About Allie Nimmons

Allie is a 30 year old, Austin-based, self-taught WordPress evangelist.

In 2014, after dropping out of theater school, Allie started teaching herself to code. She got her first internship in 2015, where she was introduced to WordPress. She spoke at her first WordCamp – WordCamp Miami – in 2017. Between 2016 to 2019, she built websites and provided WordPress support independently under the name Pixel Glow Web Design. She has spent time providing plugin support at GiveWP, being a speaker ambassador for GoDaddy Pro, leading the Community team at WP Buffs, and producing digital content for MasterWP.

She currently owns Beedia Productions LLC where she provides editing, voice-over, and production services to companies like Kinsta and WP 101. She is the instructor of the WordPress Essentials course on LinkedIn Learning. Through Beedia, Allie uses her knowledge of WordPress to teach others how to use it.

“Allie is fiercely dedicated to equity and inclusion in the tech community.” – Michelle Frechette

Current Work

Underrepresented in Tech co-founder and podcast producer.

Allie works alongside Michelle Frechette to manage and market the Underrepresented in Tech database. She edits and publishes the UIT podcast and manages the website’s blog. The database currently contains 200 members and the database has over 10,000 downloads.

Author of WordPress Essentials on LinkedIn Learning.

To date Allie has written, designed, and recorded four courses for LinkedIn Learning. Her most popular course – WordPress Essential Training – has been taken by 20,000 students to date.

“An inspiring ace who is full of action.”  – Nyasha Green

Past Work

 

Employment

MasterWP (2022-2023) Digital Producer

  • Press the Issue podcast
  • MasterWP Workshop series

WP Buffs (2020-2021) Community Manager

  • WP Buffs tutorial YouTube channel

GiveWP (2019-2020) Tech Support and Marketing

Pixel Glow Web Design (2018-2020) Owner, lead designer and developer

Communities

BlackPress Co-Organizer

WP Women of Color Co-Organizer

WordCamp US 2022 Organizer

 

“Allie is human coffee.”  – David Bisset

Find Me!

These are all the places where I regularly publish content, provide updates, and talk to others.