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Lost and Found: My “words” after brain surgery

Lost and Found: My “words” after brain surgery

Posted on December 6, 2022September 16, 2026Author 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, 2022September 16, 2026Author Hiroko NishimuraPosted in Health, Learning in Public, Self-Employment, Tech, Top Posts, Writing8 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, 2021Author 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, 2021Author 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.

LinkedIn Learning: Teaching as a Technical Instructor

LinkedIn Learning: Teaching as a Technical Instructor

Posted on February 1, 2021Author Hiroko NishimuraPosted in Learning in Public, Self-Employment, Tech, Top Posts15 Replies

Interested in becoming a LinkedIn Learning Instructor? I’ve published 8 courses with LinkedIn Learning, and will share the pros/cons!

From AWS Newbies to AWS Hero

From AWS Newbies to AWS Hero

Posted on November 12, 2020September 16, 2026Author Hiroko NishimuraPosted in Learning in Public, Tech, Top Posts7 Replies

My journey from “AWS Newbies” to “AWS Hero” 2.5 years of Cloud Computing community building!

From Disabled Special Ed Teacher to AWS Hero

From Disabled Special Ed Teacher to AWS Hero

Posted on July 23, 2020Author Hiroko NishimuraPosted in Health, Lifestyle, Self-Employment, Tech, Top Posts, Writing1 Reply

How I went from Special Ed teacher to working in IT to teaching AWS on LinkedIn Learning & becoming an AWS Community Leader.

Books.

Posted on May 7, 2020Author Hiroko NishimuraPosted in Tech, Writing3 Replies

Books written and published by Hiroko Nishimura on Cloud Computing, AWS, and Personal Finance.

Best Practices for Remote Working

Best Practices for Remote Working

Posted on May 7, 2020Author Hiroko NishimuraPosted in Lifestyle, TechLeave a Reply

I had the opportunity to write a contribution piece for Jefferson Frank’s White Paper on working effectively with distributed teams!

Tips for your first AWS re:Invent

Tips for your first AWS re:Invent

Posted on December 16, 2019Author Hiroko NishimuraPosted in Tech1 Reply

Attending AWS re:Invent for the first time? Here are some tips and tricks on making the most of your re:Invent experience!

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Hiroko Nishimura

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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