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This Issue's Wonder Woman: Kathy Zant

Kathy Zant is an internationally recognized expert on security, marketing, and data-driven website development. She’s spoken at countless events worldwide, both online and on stage, and she’s been an organizer for both WordCamp Phoenix (twice) and WordCamp US. An Executive Producer of Open, the open-sourced documentary about the WordPress community, she is passionate about your stories and believes everyone’s voice deserves to be heard.

What is your mantra?

"I am the storm."

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

Notion, iPad Goodnotes, Descript, YouTube, Noise Canceling Headphones

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

Coffee aka a steaming cup of STFU

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

Lemon ginger kombucha

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

Just go do it, stop being a dumbass.

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Wonder Women Doing Wonderful Things

• This week, Automattic announced two huge programs, the Automattic Affiliate Program and the Automattic for Agencies program. Both programs were built by women. Stacy L. Carlson is responsible for the affiliate program, and Christie Wright and Mary Voelker are responsible for the agency program. In a world of men, we have dominated two incredible initiatives that impact the greater WordPress ecosystem.
• ​Žemyna Treiderė from Omnisend posted a pre-WCEU dance video from her team​
• ​Laura Adamonis talked about the WordPress community, training and DEIB on Do the Woo​
• Birgit Olzem published WordPress Project Contributor Handbook v2​
• Amber Hinds will deliver an Accessibility Testing Workshop at WCEU​
• Aida Correa Jackson will present the Youth and Teens Workshop at WCEU and during National Black Literacy Week at BlackAIHub​
• ​Jevilyn Fajardo receives the Yoast Care fund for her contribution to the WordPress community​
• Emilia Capital, co-owned by Marieke van de Rakt, launched Progress Planner​
• Want more women to follow in WordPress? Birgit Pauli-Haack has a list for that!
• ​Q&A with lead organizer Wendie Huis in ‘t Veld on WordCamp Europe 2024 and its less-is-more approach in The Repository​
• Vikki Baptiste wrote a post on LinkedIn - Staying sane in the AI revolution: You don’t need to know it all​
• Maddy Osman will present "How To Maintain Content Consistency With Fewer Resources" Jun 12, 2024. Find your local time on the link.

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