# Node.js LGBTQIA+ Stories: Emelia Smith

DevFeed: [Node.js LGBTQIA+ Stories: Emelia Smith](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/node-js-lgbtqia-stories-emelia-smith-2434.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://nodejs.org/en/blog/community/2025-06-28-Emelia-Smith>)

Published: 2025-06-30T16:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Node.js Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/node-js-blog.md>)

Topics: [Node.js](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/node-js.md>), [JavaScript](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/javascript.md>), [Web Development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/web-development.md>), [Open Source](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/open-source.md>), [cross-platform](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cross-platform.md>)

Tags: [australia](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/australia.md>), [javascript](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/javascript.md>), [js](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/js.md>), [node-js](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/node-js.md>), [npm](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/npm.md>), [programming](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/programming.md>), [stories](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/stories.md>), [web-development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/web-development.md>)

## AI overview

Emelia Smith recounts growing up in rural Australia, finding community through online chat rooms, and moving from graphic design interests into programming and web development. The article describes how an early chat client built with XULRunner led to an interest in asynchronous network I/O, followed by discovering Node.js and beginning to contribute to its early development, including the emergence of npm and Express.

## Source excerpt

Node.js® is a free, open-source, cross-platform JavaScript runtime environment that lets developers create servers, web apps, command line tools and scripts.