Yaira Velez

Yaira Velez is a software developer currently employed at makeitMVP, where the focus is on creating CoffeeChat, a professional networking app aimed at facilitating face-to-face meetings for networking and mentoring. Alongside this role since January 2020, Yaira has been a gig worker at Instawork, engaging in various positions such as serving, bartending, warehousing, bussing, dishwashing, car detailing, and transporting. Previous experience includes serving as a stagehand at Innercept Management Corp until November 2023, and working as a bartender at the Elite Bartending School and Event Staffing Franchise from June 2021 to September 2023, where responsibilities included bartending at concerts and festivals. Yaira also has experience as a gig worker with Uber Works in 2020, a sales floor associate at EXPRESS from 2018 to 2019, and a cashier at Fred's Inc. from 2017 to 2018. Yaira holds an Associate of Arts and Sciences degree in Nanotechnology from Athens Technical College and has completed education at 4Geeks Academy.