About Us

Elsie graduated from Cuyahoga Community College with a degree in Social Sciences. She moved from Cleveland Ohio to Montreal in 2018. She loves dancing, traveling, building furniture, but most of all she loves sewing, which she taught herself. Her love for sewing and fashion pushed her to start an online clothing business Projet Fador Inc., where she gets to share her African background. You’ll find her at times modeling the colorful designs she creates on Fador’s social media pages.

Twenty years ago, Os began building annoying flash intros with mouse trailing animations preloaders and obtrusive techno background music loops. Before the WordPress era, he discovered PHP4 and went crazy building hundreds of web apps. Os has a Computer Science degree and Zend Certified Engineer PHP certification. He is in love with trip hop, acid jazz, and Cm/Fm based music. He is also an active open source contributor.

Ricardo is a passionate software developer with a keen sense user needs. After creating solutions for a wide variety of projects, he learned that technologies, frameworks, and coding languages are powerful tools to create products to make people happier. In his spare time, he loves to cook Argentinian asado for his family and friends and play jazz music on his guitar.

Amy graduated from McGill in 2019 with a degree in chemistry. Despite having enjoyed pipetting solutions into tiny vials, she realized that experiencing such opportunities are predicated on the accessibility of resources. Feeling strongly about these ideas, she joined Pressbooks, where she gets to exercise her love of continuous learning while contributing to a meaningful and collaborative environment. On any given day, she spends most of her time watching films, cooking, and enjoying the outdoors.

Felipe, a.k.a Dalcin, is a food enthusiast who happens to work in software development. A graduate in computer science with a major in Big Data, he has a passion for learning and is always excited to create new things. In his free time, Dalcin loves to spend quality time with his wife and dog, play video games, and travel (always trying the local cuisine).

Travis began working with the Pressbooks team in 2021, conducting UX research and assisting with the design of the Pressbooks Directory. Since then, he has become the company’s resident librarian. He holds a Master of Information Studies from McGill University and is passionate about ideas, storytelling, and the intersection of society and technology. When not at work, he devotes his time to writing, music, film, and exploring the vibrant neighbourhoods of Montreal.

Gavin’s journey with Pressbooks began with working to improve our user documentation and instructional videos and he is thrilled to expand on this role as the Technical Support & Documentation Specialist. A graduate of McGill University’s Master of Information Studies program, Gavin’s past experience comes as a librarian working in higher education with a passion for accessible, open education opportunities in universities and open access & open scholarship in academia. His career also includes time as a professional musician, having performed on the saxophone for nearly 20 years and he still maintains close ties with Montreal’s thriving contemporary music scene.