About

Hello world, I'm Ashley Kang! I use design, code, and research to explore questions about how to help small-yet-mighty teams focus on work that energizes them. With a uniquely interdisciplinary portfolio of training and experience, I'm currently on a side quest advising marketing agency and social impact nonprofit clients (and you?) on how to use AI for operations and product development. I'm open to learning about project collaborations and full-time opportunities to continue this work while cultivating a culture of sponsorship and mentorship.

I started my career with a pioneering design + technology consulting collective and an award-winning in-house marketing team, then pivoted to cybersecurity thanks to a campus club of hackers (proud Offensive Security Society alum!) and a rotation at cybersecurity-leading organizations, including an applied AI unicorn. I have a MS in computer science and a BA in a self-designed liberal arts concentration in art, media studies, and computer science.

Elsewhere:

• LinkedIn
• Member @ The Old Girls Club, AI Snack Club
• Panelist @ Tufts Women in Tech Conference, BU WiCS

Credits: Designed and developed by yours truly (© 2026 Ashley Kang), layout help from SuperHi, typeset with Fugaz One and Work Sans from Google Fonts, compressed with Squoosh and Optimizilla

p5.js Showcase

Purpose: How might we showcase a project to increase access to the open source p5.js library and inspire others to contribute to Processing's creative coding community?

Solution: p5js.org/showcase — A Google Summer of Code 2019 project to create a new 6-part section on the p5.js documentation website that showcases creative and inclusive uses of p5.js and encourages project nominations; officially released in February 2020 with the first p5.js major release version and curated in 2020-2022 by student contributors Connie Liu, Katie Chan, and Annie Zheng

Contribution:

• Researched existing examples of community-based project showcases, organized research on how p5.js is used in the wild into categories of p5.js contributions, and established a straightforward form-based process for creators to nominate a project for the Showcase
• Designed wireframes, created a prototype, and implemented using HTML, CSS, and Node.js templating to support internationalization
• Curated 6 projects (out of 60+) and interviewed their creators (out of 5+ million users!) about their groundbreaking process of using p5.js to explore art and design concepts and mediums, p5.js libraries and other technologies, or ways of learning and teaching: Roni Cantor, Yona Ngo, Dae In Chung, Casey Conchinha + Louise Lessél, Moon Jang + Xin Xin's UGA students, Qianqian Ye
• Advocated for an accessibility review, leading to a site-wide audit enagagement with accessibility subject matter experts Sina Bahram and Claire Kearney-Volpe and a code refactor with mentor Kate Hollenbach and p5.js creator Lauren Lee McCarthy
• Featured in p5.js version 1.0, Processing's blog, Processing's open source software contributor documentation, p5.js 1.0 Contributors Zine, p5.js 1.0 Release Party 2020 @ USC, Processing Community Day 2021 @ Seoul, and 20th Anniversary Processing Community Catalog

Image: An early iteration of the p5.js Showcase homepage, featuring the headline "Showcase" and an introduction to the project

CLEAN Carwash LA

Purpose: How might we update the CLEAN Carwash LA website to better present who they are as an organization today and support their fundraising efforts?

Solution: cleancarwash.org — A complete website redesign for CLEAN Carwash LA (Color Coded’s first community partner) to strengthen reach to 20+ car washes across LA, 4 foundation grants (now 13!), and community donors

Contribution:

• Co-led with Color Coded's internal team a kick-off workshop to ideate the website redesign with CLEAN's staff and subsequent sessions to develop the website style guide, content strategy, and maintenance documentation
• Led the redesign of the 3-part About Us section and implemented using HTML, CSS, and Squarespace CMS
• Co-facilitated a website maintenance training to support CLEAN's strategy around their main fundraising event

Image: An early prototype of the new CLEAN Carwash website's "About" section using WordPress CMS, featuring a header image of CLEAN's community, their mission statement, and information about how to support their mission

Locales

Purpose: How might we connect conscious consumers in Los Angeles with small local businesses (like freelancers and co-ops) that don’t necessarily have an online presence?

Solution: locales.la — An online directory that highlights small businesses and encourages locals to recommend a business to be featured (Color Coded's first internal project); launched in November 2016

Contribution:

• Advocated for accessibility, internationalization, style guide, and intentional form design in the internal team's process
• Began implementing a bilingual (English/Spanish) "Recommend a Business" form in React

Image: Whiteboard wireframes of the form to "Recommend a Business" for Locales, featuring desktop and mobile views

Etc.

Currently:

• Mentoring women studying computer science