Outreachy Alums, December 2022 to March 2023

ASF

Joshua O.

Location: Kenya

ASF mentor(s): David Smiley
Project: SOLR-11872 Refactor test infra to work with a managed SolrClient; ditch TestHarness
Project skills: Docker, Java development

Bioconductor

Beryl Kanali

Pronouns: she/her/hers
Location: Nairobi
IRC/Chat/Forum username: BerylKanali

Bioconductor mentor(s): Wokaty
Project: Convert Sweave vignettes to R Markdown
Project skills: Git, GitHub, R, R Markdown, RStudio

Atuhurira Kirabo

Pronouns: she/her/hers
Location: Kampala

Bioconductor mentor(s): Hervé Pagès
Project: Refactor the BSgenomeForge tools
Project skills: git, GitHub, R package development, R programming, Writing technical documentation

ChRIS Project

David Sopuruchukwu Obodo

Location: Lagos

ChRIS Project mentor(s): Máirín Duffy and Gideon Pinto
Project: Consolidating and making reusable various react UI components from two user interfaces
Project skills: HTML CSS, React, Typescript

Cynthia Iradukunda

Pronouns: she/her/hers
Location: Rwanda

ChRIS Project mentor(s): Máirín Duffy
Project: Consolidating and making reusable various react UI components from two user interfaces
Project skills: HTML CSS, React, Typescript

Cornelia Ekpenyong

Pronouns: she/her/hers
Location: Nigeria
IRC/Chat/Forum username: Cornelia

ChRIS Project mentor(s): Jennings Zhang
Project: Research and evaluate search engines for use in the ChRIS project
Project skills: Python

CNCF OpenTelemetry

Pridhi Arora

Pronouns: she/her/hers
Location: Noida, UP, INDIA

CNCF OpenTelemetry mentor(s): Srikanth Chekuri
Project: Add auto instrumentation support for python threading module
Project skills: Python3, Threading, Unit testing

Ononiwu Maureen Chiamaka

Pronouns: she/her/hers
Location: Nigeria
IRC/Chat/Forum username: Maureen

CNCF OpenTelemetry mentor(s): Harshita Srinivas and Juraci Paixão Kröhling
Project: Create a Component Generator
Project skills: Building Opentelemetry collector components, CI, Golang

Common Workflow Language

Ngumih Fien

Pronouns: she/her/hers
Location: Bamenda, North West, Cameroon

Common Workflow Language mentor(s): Peter Amstutz and Sarah Wait Zaranek
Project: Expanding the CWL User Guide
Project skills: Common Workflow Language (CWL), Git, Python, Technical Writing

Levai Mackenzie Ágbàrà

Pronouns: they/them/theirs
Location: Delta State
IRC/Chat/Forum username: Levai

Common Workflow Language mentor(s): Peter Amstutz and Sarah Wait Zaranek
Project: Expanding the CWL User Guide
Project skills: Common Workflow Language (CWL), Git, Python, Technical Writing

Creative Commons

Oritsedere Precious Oghenerukevwe

Pronouns: she/her/hers
Location: Abuja

Creative Commons mentor(s): Timid Robot Zehta and possumbilities
Project: Refactor CC meta search
Project skills: CSS, Git, GitHub Pages, HTML, JavaScript, JSON, PHP

Debian

Billy Warren

Location: Kampala

Debian mentor(s): Santiago R.R. and Iñaki Malerba
Project: Improve Salsa CI
Project skills: Knowledge on Continous Integration, Shell scripting, Using git

Sandra Uwah

Location: Nigeria

Debian mentor(s): Daniel Kahn Gillmor and Pirate Praveen
Project: Prepare OpenPGP.js for distribution in Debian and related operating systems
Project skills: Debian Packaging, JavaScript Programming, OpenPGP

Eclipse Adoptium

Lumu

Location: Kampala

Eclipse Adoptium mentor(s): Shelley Lambert and Scott Fryer and Haroon Khel
Project: Open Infrastructure Monitoring Configuration (Codename "MonCon")
Project skills: Ansible playbooks, Communication

Atuhwera Julian

Eclipse Adoptium mentor(s): Shelley Lambert and Wen Zhou and Andrew Leonard
Project: Software Bill of Materials Refinements (Codename "SmoothBOM")
Project skills: Docker, Linux system knowledge

Ersilia Open Source Initiative

Dhanshree Arora

Pronouns: she/her/hers
Location: India

Ersilia Open Source Initiative mentor(s): Gemma Turon and Miquel Duran-Frigola
Project: Extension of the Ersilia Model Hub, a FOSS platform featuring AI/ML models for biomedical research
Project skills: Python

PaulineB

Pronouns: she/her/hers
Location: Lagos

Ersilia Open Source Initiative mentor(s): Gemma Turon
Project: Extension of the Ersilia Model Hub, a FOSS platform featuring AI/ML models for biomedical research
Project skills: Python

