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This Issue's Wonder Woman: Gen Herres

Gen Herres is an experienced WordPress developer, a DHS Trusted Tester for Section 508, a well-known speaker, and an accessibility advocate, and Baltimore WP meetup organizer. She’s spoken at meetups, on podcasts, at WordCamp US, and WP Accessibility Day, and is an IAAP member. With the EasyA11yGuide.com, Gen helps web agencies to tackle the challenging problem of web accessibility with their builds. She’s helped plugins, themes, and web agencies refine their accessibility processes.

What is your mantra?

Conform and be dull. Always question if there's a better way and upset the status quo.

Tell us 3-5 tech tools that you swear by that make life & work a little easier.

My wacom intuos tablet instead of a mouse, Kiwi to keep all of my Gmail accounts straight, Pandora to provide my daily soundtrack, and Brave browser for almost never seeing a single ad or cookie consent again.

What's in your mug/glass/bottle during work hours?

Generally water, sometimes apple cinnamon tea.

What's in your mug/glass/bottle after hours?

Ginger ale with rum.

Knowing what you do now, what advice would you give to your younger self?

Take care of your body. It's the only one you get, there are no exchanges. Also, recurring revenue is the lifeblood of a business, focus on it.

Your LinkedIn Profile Link​
​https://www.linkedin.com/in/genherres/​

Your Website​
​https://easya11yguide.com​

Wonder Women Doing Wonderful Things

• ​Anne Bovelett wrote: How to identify accessibility charlatans​
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• CommerceGurus published Making eCommerce Accessible to All: A Conversation with Bet Hannon​
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• ​Michelle Frechette's article shares her insight on communication - I Hope This Email Finds You Well…
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• A workshop, Let Accessibility Work with Your Creativity, with Piccia Neri at the Hatch Conference in Berlin, September 11, 2025
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• Birgit Pauli-Haack shares an article, Field Guide, No-Code Theme, Pattern Library, why you might not need a Custom Block — Weekend Edition 323, in the Gutenberg Times
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• ​Michelle Frechette has launched the WP Speakers Virtual Stage Series through Post Status. Look for the first episode coming April 8!!
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• ​Kathy Zant's podcast series continues with How to Find True Security, It's Not Where You Think​
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• Congratulations to Natalie MacLees, the recipient of the 2025 Great Companies International Women Entrepreneur Award ​
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• Congratulations to Mumtahina Faguni, who received the Yoast Care Fund for her contribution to the WordPress community.
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• WordPress Accessibility Meetup: From Concept to Code: Communicating Accessibility in the Design Handoff with Danielle Zarcaro​
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• Catch the latest, Michelle Frechette's Women in WordPress playlist on Post Status' YouTube account. Latest additions: Krupa Nanda, Maddy Osman, Shambi Imari, Rae Morey, and Mia Cantrell​
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• ​ColorCode, an in-person event in Buffalo, NY, on Saturday, May 3, 2025:
  ​Michelle Frechette - All About You: Unleashing the Power of Personal Branding
  ​Femi Lewis - The Content Trifecta: Establish Your Authority With Cornerstone, Evergreen & Timely Content
  ​Rebecca Wood-Spagnoli and Natalie Munger - Utilizing Heuristics to Improve Design
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• ​WordCamp EU - June 6, 2025, Day One, Track One features -
  ​Petya Raykovska, Social Entrepreneurship in Bulgaria – Driven by Humans, Powered by WordPress
  ​Aleksandra Lemańska, Transforming Tech Leadership: 3 Ways to Shift Communication and Get Your Time Back
  ​Anna Hurko, Building Support as core of product
  ​Jennifer Aguilera Schumacher, 3 WordPress Agency F*ckups and What I Learned from Them
  ​Mariya Moeva, What we learned from building Site Kit and how you can apply this to your WordPress site
  ​Karin Christen, How to Keep Your Head While Going Headless with WordPress

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