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Location Durham, NC, USA
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Professional Info

Companies Worked For
MomsRising, Verified Studios, HASTAC, Fellowship of Reconciliation, Netcentric Campaigns, Planned Parenthood Federation of America, lotusmedia.org (self), N.C. Justice and Community Development Center, Drupal Diversity & Inclusion
Industries Worked In: 
online communities, nonprofit, advocacy, e-activism, organizing, justice, networks

Personal Info

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she/her
Primary language: 
English
Other languages: 
English
Spanish

On Drupal.org for 20 years 3 days

At least 1 edit to documentation

Bio: 

I am a leader in nonprofit technology with over 3 decades of experience translating progressive missions into effective technological strategies, solutions, and support. Most recently I worked as the Senior Director of Internal Technology and Security at MomsRising.

I was a founding member of the Drupal Diversity & Inclusion leadership team.

Contributor roles

  • DrupalCon Volunteer CreditAttribution: MomsRising
    From 2019-08 until 2020-03
    Served as a member of the Site building track on the DrupalCon Minneapolis Program team.
  • DrupalCamp speaker CreditAttribution: MomsRising
    From 2021-03 until 2021-04
    Gave a lightning talk at DrupalCon Global. Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OFaiM72Kmk&list=PLpeDXSh4nHjRmry7-h62UHfo86evvMK7E
  • Drupal Ambassador
    From 2017-07 to present
    In recent years one of my main contributions to the Drupal Community has been making fragile straight white men uncomfortable enough to complain to their protectors, the Community Working Group.

Documentation guides

Drupal Contributions: 

I was a member of the DrupalCon 2020 Program Committee on the site building track. I have created and spoken at many presentations about diversity and inclusion in Drupal from 2017 to 2021. I gave a solo lightning talk about listening to site builders at DrupalCon Global in 2021.

I have been a Drupal evangelist since 2005, especially in the nonprofit sector. I help organize the community of Drupal users that work at or with nonprofit organizations as a member of NTEN's Drupal Community of Practice. I was an active participant in TriDUG (the Triangle Drupal Users Group). I was a founding member of the Drupal Diversity & Inclusion Leadership Team from 2016-2018, and served as an advisor from 2018-2021.

Events spoken at

Areas of Expertise: 
Site building
Site Management
theming
Front-end development
Administration
Training
Drupal development
Drupal events: 
DrupalCon Portland 2013
DrupalCon New Orleans 2016
DrupalCon Baltimore 2017
DrupalCon Minneapolis 2020 (was planning to attend)
DrupalCon Global 2020
DrupalCon North America 2021

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I helped organize DrupalCon
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