Jeevanshi Sharma

Pronouns: she/her/hers
Location: Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India
IRC/Chat/Forum username: Jeevanshi

Ersilia Open Source Initiative mentor(s): Gemma Turon and Amna Ali
Project: Extension of the Ersilia Model Hub, a FOSS platform featuring AI/ML models for biomedical research
Project skills: Python

Carolina Caballero

Location: Colombia

Ersilia Open Source Initiative mentor(s): Gemma Turon and Adrià Fernández-Torras
Project: Extension of the Ersilia Model Hub, a FOSS platform featuring AI/ML models for biomedical research
Project skills: Python

Fedora

Tanushree

Pronouns: she/her/hers
Location: West bengal, India

Fedora mentor(s): Madeline Peck
Project: Create and Design Icons for a Chat System
Project skills: Ideation & Communication, Inkscape, Visual Design Principles

GNOME

Shinigami

Location: India
IRC/Chat/Forum username: Shinigami

GNOME mentor(s): Federico Mena Quintero
Project: Create infrastructure for Performance tracking for librsvg
Project skills: Python, Rust, Shell scripting, Web development

JupyterHub

Sheila Kahwai

Location: Kenya
IRC/Chat/Forum username: Sheila

JupyterHub mentor(s): Georgiana Dolocan and Sarah Gibson
Project: Create a reusable JupyterHub pytest plugin
Project skills: git, pytest, Python

Blessing Ogoh Onyowoicho

Location: Lagos, Nigeria

JupyterHub mentor(s): Min Ragan-Kelley and Georgiana Dolocan and Sarah Gibson
Project: Improve Accessibility in JupyterHub
Project skills: git, HTML, web accessibility

Allan Wasega

Location: Kenya
IRC/Chat/Forum username: Allan

JupyterHub mentor(s): Sarah Gibson and Georgiana Dolocan
Project: Restructure and improve JupyterHub documentation by implementing the Diataxis framework
Project skills: Git version control, Markdown, Written English language

LibreOffice

Ximena Alcaman

Pronouns: she/her/hers
Location: Chile

LibreOffice mentor(s): Marina - deneb_alpha - Latini and Jussi Pakkanen
Project: Rework the LibreOffice installer
Project skills: General knowledge on building software, msitools, Python

Rachael Odetayo

Pronouns: she/her/hers
Location: Nigeria
IRC/Chat/Forum username: Rakielle

LibreOffice mentor(s): Marina - deneb_alpha - Latini and Jussi Pakkanen
Project: Rework the LibreOffice installer
Project skills: General knowledge on building software, msitools, Python

Linux Kernel

Deepak

Location: Gujarat, India
IRC/Chat/Forum username: drv

Linux Kernel mentor(s): Saurabh Sengar and Praveen Kumar
Project: Coccinelle cleanups in the Linux Kernel
Project skills: C, git, Linux Kernel

Mboalab

Ruqaiya Sattar

Pronouns: she/her/hers
Location: Sindh, Karachi, Pakistan
IRC/Chat/Forum username: Ruqaiya Sattar

Mboalab mentor(s): jafsia elisee and Stephane Fadanka
Project: improve a digital stethoscope android app
Project skills: Android development, ML

ABDUL-WADUD MUSA

Pronouns: he/him/his
Location: Nigeria
IRC/Chat/Forum username: wadva

Mboalab mentor(s): Stephane Fadanka
Project: improve a digital stethoscope android app
Project skills: Android development, ML

Petra Ukeh

Pronouns: she/her/hers
Location: Cameroon
IRC/Chat/Forum username: AGIEN

Mboalab mentor(s): jafsia elisee and Stephane Fadanka
Project: improve a digital stethoscope android app
Project skills: Android development, ML

ModECI

kusanele mpofu

Pronouns: she/her/hers
Location: South Africa

ModECI mentor(s): Padraig Gleeson and Ankur Sinha
Project: Create Jupyter notebooks demonstrating Machine Learning workflows using MDF
Project skills: Jupyter notebooks, ML, Python

Monsurat Onabajo

Pronouns: she/her/hers
Location: Nigeria
IRC/Chat/Forum username: Monsurat

ModECI mentor(s): Padraig Gleeson and Ankur Sinha
Project: Create Jupyter notebooks demonstrating Machine Learning workflows using MDF
Project skills: Jupyter notebooks, ML, Python

moja global

Ananyashree

Location: Shimla, India

moja global mentor(s): Andrew O'Reilly-Nugent and Simple Shell and Palak Sharma
Project: MLOps for distributed land sector modelling
Project skills: Geospatial analysis, Julia, MLOps, Python, R

Hien

Location: Canada

moja global mentor(s): Andrew O'Reilly-Nugent and Amara and Kateryna Derhaus
Project: Research data sources for carbon sequestration in forests
Project skills: Data processing, Julia, Python, R, Research

