13, 2025November 13, 2025Author Hiroko NishimuraPosted in Tech1 Reply

I attended my first Global AWS Heroes Summit in Seattle, and came back super energized and enthusiastic about creating.

Become AWS Cloud Practitioner with an AWS Hero!

Become AWS Cloud Practitioner with an AWS Hero!

Posted on April 7, 2025October 30, 2025Author Hiroko NishimuraPosted in Tech, Top Posts, Tutorials1 Reply

AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner Exam from zero? Learn how to supercharge your exam studies for AWS CLF-C02 with AWS Hero Hiroko Nishimura.

AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner Exam (CLF-C02) Free Study Guide

AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner Exam (CLF-C02) Free Study Guide

Posted on December 6, 2023March 31, 2025Author Hiroko NishimuraPosted in Learning in Public, Tech3 Replies

Resources for AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner Exam (CLF-C02) and free study guide download.

Reflecting on 2022

Reflecting on 2022

Posted on December 31, 2022December 31, 2022Author Hiroko NishimuraPosted in Health, Lifestyle2 Replies

In 2022… Not much happened, but the few things that DID happen were pretty monumental in my life. Like publishing a book.

Lost and Found: My “words” after brain surgery

Lost and Found: My “words” after brain surgery

Posted on December 6, 2022May 2, 2025Author Hiroko NishimuraPosted in Health, Lifestyle, Tech, Top Posts, Writing6 Replies

Hiroko had life-saving brain surgery at 22 which took away her ability to convey her thoughts through writing. At 33, she published her first book.

How Brain Injury and ADHD helped me find dream career in Tech

How Brain Injury and ADHD helped me find dream career in Tech

Posted on May 31, 2022November 15, 2025Author Hiroko NishimuraPosted in Health, Learning in Public, Self-Employment, Tech, Top Posts, Writing5 Replies

Brain surgery left me with debilitating disabilities. It was only after I embraced my needs and accommodations that I found a dream career in tech as a technical writer and published author.

【Book Writing w/ ADHD】Month 2Reflections

【Book Writing w/ ADHD】Month 2Reflections

Posted on December 1, 2021January 29, 2025Author Hiroko NishimuraPosted in Challenge, Health, Learning in Public, Writing1 Reply

I am writing a book, and have Executive Function Disorder. Book Writing with ADHD is a series as I try to figure out productivity.

【Book Writing w/ ADHD】Month 1 Reflections

【Book Writing w/ ADHD】Month 1 Reflections

Posted on October 31, 2021January 29, 2025Author Hiroko NishimuraPosted in Challenge, Learning in Public, WritingLeave a Reply

I am writing a book, and have Executive Function Disorder. Book Writing with ADHD is a series as I try to figure out productivity.

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Hiroko Nishimura is an AWS Community Hero, technical instructor at LinkedIn Learning, and author of AWS for Non-Engineers.

She writes about her jarring transition to motherhood on Substack. Many posts are reposted on this blog as well under Tag: Substack. Looking for my Japanese posts?

She is a brain injury and brain surgery survivor, writing about dealing with adult Executive Dysfunction/ADHD.

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