With the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Juliana turned to organizing online workshop programmes to share her skills. “I was skeptical about the new venture but there was an unbelievable response and support from people,” she says. The online workshop programme titled ‘Graphic Designing for Kids and Teens’, focused on students who were confined to their houses due to the situation in the country.

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This was Juliana’s way of occupying the idle minds of children stuck at home. “The online teaching for students included facilities of visual and interactive presentation to the participants and there by eliminating the risk of exposure to the COVID-19 pandemic,” adds Juliana telling us that the participants were able to join from other parts of Sri Lanka due to it being online.

“I consider my brother as my first IT guru and under his direct supervision I did my IT Degree, Microsoft certified professional exams and finally achieved CompTIA certified webmaster,” Juliana tells the Mirror Magazine.

She began her career as a web designer with Ceylinco Technologies and thereafter she joined Softlogic Holdings where she had the opportunity to work with Dell, Nokia, Panasonic, and other popular brands. An opportunity she is grateful that Softlogic Holdings provided her with. Subsequently, Juliana quit her job and a year later deciding to undertake a new venture. Now this 39-year-old, has founded her own web development and corporate training company called Web Alliance. “We  provided corporate training for more than 200 companies including MAS holdings, John Keells Holdings, Sri Lanka Telecom, Mobitel, Nation Trust Bank, Bank of Ceylon and more,” she tells us adding that she was the first person to have started ‘Design and Market your Business’ workshop programmes. This particular workshop targets small business owners, entrepreneurs, and marketing officers who do not have the knowledge to execute their business ideas using the right tools. “ We help to transform the participants who join with zero knowledge in design into professionals to perform their business advertisement campaign designs,” she shares. Having done the programme 96 times so far, Juliana is awaiting to complete her 100th run very soon. Juliana expresses her gratitude towards her family which includes her parents, brother and husband for their full support throughout her career.

A workshop in progress. Pix courtesy Juliana Jey