Bolu Adesanya

Pronouns: she/her/hers
Location: Lagos/Nigeria

moja global mentor(s): Andrew O'Reilly-Nugent and Amara and Kateryna Derhaus
Project: Research data sources for carbon sequestration in forests
Project skills: Data processing, Julia, Python, R, Research

NetworkX

Paula Perez Bianchi

Location: Buenos Aires, CABA, Argentina

NetworkX mentor(s): Mridul Seth and Ross Barnowski
Project: Create Pedagogical Interactive Notebooks for Algorithms Implemented in NetworkX
Project skills: Git, Jupyter, Python

OCaml

Prisca Chidimma Maduka

Pronouns: she/her/hers
Location: Benin city, Nigeria
IRC/Chat/Forum username: Prisca

OCaml mentor(s): Patrick Ferris and Odinaka Joy
Project: Implement a non-blocking, streaming codec for TopoJSON
Project skills: Functional Programming, Geospatial

ODK-X

Mbah Redeem Anjoh

Pronouns: he/him/his
Location: USA
IRC/Chat/Forum username: Redeem Grimm

ODK-X mentor(s): Caroline Krafft and Ben Green and Waylon Brunette
Project: Custom UI components for ODK-X mobile apps
Project skills: Android studio, User interface design

Godswill Ukpong

Location: Nigeria
IRC/Chat/Forum username: Caveman

ODK-X mentor(s): Caroline Krafft and Ben Green and Waylon Brunette
Project: Custom UI components for ODK-X mobile apps
Project skills: Android studio, User interface design

Open Information Security Foundation

Haleema Khan

Pronouns: she/her/hers
Location: Islamabad, Pakistan
IRC/Chat/Forum username: Haleema

Open Information Security Foundation mentor(s): Juliana Fajardini Reichow and Shivani Bhardwaj and Jason Ish and Victor Julien
Project: Add Frame Support to Application Layer Parsers in Suricata
Project skills: C, Git version control, Rust

Open Life Science

Nneoma Jilaga

Pronouns: she/her/hers
Location: Lagos, Nigeria
IRC/Chat/Forum username: Jilaga

Open Life Science mentor(s): Yo Yehudi and Ismael Kherroubi Garcia
Project: Re-brand OLS name and materials
Project skills: Graphic Design, Markdown, UX research, Version control, Webpage creation, Written Communication in English

Open Science Community Saudi Arabia (OSCSA)

Richie

Pronouns: he/him/his
Location: Benin city, Edo state, Nigeria

Open Science Community Saudi Arabia (OSCSA) mentor(s): Batool Almarzouq and Abdulrahman Alswaji and Meli
Project: Improve the bilinguality and accessibility of OSCSA website
Project skills: back-end web development, Front-end web development, Github workflow

Goodnews Sandy

Pronouns: she/her/hers
Location: Nigeria
IRC/Chat/Forum username: Goodnews

Open Science Community Saudi Arabia (OSCSA) mentor(s): Batool Almarzouq and Abdulrahman Alswaji and Meli
Project: Improve the bilinguality and accessibility of OSCSA website
Project skills: back-end web development, Front-end web development, Github workflow

Oppia

Aanuoluwapo Adeoti

Pronouns: she/her/hers
Location: Nigeria

Oppia mentor(s): Sean Lip and Allan Z
Project: Create effective and engaging online lessons on Basic Science and/or Digital Skills.
Project skills: Clear written communication, Graphic design, Teaching experience, Translating lessons, User research, Writing reports

Addisalem Degefa

Oppia mentor(s): Sean Lip and Allan Z
Project: Create effective and engaging online lessons on Basic Science and/or Digital Skills.
Project skills: Clear written communication, Graphic design, Teaching experience, Translating lessons, User research, Writing reports

Erio Crucecia

Pronouns: she/her/hers
Location: Kampala, Uganda

Oppia mentor(s): Om Khandade
Project: User Research and Go-to-Market activities to increase usage and awareness of Oppia on web and mobile
Project skills: Communication skills, Graphic Design, Report writing, Translating Lessons, User Research, Video Editing

AISHAT MUIBUDEEN

Pronouns: she/her/hers
Location: Nigeria
IRC/Chat/Forum username: Maya

Oppia mentor(s): Olaiwola Bolaji
Project: User Research and Go-to-Market activities to increase usage and awareness of Oppia on web and mobile
Project skills: Communication skills, Graphic Design, Report writing, Translating Lessons, User Research, Video Editing

Nneoma Pretty Agu

Pronouns: she/her/hers
Location: Abuja, Nigeria

Oppia mentor(s): Olaiwola Bolaji and Nmeso
Project: User Research and Go-to-Market activities to increase usage and awareness of Oppia on web and mobile
Project skills: Communication skills, Graphic Design, Report writing, