During endless, sun-soaked days Joe works at Metro (Los Angeles), one of the largest transit agencies in the country, fighting the good fight to ease gridlock around LA County. Joe wanted to grow WordPress locally, starting two Meetups and leading three WordCamp Santa Claritas, including one that provided two days of dedicated accessibility presentations. These […]

Specialized in accessibility and invisible design, Mr Jurčenko provides training on web accessibility to state institutions. He also works with the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development on preparing accessibility guidelines. He is the organizer of the first WordCamp conference in Latvia. Author of Pieklustamiba.lv Initiative, Latvia. Pieklustamiba.lv raises web accessibility topics in Latvia, […]

Tamar Schapira plays to win not only for herself but for the team, society, and Israel. Momprenuer, mentor, motivator, Tamar is an ambitious, high-energy, and results-driven entrepreneur with over a decade of experience in management and business development and a life-long interest in Zionism. Tamar grew up in the United States and moved to Israel […]

Maxwell Ivey, known around the world as The Blind Blogger, has transformed himself from a totally blind failed carnival owner to respected amusement equipment broker. He had to learn so many new things in order to launch that business in 2007 including teaching himself how to code HTML. People were impressed with how he took […]

Nikole has been a WordPress developer since 2004. A lifelong learner, Nikole has racked up an impressive list of languages and technologies in her toolkit to tackle anything her work throws at her. While the tools and skills are important, lifting others up is something Nikole values the most. This is why Nikole works with […]

Michele Butcher-Jones is a lover of all things Open Source, a WordPress Core Contributor, an international speaker, and an avid campaigner to leave the world in a better place. She has spent over a decade helping others with their online presence including site building, maintaining, hosting, and security. Michele spends her working time between agency […]

I work closely with the marketing teams within Yoast. Not only to share more of the fantastic things the Yoast team is doing, but also to go behind the scenes, so you can see the faces behind the plugin! I’m a digital native with an analog heart, and I love telling stories. I have a […]

I’m a developer working at Kinsta as a Development Advocate Analyst. After hours I spend most of my time trying to find interesting news for the WP Owls newsletter or cycling.

Morgan is a Software Engineer for Rocketgenius, where she works on the product team to build Gravity Forms. She has over 15 years’ experience with WordPress, both as a developer and a community organizer. She has organized WordCamps and WordPress meetups, and facilitated trainings and safe spaces for women and under-represented groups in technology. When […]

Alicia St Rose began her adventure with WordPress when a UX friend offhandedly suggested using the CMS for a mutual friend’s website. That was over 10 years ago and the adventure has turned into a torrid love affair. Now she is a freelance developer, exclusively powered by WordPress, and has yet to find a limitation […]