Django Girls core team grows!
When in May 2014 we set plans to run this little workshop at EuroPython, we expected that we will be more busy than usual for the next two months and then we will get back to our less busy lives.
Boy, were we wrong. Since July Django Girls grew to 16 events, 500 women who attended our events run by 32 organizers & 165 coaches who helped us make it happen in just 5 months. For the last half a year all the daily Django Girls operations have been run by me and Ola Sendecka. We devoted most of our free time to run Django Girls, because we believe that this is worth it.
We want to help as many women as possible to have an amazing start in the tech community. Today, two people are joining us to help us scale and grow even bigger in 2015, and we couldn’t possibly be more excited about it!
Meet them:
Ania Warzecha
I met Ania almost 5 years ago, when I just moved to Warsaw. Without even knowing, she has been a real role model for me and showed me that there are women working as developers and that they can kick ass. Ania is working as a Django & Python developer in 10Clouds & lives in Wrocław, Poland. She gave an amazing talk at DjangoCon Europe, she spread the word about Django Girls on every opportunity, she organized Django Girls Wrocław — the first and only 100% female event Django Girls did so far), one more time showing us how much she cares. We couldn’t be more happier to have Ania joining our small Django Girls core team.
Baptiste Mispelon
Ever since Django Girls was born, if there was a one person we knew we can always count on, it was Baptiste. During this half a year, Baptiste was a constant source of support, emojis & encouragement. He made us believe that we can actually do it. Baptiste is running his own company while living in Budapest, Hungary. He is a Django Core Developer and DSF Member, he is an organizer of Django: Under The Hood, he coached on more Django Girls event than anyone else in the world & he is also making sure that our tutorial stays updated, clear and consistent. We can’t wait to have him on our team.
We feel incredibly fortunate to be able to work with Ania and Baptiste. We also believe that with those two on the team, everything is possible in 2015!
Love,
Ola Sitarska & Ola Sendecka