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Current Role(s): 
Lead Drupal Developer
Cambridge University Press & Assessment
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rachel_norfolk

Professional Info

Companies Worked For
Abbey National, Napp Pharmaceuticals Ltd, Arcadia Ltd, Defence Systems Design Ltd, Drupal Association, United Nations Foundation, DIAL
Industries Worked In: 
Pharmaceutical, Medical, Defence, Charity Sector

Personal Info

Primary language: 
English

On Drupal.org for 17 years 9 months

Over 10 edits to documentation

Bio: 

Having worked the last five years as a Drupal freelancer, getting involved in the Drupal Community as both a Sprint Mentor and member of the Drupal Community Working Group, I spent four years as the Drupal Association’s Community Liaison, helping the Drupal Association understand better the needs of the Drupal Community and to help the Community better understand how the Association supports us all.

Having since spent two years with the Digital Impact Alliance, a part of the United Nations Foundation, looking at how Digital Public Goods are used in lower and middle income countries around the world, I have been able to build an understanding for where Drupal fits into all this.

I have now taken on the a role to build a great training, mentoring, and development programme with an awesome team of Drupal creators at Cambridge University Press & Assessment.

Of course, I still continue to be a part of the Drupal community as a Core mentoring Coordinator, helping to ensure that we create the next generation of Drupal contributors. Why? Because I love it!

Contributor roles

  • DrupalCamp speaker
    From 2014-10 until 2014-10
    Speaking at DrupalCon Amsterdam!
  • Mentor
    From 2014-10 until 2017-10
    Acting as a mentor at Drupal contribution events
  • Mentoring room lead
    From 2016-10 until 2018-10
    Acting as room leads at DrupalCon events in Europe
  • Mentoring coordinator CreditAttribution: Drupal Association
    From 2020-01 to present
    Drupal core Mentoring Coordinator, helping to introduce more people to the best open source project in the world

Documentation guides

Drupal Contributions: 

Co-organised Drupal Science Camp in Cambridge
Spoken at DrupalCampNW
Spoken at DupalCampLondon
Spoken at DrupalCamp Yorkshire
Spoken at DrupalCon Amsterdam
Sprint Lead at DrupalCon Dublin
Spoken at DrupalCampLondon 2017
Spoken at PHP Yorkshire 2017
Spoken at DrupalCampBE 2017
Spoken at Drupal Synergy Camp, Sofia, 2017
Spoken at DrupalCon Vienna
Sprint Lead at DrupalCon Vienna
Code of Conduct Contact for DrupalCon Vienna
Spoken at MoldCamp, Moldova, 2017

These days I find I spend more time hanging out in the various sprint rooms of camps in Europe, helping those that have never thought to venture into sprinting before. For me, seeing someone who I have mentored through to their first contribution be recognised gives me far more of a buzz than being recognised myself.

I’ve now become involved in helping to arrange the mentored sprints at DrupalCon Dublin and there is so much to do!! It’s such a good opportunity for anyone who has never been involved in contributing to Drupal before - come along, it’s not just for coders!!

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Areas of Expertise: 
Site builder
Developer
Project Manager
Drupal events: 
DrupalCon London 2011
DrupalCon Munich 2012
DrupalCon Prague 2013
DrupalCon Amsterdam 2014
DrupalCon Barcelona 2015
DrupalCon Dublin 2016
DrupalCon Vienna 2017
DrupalCon Nashville 2018
Drupal Europe 2018
DrupalCon Seattle 2019
DrupalCon Amsterdam 2019
DrupalCon Minneapolis 2020 (was planning to attend)
DrupalCon Global 2020
DrupalCon Europe 2020
DrupalCon North America 2021
DrupalCon Europe 2021

Credited on 290 fixed issues

Projects maintained

Drupal Association #DrupalCares Supporter
Drupal Association Individual Member

rachel_norfolk helps support and grow the Drupal community with the Drupal Association.

30 people list rachel_norfolk as a mentor

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I help mentor new contributors
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