On Wed, May 26, 2021 00:07:35 -0000, Natacha Rault wrote:
> Hi, I'm Nattes living in Geneva, Switzerland. I am half French and half 
> British, and  currently working at the University of Geneva in a service 
> dedicated to dual careers in order to facilitate retention of women academics 
> and researchers. 

Hi Nattes,

Welcome to the community!

If there's anything at all we can help with, please ping us on any of
the community channels :)

> I made my first steps in the free software movement by setting up workshops 
> to teach women how to contribute to Wikipedia during a mandate I had from the 
> University's Diversity and Inclusion office. I still teach this in a 4 year 
> assignment at the Gender Studies department financed by the Swiss National 
> Science Foundation. 
> 
> I am very passionate about issues concerning the gender gap and promoting 
> inclusion, as well as helping newbies to find their own way in complex and 
> sometimes not very friendly projects. I am very interested in the way Fedora 
> is doing this, with a clear defined process and very admirative of the Fedora 
> Badges.
> 
> I have had a few friends telling me how "fedorable" this community was, but 
> since I was invited at the Fedora week of diversity last October, I have felt 
> very shy because I am not a coder. Someone proposed that I translate docs, 
> and I first I thought it would be pretty boring for an unpaid activity. But 
> then as I do want to use free software more, and learn Python, I thought I 
> could manage a win win approach by first translating  documents that a newbie 
> would stumble upon when joining your community. 
> 
> Apart from that I love reading (sci fi and feminist stuff above all), 
> swimming and kayak, and playing Animal Crossing. 
> 
> I look forward to knowing more about Fedora!
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Thanks,
Regards,
Ankur Sinha "FranciscoD" (He / Him / His) | 
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