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Leesa developed custom WordPress themes and plugins in agencies and as a freelancer for over a decade, specialising in front-end and custom theme development. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

She now combines WordPress freelance work with a day job as a front-end software engineer where she works on components for a large software application. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This combination of experience has led her to develop a passion for systematic approaches to design and front-end development and programming away manual work and human error through automated testing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Leesa developed custom WordPress themes and plugins in agencies and as a freelancer for over a decade, specialising in front-end and custom theme development. She now combines WordPress freelance work with a day job as a front-end software engineer where she works on components for a large software application. This combination of experience has led … <\/p>\n

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