Desiree Caldera is a graduate of the Computer Science program at California State University Channel Islands. She pursued a bachelor's degree in Computer Science along with a minor in Math and a minor in Chicanx Studies. She chose to major in Computer Science to make lives easier through technology.

As she completed her academic career she had the opportunity to apply her skills outside the classroom. In the summer of 2021, she was assigned to a CWL team to develop an online cybersecurity monitoring platform for web applications and wireless networks. In summer 2022, her and a team of fellow research associates configured and evaluated the execution of legacy software environments in the Emulation as a Service Infrastructure (EaaSI) System. She is excited for the challenges and learning experiences she'll encounter in the working world.

For information on her work outside SHFT visit this LinkedIn profile.