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Python/PyLadies Community Contributions:

Python Conference Organizing:

• PyCon USA 2020 Speaker Mentor
• PyCon Latam 2020/2021 Co-Organizer
• PyCon USA 2018 Pyladies boot Volunteer
• PyCon Canada 2019 Volunteer
• PyCon Latam 2019 Volunteer
• Django Girls 2019 Mexico City Mentor

Other Python Community Contributions:

• PyLadies Global Election Site Translation to Spanish
• Jupyter Notebooks Documentation translation to Spanish

Python Conference Speaking

• PyCon Canada 2019: Datetimes in Python without loosing your head
• PyCon Latam 2019: Sopita de datos con espinacas (Web Scraping)
• PyCon USA 2018: Reactive Programming with RxPy
• PyCon Spain 2017: Breakout Detection en Twitter para analisis en series de datos.

Goals as a PyLadies Global Council Member:

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PyLady community work:

1. In order to help women from several fields to have their first contact with programming I idealized and co-organized the Python Introduction Course open to the public in São Carlos city, in August 2018;
2. Women sometimes don’t feel safe on the web because of some specific issues. Thinking about contributing to solve this problem, I gave the lecture " Women's security on the web" at Caipyra 2019, an event of the community of Python in São Carlos, city in the countryside of the state of Sao Paulo;
3. Targeting vulnerable girls from public schools (middle and high school), I co-idealized and co-organized “PyLadies nas Escolas” (in english “PyLadies in the schools”), a project in partnership with the University of São Paulo for teaching, weekly, Programming Introduction with Python, to around 30 girls, during 6 months, in 2019;
4. Because of the lack of Python Intermediate study material, I co-idealized, co-organized and co-created the study material for the Intermediate Python Study Group open to all PyLadies in Brazil, during the covid-19 pandemic in 2020.

Goals:

1. Promote PyLadies to reach women and impact their lives, through social media commitment, several presentations in differents places (like schools, neighborhoods, universities, companies…), open events also targeting more vulnerable women out of the tech community (like LGBTQI+, people of color, mothers and underprivileged women);
2. Foment the connection among the chapters, providing events (online and in person) for the community, synchronizing social media posts, creating partnership chapters projects and spurring participation in events (of regional, national and global scale) as well as promoting job opportunities;
3. Encourage the sharing of ideas, project, events provided by each chapter, in order to build up knowledge inside PyLadies and explore the potential of each woman in our community;
4. Encourage and implement projects that make the access to programming possible for women and girls, in order to end with structural stigmas that repel them from technology, and naturalize diversity;
5. Create a shared information center for successful projects from each chapter, to be recognized and reapplied in other chapters, inducing group growth as a whole;
6. Transparency of council and chapters decisions. I believe that decisions, discussions and the financial situation of the group should be public knowledge in order to achieve all these goals.

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• I started the San Francisco chapter in April 2012 (just after my first PyCon!). Over my 4 years of leadership & organization (before I relocated to NYC in 2016), I grew the local community to over 4,000 members (which was, and still is, the largest PyLadies chapter!). It’s so great to see that it’s now over 6,000!
• I helped found other chapters, including Stockholm, Prague, and Zagreb, by organizing and hosting their inaugural events in collaboration with local leaders.
• I wrote `pip install pyladies` and kit.pyladies.com to provide the tools and guidance necessary for prospective organizers to start new chapters in their local community. I wanted local organization to be democratized!
• I worked with the Python Software Foundation to provide us with fiscal sponsorship, allowing us to accept tax-deductible donations.
• I help run every PyLadies charity auction at PyCon US (with the exception of the first year – the conference organizers made it a surprise!) that raises money to help women from all over the world attend PyCon.
• You might have seen me at our PyCon and EuroPython booths as well – I have organized our presence at both conferences since 2013 (aka I brought the t-shirts, stickers, and a friendly face).

Other fun stuff:

• From 2013 - 2016, I served on the Python Software Foundation’s Board of Directors, and served as Vice Chair to the board my final year.
• In 2015, I helped start the Django Software Foundation’s Code of Conduct committee to help create a safe environment for the Django community.
• In 2015, I wrote a “retrospective” of how the Python community has been doing towards improving its diversity with a focus on how PyLadies has influenced its progress.
• Since 2017, I have helped organize PyGotham - the local Python conference in NYC - as the diversity chair.

Why you should vote for me:

Other CV-type things:

• Staff Engineer @ Spotify (7 years)
• Seasoned speaker at various Python conferences, including PyCon, EuroPython, and DjangoCon
• Creator/Maintainer of interrogate (among others, that being one of the more successful ones)

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• Mechanisms to better support PyLadies chapters and organisers, from providing better onboarding processes to sustainability and community growth
• Further work on the PyLadies Code of Conduct, reporting and enforcement guidelines and processes to continue making this a supporting, safe and welcoming community for us all
• Continue and expand the scope of Mentored Sprints for diverse beginners in partnership with PyLadies and the PSF (Python Software Foundation) to provide open source mentorship for folks from traditionally minoritised and underserved groups in our community

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