by The UIT Team | Sep 28, 2023 | Allyship, Community Building, Leadership, Podcast Episode, Resources and Programs
Show Notes In this episode, Michelle chats with Francesca Marano and Siobhan McKeown about their new initiative, WP Includes, aimed at increasing the representation of womenin WordPress boardrooms and leadership. Learn more at: https://wpincludes.me/ Episode...
by The UIT Team | Sep 15, 2023 | Allyship, Community Building, Events, Leadership, Podcast Episode
Show Notes In this episode, Michelle talks with Anne McCarthy. Anne (she/they) works for Automattic as a sponsored contributor to the WordPress.org project, spearheading the FSE Outreach Program and participating on multiple release squads in various capacities. In...
by The UIT Team | Sep 11, 2023 | Community Building, Events, Leadership, Podcast Episode, Resources and Programs
Show Notes In this episode, Allie and Michelle sit down with Samah Nasr, who has worked at Yoast since 2018 as a Community Project Manager. Samah works closely with many of the Yoast community DEI effots, such as the Yoast Diversity Fund and Yoast Care Fund. Episode...
by The UIT Team | Aug 17, 2023 | Community Building, Events, Leadership, Podcast Episode
Show Notes In this episode, Allie and Michelle talk to Femi Lewis and Maestro Stevens, two upcoming speakers at WordCamp US. They discuss their speaking experience and their unique journeys seeing themselves represented (or not) in the community. Femi Lewis Website...
by The UIT Team | Jul 28, 2023 | Community Building, Hiring and Recruiting, Jobs and Careers, Leadership, Podcast Episode, Uncategorized
Show Notes In this episode, Michelle chats with young tech professional Olivia Bisset about her experience working in the industry, bringing people into WordPress, and finding and building community. Episode Transcript Speaker 1:Welcome to the Underrepresented In Tech...