Treasure Porth

Curriculum Developer & Technical Educator

Experience

Scrimba 2025 – present
Course Creator (Contract)

Developing curriculum and learning content for Scrimba on a contract basis. Current project: Learn Python, a beginner course in production.

Pluralsight 2024 – 2025
Software Development Author

Designed and produced 8 self-paced developer courses across Node.js, Express, NestJS, and Web Components, handling all phases of production from scripting through Camtasia recording and editing. Courses averaged 4.4 stars across 21 ratings.

Scrimba 2022 – 2023
Course Creator

Designed and produced interactive courses for Scrimba's platform, including Prompt Engineering for Developers, cross-listed on Coursera and distributed through FreeCodeCamp, where the video tutorial has 265,000 views. Built courses using Scrimba's in-browser coding environment to prioritize hands-on practice over passive instruction.

Lumen Learning 2019 – 2022
Software Engineer, EdTech

Built accessible learning tools for higher education platforms at an open-education company, with a focus on LMS compatibility including Canvas integration. Contributed to front-end engineering and maintained technical documentation across the platform.

Treehouse 2015 – 2019
Curriculum Developer & Program Coordinator

Served as curriculum developer and program coordinator for the Treehouse Techdegree, a coding bootcamp with around 1,000 students enrolled at any given time. Designed portfolio projects and three-tier grading rubrics, trained and managed a team of contractor mentors, and built a mentor onboarding website and video course to standardize training quality at scale. Gathered student feedback through surveys and Slack to continuously improve projects, rubrics, and mentor guidance. Also produced courses across the Treehouse platform reaching 30,000+ enrolled students, and on-camera content with over 800,000 views.

Cinder Solutions 2015 – 2016
Software Engineer

Helped migrate a legacy web app to a modern single-page application using Angular.

Jast Media 2015
Front End Developer

Built responsive websites and custom components for clients in wellness and healthcare.

Tools & Skills

Curriculum & Content Camtasia, Loom, Articulate (in progress), Canva, Google Slides, Google Docs, Markdown
Platforms & LMS Scrimba, Pluralsight, Treehouse, Coursera, Canvas
Collaboration & Documentation Zoom, Slack, Notion, Confluence, Calendly, GitHub
Research & Feedback Google Forms, SurveyMonkey
Development JavaScript, Node.js, Python, HTML/CSS, VS Code

Education

Portland State University

MA, Postsecondary, Adult, and Continuing Education
BA, Arts and Letters, Magna Cum Laude

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