Full Stack Developer
I build thoughtful web experiences — from clean interfaces to solid backends. Currently looking for my first internship to put my skills into practice and contribute with enthusiasm to a team's projects.
About me
I'm Desirée, a 21-year-old Italian Full Stack Developer currently studying at ITS Digital Academy "Mario Volpato". My path into tech wasn't a straight line — I started with some programming in high school, then enrolled in an Industrial Chemistry degree at the University of Padova.
It was there, while studying, that curiosity pulled me back to coding. I started a self-taught Full Stack course on the side, and the more I learned, the clearer it became: this was the direction I wanted to go. So I followed it.
I write clean, readable, well-structured code and pay close attention to the details that make the difference. I pick up new languages quickly, work well both independently and in a team, and I'm always absorbing as much as I can from people who know more than me. Outside of dev work, I've spent weekends as a barista — which taught me more about teamwork, working under pressure, and reading people than any classroom could.
Experience & Studies
Work Experience
Treviso, Italy
2024 – PresentWeekend work that sharpened more than coffee skills — teamwork, working under pressure, precision, and learning by watching people who know their craft.
Education
ITS Digital Academy "Mario Volpato" · San Donà di Piave (VE)
2025 – 2027Two-year higher technical program focused on full stack web development. Currently in the first year, building solid foundations across frontend, backend and everything in between.
Education
Udemy
2025Started independently while at university, following curiosity. Reached halfway through the course before enrolling at ITS — where that curiosity found a proper home.
Certification
University of Padua
2024B2 English language certification issued by the University of Padua, confirming upper-intermediate proficiency.
Education
University of Padua
2024 – 2025Not all of university was wasted. Chemistry and code have more in common than I thought — analysis and statistics never really left.
Certification
ICDL Foundation
2024Complete International Computer Driving Licence certification, covering digital skills across office tools, online essentials and IT security.
Education
Montebelluna (TV), Italy
2019 – 2024First contact with programming through C++, HTML, CSS and MySQL. The seed that, a few years later, became everything.
Certification
Cambridge University
2021Cambridge English B1 Preliminary certification, demonstrating solid intermediate proficiency in English.
Projects
Data analysis on a real e-commerce dataset (9,994 orders, 2014–2017) using Python and Jupyter Notebook.
A static website built in HTML and CSS to present a year's worth of Operating Systems coursework.
A full stack web application with a Node.js + Express REST API on the backend and a vanilla JavaScript frontend, containerised with Docker.
A faithful HTML and CSS recreation of the Diventa website, built as a frontend exercise. Focus on clean markup, layout precision and attention to visual detail.
A desktop inventory management application built in Java with a Swing GUI, designed for small shops and e-commerce.
A terminal-based school management application in Python. Handles student records, assignment tracking, grade statistics and rankings.
Passions
Cooking is my most reliable debugging session. A good recipe is just an algorithm — and improvising in the kitchen is my version of creative problem-solving. I've loved it my whole life — it all started in primary school, when my father taught me how to make homemade pasta. Some things just stick.
Every new city is a different interface for the same world. I always push myself to explore as much as I can — talking to the people who live there, joining in their traditions, experiencing the kind of things you can't find on a map.
Art history was one of the subjects that stayed with me long after school. I go to exhibitions when I can, and I find the same kind of attention to detail and composition in a well-designed interface that I find in a painting. Front-end development, to me, is a quiet form of art.
My best ideas happen while walking. No headphones, no destination — just movement and thinking. I'm always drawn to nature — it clears the mind in a way nothing else does. A long walk is often the most productive thing I can do when I'm stuck on a problem.
Reading is one of those things I always want to do more of. It sharpens the mind and builds focus, but it never feels like work — the story does all the heavy lifting. I'm especially drawn to Italian literature from the 1800s and 1900s: the rhythm of the language, the weight of the themes, the way ideas are shaped into words.
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