About
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Hi! 👋🏼 I’m Dom Brassey (she/they). I’m a high school teacher at Coliseum College Prep Academy (CCPA), a public, non-charter middle/high school in Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) in California’s San Francisco Bay Area. I also teach part-time in the Multi-Media Arts (MMART) department at Berkeley City College (BCC).
- I teach AP Computer Science Principles, Digital Arts, and Game Design.
- I coach the robotics teams, which compete in FIRST FTC and Pioneers in Engineering (PiE).
- I advise the student-led Computer Science Honor Society.
I help students learn to…
- DECOMPOSE complex problems into smaller, solvable pieces;
- RECOGNIZE PATTERNS in emergent strategy environments;
- COMMUNICATE to build alignment around problem statements and priorities;
- DESIGN & DEPLOY rapid experiments and interpret data to guide development.
My credential
I have a Career and Technical Education (CTE) credential with authorizations to teach subjects in these industry sectors:
| Industry Sector | Career Pathways |
|---|---|
| Arts, Media and Entertainment (AME) | Design, Visual, and Media Arts; Game Design and Integration; Performing Arts; Production and Managerial Arts. |
| Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) | Software and Systems Development; Games and Simulation; Information Support and Services; Networking. |
| Fashion and Interior Design (FID) | Fashion Design and Merchandising; Interior Design; Personal Services. |
| Marketing, Sales, and Services (MSS) | Marketing; Professional Sales; Entrepreneurship/Self-Employment. |
Before I was a teacher…
Before I became a teacher at age 40 ✨ I worked as a Brand Strategist and Technical Writer at Mapbox, a high-growth, venture-funded SaaS/DaaS startup competing in the mapping and geospatial technology space. My career experiences also include co-owning and operating a gender-nonconforming clothing startup; organizing diversity-focused educational events and tech career fairs in midsize cities across the United States; developing recruiting and retention programs for LGBTQIA+ tech workers; facilitating Women in Management groups at The Stanford Graduate School of Business; managing an ecommerce website for a multi-channel clothing retailer; designing and building websites and user interfaces; and producing communications for public benefit projects in the social sector.
Greatest hits
To see projects I’m most proud of, explore posts tagged as greatest hits.
Community Service
- Board Director, National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) (2019 - Present)
- Guest Judge, FEMTech Bootcamp (2021)
- Organizer, All-Gender Book Club, Lesbians Who Tech (2018 - 2019)
- Coding Scholarship Advisor, Hack Reactor (2016 - 2018)
- Panel Producer & Host, Mapping the Crisis in Affordable Housing, Mapbox Locate (2018)
- Panel Presenter, 50/50 Day for Worldwide Gender Equity, Tiffany Shlain (2018)
- Panel Emcee, Entrepreneurship and Vulnerability, Lesbians Who Tech (2018)
- Participant, Open Oakland Brigade, Code for America (2018)
See more community service on my LinkedIn profile.