mariatta / happinesspackets

Open-source Happiness Packets

Hi there 👋

My name is Mariatta. My pronoun is she/her/hers. I live in Vancouver 🇨🇦 and my timezone is UTC-7.

The open source projects that I'm currently focusing on are:

• CPython, specifically the core-workflow, GitHub bots, Devguide and general documentation
• Python Core Sprint
• PyLadies
• gidgethub

I'm also a public speaker and I co-organize Vancouver PyLadies group.

For my contributions to Python, I've received the Community Service Award from Python Software Foundation. I've also been nominated twice for Google Open Source Peer Bonus program. I'm a PSF Fellow member since 2020. In honor of Ada Lovelace Day in 2020, my story was shared on GitHub ReadME project.

If you find my open source contributions valuable, please consider sponsoring me on GitHub.

My 2020 so far (Last updated December 8, 2020)

• Organized PyLadies Vancouver January Talk Night
• Spoke at PyCascades 2020 in Portland with Elaine Wong and Lorena Mesa about 9 Years of PyLadies: Lessons Learned and What Comes Next
• Gave a tutorial for PyCon 2020: Say It With Bots!
• Presented at PyCon 2020 with Elaine Wong and Lorena Mesa about 9 Years of PyLadies: Lessons Learned and What Comes Next
• Presented at PyLadies India online event
• Organized the first ever Virtual Python Language Summit with Łukasz Langa
• Released gidgethub v 4.1.0
• Gave a lightning talk at live@Manning Python conference
• Gave a lightning talk at PyLadies Seattle about building GitHub Bots with gidgethub
• Organized Python core sprint with Kyle Stanley and Ewa Jodlowska. According to Guido van Rossum, it was "the best online event I've attended".
• Created PyLadies bot
• Interviewed by Rosalie Chan for Business Insider article
• Interviewed by Tatum Hunter for Built In article
• Presented my talk Oops! I Became an Open Source Maintainer! 😱 for PyCon Australia (online), PyCon Taiwan, PyGotham, and SeaGL.
• Created Python core sprint documentation
• Featured on GitHub ReadME project on Ada Lovelace Day
• Presented a short talk at PyLadies Vancouver titled Demystifying Public Speaking
• Presented keynote talks for PyCon Indonesia and PyCon Poland.
• Released gidgethub v 4.2.0
• Started working as Staff Software Engineer at Uplight.
• Running for Python Steering Council 2021 term.