AWS Hero Hiroko Nishimura gave her first ever tech talk at DMV Community Day 2025, and lived to write about it!
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Getting ready for AWS re:Invent
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
I attended my first Global AWS Heroes Summit in Seattle, and came back super energized and enthusiastic about creating.
Reflecting on 2022
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
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
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
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
I am writing a book, and have Executive Function Disorder. Book Writing with ADHD is a series as I try to figure out productivity.
From AWS Newbies to AWS Hero
My journey from “AWS Newbies” to “AWS Hero” 2.5 years of Cloud Computing community building!
From Disabled Special Ed Teacher to AWS Hero
How I went from Special Ed teacher to working in IT to teaching AWS on LinkedIn Learning & becoming an AWS Community Leader.