Melissa Mendonça
Melissa is an applied mathematician and former university professor who fell in love with open source communities. She has been involved with the Python and PyData communities for some time, with a focus on outreach, education and DEI. She works at Quansight as a Senior Developer Experience Engineer, is a maintainer for NumPy and SciPy, and believes in the power of contributions beyond code.
Sessions
When talking about diversity, inclusivity and sustainability for open source projects, the "pipeline problem" is sometimes mentioned. Is it really worth reaching out to minoritized or underrepresented groups? It seems like this is a lot of work with a low "return on investment". In this talk, we'll discuss a few ideas on how to nurture and grow healthy communities and what can go wrong.