Beyond the Screen: The Women Who Build Our Future

A closing reflection on the people behind the work — and the lives that shape them.

Throughout this month, we shared their words. Now, we want to share their worlds.

The women who make up our team are engineers, designers, developers, and managers — but that’s only part of the story. Behind every pull request, every sprint, every user flow and hiring decision, there are full, layered, deeply human lives. Lives shaped by resilience, curiosity, family, faith, and a quiet refusal to be defined by a single role.

We asked some of the women featured in this campaign to open a window into who they are outside of work. What came back wasn’t a list of achievements. It was something far more interesting.

They find joy in unexpected places

On any given weekend, you might find Yirlania, our Developer, in the kitchen — not following a recipe, but cooking for others as an act of creativity and connection, bringing people together through food. Not far from her, Yu Hsu, our Senior QA Engineer, might be doing something similar: inventing her own recipes inspired by places she’s traveled to, turning culinary experimentation into a form of storytelling. Meanwhile, Karen, our DevOps Cloud Engineer, is somewhere decidedly analog — doing a puzzle, developing film photographs, or painting — deliberately stepping away from screens in a professional life that runs entirely on them.

Nancy, our Front-End Developer, is probably dancing. She takes classes regularly and considers it one of the most expressive things she does — a sharp contrast to hours spent behind a computer. Linda, our UX/UI Designer, feels the same way: she intentionally makes space for dancing even during busy seasons, because music and movement help her reconnect with herself in a way that design work, as much as she loves it, simply can’t replicate. Rebeca, our QA Engineer, channels her creativity differently — through embroidery, which she finds both meditative and artistic, alongside her passion for rescuing animals and tending her garden.

And Yu Hsu? When she’s not cooking or traveling, she’s painting her nails, watching films, and protecting what she simply calls her “me time” — with zero apology.

None of this is incidental. This is where they recharge. This is what makes the work sustainable.

They are deeply, intentionally rooted in family

Across every answer, family surfaced not as a footnote, but as a foundation. Yu Hsu speaks Mandarin with her daughter through games, watching language and identity take root in real time. Linda, a mom to a two-year-old, describes motherhood as transformative — a season that has taught her presence, patience, and perspective in ways her career never could. Diana, our Senior Product Owner, is deliberate about it: school routines, date nights, long dog walks, individual time with each of her kids. She’s realized that a bucket list isn’t enough — you need a plan to actually live it.

Ruth, our Senior Communications and Employer Brand Manager, puts it plainly: being a mom is the title she’s most proud of. Nancy counts her parents, her sister in Florida, and her Sunday Mass as non-negotiables. Natalia, our HR Manager, credits her husband’s love of adventure for pushing her outside her comfort zone. And Karen finds daily joy in something simpler: her dog, her bunny Pistachito, and the small routines that make a life feel whole.

They are partners, mothers, daughters, and sisters — and they carry those relationships into how they lead, how they listen, and how they show up every day.

They have been shaped by people who came before them

When asked about the experiences that formed them, they didn’t reach for professional milestones. They reached for people.

Karen points to the women in her family — strong, persistent, solution-oriented in the face of setbacks — as the template for how she moves through difficulty. Natalia was shaped by her sister, who fought cancer with extraordinary grace and used to say, “life is meant to be enjoyed, and your smile is meant to be shared.” That perspective continues to shape how Natalia leads today. Diana’s father instilled in her the importance of independence — something that has since evolved into a commitment to making women’s voices heard in rooms where they’ve long been absent.

Ruth attributes who she is to her parents, who raised her with strong values, integrity, and the belief that dreaming is not optional. Nancy’s path into tech was sparked by watching her younger sister — a game developer — build applications from home. Curiosity did the rest: she pivoted from industrial engineering and workplace safety to front-end development, and nine years later, she’s still learning.

Yu Hsu found herself transformed by growing up in a foreign country — an experience that taught adaptability not as a skill, but as a way of being. Yirlania took that same spirit of openness into Couchsurfing trips with her husband, staying with locals, learning from their lives, and building friendships that outlasted the journeys. And Linda, who finds it hard to single out just one influence, sums it up well: every person, challenge, and experience has contributed to who she is. She looks for the lesson in everything — and that mindset has become her greatest professional asset.

They defy the “techie” stereotype — and they’re happy to

Ask them what surprises people about them, and there’s almost a collective smile in the responses. Yu Hsu is a native Mandarin and Taiwanese speaker, passionate about cooking — quite different from the organized, precise professional her colleagues see at work. Ruth runs a Disney blog and is perpetually planning the next park trip. Karen has a bunny named Pistachito, which, she notes, always catches people off guard. Natalia confesses a deep fascination with historical events, crimes, and disasters — not for shock value, but for the human stories underneath. Diana is constantly sketching, painting, or designing something — and most people, she admits, don’t even clock her as someone who works in tech until she tells them.

Rebeca could picture herself as a teacher or an agronomist just as easily as a QA engineer. Nancy is deeply spiritual and never misses Sunday Mass — and she’d also like you to know she has no interest in video games whatsoever. And Yirlania, who can come across as reserved, is actually someone who genuinely loves meeting new people and learning from them.

They are not what the stereotype suggests. They never were.

And they define success on their own terms

Not one of them defined success by title, salary, or a line on a resume. Not one.

Yu Hsu calls it balance — growing professionally while staying present for family, practicing self-love, and never losing herself in the process. Rebeca talks about achieving goals while staying kind, humble, and grounded. Diana wants a well-rounded life: family, friends, personal goals, spiritual fulfillment — and the feeling of pride in the impact she’s having. Linda describes it as alignment: living in a way that reflects her values, contributing to products that improve people’s lives, and building a home where she and her daughter feel safe and inspired.

Yirlania puts it simply: fulfillment and peace. Meaningful relationships. Shared moments. Less about achievements, more about balance and happiness. Karen wants to do what she truly enjoys, help others, and live with a sense of calm. Natalia speaks of living with intention, continuing to grow, and being at peace with who she is. Ruth wants happiness, simplicity, and purpose — and for everything she does, personally and professionally, to align with her values. Nancy, ever the realist, says it clearly: success is being there for the people she loves, being physically, emotionally, and spiritually healthy, and having the right people around her when life gets hard.

Different words. The same conviction.

This campaign was called Architects of the Future — and we meant it. But architecture is never just about the structure you see. It’s about the intention behind it, the hands that built it, the lives lived inside it.

These are just some of the women who make up this team — and they are building something every day. At work, yes. But also at home, in their communities, in their families, in themselves.

That’s what we wanted to celebrate this month. Not just what they do — but who they are.

To every woman who was part of this campaign — whether featured here or not — thank you for letting us share a little of both.