Lorena Mesa

Lorena Mesa

Python • AI • Community Leader

Technical rigor. Human consequences.

Notes on engineering, AI, and the people it all affects.

I'm Lorena Mesa. Software engineer, PSF Fellow and Ex-Chairperson, PyLadies Chicago founder, and occasional Starfleet enthusiast. Abides by the motto to live long, Python, and prosper. 🖖

LATEST · OCT 2026

Same Résumé, Different Agenda: What AI Negotiation Coaches Assume About You

A new audit of four leading AI models found they tell otherwise identical women to ask for less money, and for different things: childcare and flexibility instead of equity and advancement. Here's what the study found, why this kind of bias is so hard to see, and what to do about it.

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