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I'm Eryn. My pronouns are [she/her][p]. I'm a queer trans woman. I live in San
Francisco, CA, with my [two cats][cats]. I was born in Seattle, WA and grew up
in Phoenix, AZ. I attended [Oberlin College][ob] where I got a degree in
Computer Science. {{< tess >}} is my girlfriend.

I speak English natively; I took a lot of Spanish in high school and college;
and I've been learning Japanese at City College of San Francisco since 2025.

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## Hobbies

I've been a musician for most of my life. I started on the piano at age seven,
played trumpet in high school, and have picked up an assortment of other
instruments along the way. As an adult, I got very into modular synthesizers for
a while. I still play piano here and there, and occasionally one of the other
things. I also sometimes record things, and I'm hoping to share them here on
this site, but for now, they're on [SoundCloud][sc] and [Bandcamp][bc].

I try to spend my non-work time away from the computer, but every so often I get
inspired to hack on something. Those projects usually end up on [my local
Forgejo instance][src].

Other things I've picked up over the years include: ceramics, calligraphy,
knitting, bread baking, bicycling, photography, and astronomy. I often say my
hobby is collecting hobbies.


## Professional

I've worked as a software engineer since 2011 for a variety of companies around
the San Francisco Bay Area. I've been at Apple since early 2016, first on the
iOS Accessibility team, and now on the Authentication Experience team.

Check out my [résumé][r] for more details.


## Say Hello

You can find me in [lots of other corners of the Internet][where-am-i]. Mastodon
and Instagram are your best bet. You can also send me an [email][eml].

[p]: http://pronoun.is/she
[cats]: {{< ref "/cats" >}}
[ob]: https://www.oberlin.edu
[r]: {{< ref "/resume" >}}
[t]: https://twitter.com/erynofwales
[i]: https://www.instagram.com/erynofwales/
[sc]: https://soundcloud.com/purlsnbeeps
[bc]: https://erynwells.bandcamp.com/releases
[gh]: https://github.com/erynofwales
[eml]: mailto:Eryn%20Wells<eryn@erynwells.me>
[where-am-i]: {{< ref "/about/where-am-i" >}}
[src]: https://source.erynwells.me