Presentations & Contributions

Here are some reasons you might have seen or heard me.

Community Activity

• Django Events Foundation North America(DEFNA)
  • Board Member, Jul 2017-Feb 2018
• DjangoCon US Organizer (2016-present)
  • San Diego, CA Oct 2018
    • Orientation Chair, Lightning Talk Chair, and Sprints Chair
  • Spokane, WA Aug 2017
    • Orientation Chair, Lightning Talk Chair, and Sprints Chair
  • Philadelphia, PA Jul 2016
    • Orientation Chair and Lightning Talk Chair

Conference Activity

• Python Day MX, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico Dec 2018
  • Software Engineering for Beginners
• DjangoCon US, San Diego, CA Oct 2018
  • Organizer: Orientation Chair , Lightning Talk Chair, and Sprints Chair
  • Panelist: “State of Django” Panel
• PyCon AU, Sydney, NSW, Australia Aug 2018
  • co-lead First-Timer’s Session
  • Python & Spreadsheets: Year of the Dog Edition
• PyOhio, Columbus, OH Jul 2018
  • Software Engineering For Beginners: A Jr. Developer’s Guide
• OS Bridge, Portland, OR June 2018
  • Facilitated “Build Your Open Source Community Like a D&D Party” session
• PyCon US, Cleveland, OH May 2018
  • co-led an overflow session of the Newcomer Orientation
  • lead a “Software Engineering for Beginners” Open Space
• PyCaribbean, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic Feb 2018
  • Python & Spreadsheets: An Introduction to Programming (workshop)
  • Software Engineering for Beginners (presentation)
• PyCascades, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Jan 2018
  • Python and Spreadsheets: Canadian Edition
• PyCon Canada, Montreal, Quebec, Canada Nov 2017
  • Python and Spreadsheets: 2017 Edition
• DjangoCon US, Spokane, WA Aug 2017
  • Presenter: Python and Spreadsheets: 2017 Edition
• PyOhio, Columbus, OH Jul 2017
  • Python and Spreadsheets: 2017 Edition
• PyCon US, Portland, OR May 2017
  • Lightning Talk: Software Engineering for Beginners
• PyDX, Portland, OR Oct 2, 2016
  • Increasing Inclusion with Privilege Arbitrage
• DjangoCon US, Austin, TX Sep 2015
  • How to Practice Inclusion and Benefit Django
• AlterConf 2015-2016
  • Using Privilege Arbitrage to Increase Inclusion Portland, OR 10/1/2016
  • Discussing Practical Inclusivity Austin, TX 4/25/2015
• PyTexas, College Station, TX 2013-2015
  • Building a More Inclusive Python Community Culture (2015)
  • Python and Spreadsheets: State of the Union, Oct 2014
  • A D&D-based guide to Contribution and Inclusion in the Python Community (2014)
  • Growing Python with Spreadsheets (2013)