### Hi there, I'm Edward - aka whychooseaname


## I'm a Husband, Father, Developer, and Student!!

- 🔭 I'm attending Flatiron School for Software Engineering!
- 🌱 I’m currently learning React 
- 👯 I’m looking to collaborate with other content creators
- 🥅 2021 Goals: Contribute more to Open Source projects

### Connect with me:
[<img align="left" alt="Edward | LinkedIn" width="22px" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/simple-icons@v3/icons/linkedin.svg" />][linkedin]
[<img align="left" alt="Edward | Medium" width="22px" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/simple-icons@3.12.3/icons/medium.svg" />][medium]

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### Languages and Tools:

<img align="left" alt="HTML5" width="26px" src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/github/explore/80688e429a7d4ef2fca1e82350fe8e3517d3494d/topics/html/html.png" />
<img align="left" alt="CSS3" width="26px" src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/github/explore/80688e429a7d4ef2fca1e82350fe8e3517d3494d/topics/css/css.png" />
<img align="left" alt="Sass" width="26px" src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/github/explore/80688e429a7d4ef2fca1e82350fe8e3517d3494d/topics/sass/sass.png" />
<img align="left" alt="JavaScript" width="26px" src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/github/explore/80688e429a7d4ef2fca1e82350fe8e3517d3494d/topics/javascript/javascript.png" />
<img align="left" alt="React" width="26px" src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/github/explore/80688e429a7d4ef2fca1e82350fe8e3517d3494d/topics/react/react.png" />
<img align="left" alt="Node.js" width="26px" src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/github/explore/80688e429a7d4ef2fca1e82350fe8e3517d3494d/topics/nodejs/nodejs.png" />
<img align="left" alt="SQL" width="26px" src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/github/explore/80688e429a7d4ef2fca1e82350fe8e3517d3494d/topics/sql/sql.png" />
<img align="left" alt="MySQL" width="26px" src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/github/explore/80688e429a7d4ef2fca1e82350fe8e3517d3494d/topics/mysql/mysql.png" />
<img align="left" alt="Git" width="26px" src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/github/explore/80688e429a7d4ef2fca1e82350fe8e3517d3494d/topics/git/git.png" />
<img align="left" alt="GitHub" width="26px" src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/github/explore/78df643247d429f6cc873026c0622819ad797942/topics/github/github.png" />
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### 📕 Latest Blog Posts

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- [Making a GitHub Profile ReadMe](https://medium.com/@edward-ea-acosta/making-a-github-profile-readme-369df55fd78e?source=rss-27ef6b4309cb------2)
- [Prop vs State](https://medium.com/@edward-ea-acosta/prop-vs-state-7cf59a2dc2b9?source=rss-27ef6b4309cb------2)
- [JavaScript — let, const, or var](https://medium.com/@edward-ea-acosta/javascript-let-const-or-var-1c3f4f764b0e?source=rss-27ef6b4309cb------2)
- [Using Faker in Ruby](https://medium.com/@edward-ea-acosta/using-faker-in-ruby-eb488b6d0c05?source=rss-27ef6b4309cb------2)
- [Failing my first (mock)code challenge](https://medium.com/@edward-ea-acosta/failing-my-first-mock-code-challenge-8f0be5218afb?source=rss-27ef6b4309cb------2)
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[linkedin]: https://www.linkedin.com/in/edward-acosta-a2890862/
[medium]: https://edward-ea-acosta.medium.com/