Mónica Fidalgo

Frontend Engineer · Lisbon 🇵🇹

Building delightful web experiences with clean code, a creative mind, and a fox-shaped heart 🦊

About Me

Hey there! I'm Mónica — a frontend engineer who took the scenic route. I started out as a marine biologist 🐠, but traded the ocean for the web and never looked back. Turns out building digital experiences is just as thrilling as studying marine ecosystems.

When I'm not coding, you'll find me throwing punches at boxing 🥊, volunteering at the local animal shelter 🐾, or gushing about foxes (yes, they are the best animals, fight me).

I believe in clean code, inclusive communities, and building things that make people smile.

Projects

GitGarden

Live ✦

Turn your GitHub contribution graph into a pixel art garden. A visual tool that transforms your commit history into something beautiful.

React

Vite

Supabase

TypeScript

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ResumeMatch

Live ✦

AI-powered resume analyzer that matches your CV against job descriptions using Gemini 2.5 Pro, with a credit-based model and LinkedIn Profile Optimizer.

Lovable

Supabase

Gemini

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Abrigo Mãozinhas

Live · Pro bono ♥

Pro bono website for a local animal shelter to help find loving homes for rescued animals. Includes automated image scraping, filters, auth for volunteers and SEO setup.

React

Vite

Supabase

Cloudflare Pages

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Talks & Speaking

2025

International Women's Day: Inspiring Stories of Women in Tech

Frontend Queens · Online

2024

What is Quality?

Geek Girls Portugal · Lisbon (in person)

2023

Nevertheless, Don't Quit Coding — My Advice to You

Geek Girls Portugal · Lisbon (in person)

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Skills

Frontend

React

TypeScript

Next.js

Tailwind CSS

CSS/Sass

HTML5

Accessibility

Storybook

Testing Library

Backend & Infra

Node.js

Express

PostgreSQL

Firebase

Docker

CI/CD

Git

REST APIs

AI & Tooling

OpenAI API

GitHub Copilot

Prompt Engineering

Figma

VS Code

Notion

Community

🦊

Frontend Foxes

A community initiative for women and non-binary folks in frontend development.

👩‍💻

Geek Girls

Empowering women in tech across Portugal with workshops and events.

💜

As Raparigas do Código

Teaching girls to code and inspiring the next generation of women in tech.

🌍

Girlcode

A global community closing the gender gap in technology.

🐾

Animal Shelter Volunteer

Helping rescued animals find loving homes at the local shelter.

Blog

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Let's Connect!

Whether you want to collaborate on a project, invite me to speak, or just chat about foxes 🦊 — I'd love to hear from you!

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