November 20, 2025

From Librarian to Developer: w/ Roxy Rodriguez-Becker

45 minutes

Recorded live at All Things Open, Robbie and guest co-host Jason Torres talk with Roxy Rodriquez-Becker about her journey from educator and librarian to aspiring developer, the community supporting her transition, navigating motherhood and advocacy, and how her son’s medical challenges inspired her to build a life-changing G-tube feeding app.

In this episode:

(00:00) - Working Edit

(01:03) - Wine rating and review: San Simeon Cabernet Sauvignon

(02:35) - Meet Roxy

(03:04) - From teaching and libraries to tech

(05:38) - How Roxy is learning to code

(06:24) - Inside the “Chosen One” series

(07:35) - The support systems behind Roxy's move to coding

(09:14) - Navigating a public job hunt and being in the spotlight

(11:30) - Roxy’s advice for getting out of your comfort zone

(12:43) - Roxy’s background in content creation

(14:35) - How Roxy juggles parenting, work, and learning to code

(16:51) - How her son’s medical journey inspired the Tube Feed app

(28:03) - Why advocating for yourself is harder than advocating for others

(30:00) - What pulled Roxy back into tech

(32:01) - Growing up Cuban and Catholic

(35:30) - How Roxy's upbringing shapes how she raises her kids

(36:33) - Why Roxy chose software engineering specifically

(38:33) - Robbie's biggest strength and biggest weakness

(39:27) - Guilty pleasure TV shows

(40:43) - What success looks like for Roxy

(42:41) - Where to find Roxy online

Links

San Simeon Cabernet Sauvignon: https://www.sansimeonwines.com/

Costco: https://costco.com

Tube Feed: https://tubefeedratecalculator.vercel.app/

Magnolia Conf: https://magnoliaconf.com/

freeCodeCamp: https://www.freecodecamp.org/

#100Devs: https://100devs.org/

Chosen One: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chosen_One_(2023_TV_series)

All Things Open: https://allthingsopen.org/

Torc: https://torc.dev

Roxy's Treating LinkedIn Like a Blog: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/roxana-rodriguez-becker_100devs-momswhocode-womenintech-activity-7287884373817802755-KOub

OpenAI: https://openai.com

Law & Order SVU: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_&_Order:_Special_Victims_Unit

NBC Peacock: https://www.nbc.com/networks/peacock

Below Deck: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Below_Deck

The Real Housewives: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Real_Housewives

The Bachelor: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bachelor_(American_TV_series)

Love Island: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_Island_(American_TV_series)

Connect with Jason

GitHub: https://github.com/jasonetorres

X / Twitter: https://x.com/TasonJorres

Connect with Roxy

Website: https://roxanarodriguezbecker.com/

X / Twitter: https://x.com/roxanacodes

Connect with the hosts

Robbie Wagner: https://x.com/RobbieTheWagner

Chuck Carpenter: https://x.com/CharlesWthe3rd

Adam Argyle: https://x.com/argyleink

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