Loklin Nord

Born in Missoula, Montana, I grew up the oldest of four siblings and developed an interest in personal computers at a young age. After graduating from Sentinel High School and taking a gap year to save up on funds (but also avoid fully online classes due to Covid-19), I attended the University of Denver in Colorado, initially studying computer science. I began taking Japanese langauge courses my first year of college, interested in the culture through media I had consumed, and with a goal to eventually at least visit Japan one day.

Continuing my language studies at DU, I set my sights on studying abroad in Japan durin my third year, and enrolled at Doshisha University for a half a year of Japanese langauge and cultural studies. Once returning to America to finish my degree, I was able to double major in Japanese Language, Literature & Culture alonside Computer Science, and graduated in 2025. I then returned to Japan to continue my Japanese studies at ISI Language School in Kyoto, where I am currently enrolled.

Inspired to find a future career in the intersection of technology and language, I returned to Japan after graduating college to continue my language studies and cultural immersion, and to explore the country and its people. I am currently seeking opportunities to work in Japan or America, ideally in a role that allows me to combine my technical skills with my language abilities.

When I started building this more than two years ago, I originally had planned for it just to be a simple blog site where I could share my travel stories and photos from my time studying abroad at Doshisha University with my family and friends. However, it grew slowly grew into a larger project that I wanted to function as way to get to know me and what I do, share my stories, and also showcase projects and things I've done through portfolio page.

I finally got around to revamping the site in late 2026, and entirely scrapped my original code and shifted tech stacks in order to support the new features I wanted to implement. I kept the base layout and design the same however, adding improved funcionality and better visuals, as well as enhanced security and performance.

Check out the full project details under my Portfolio section.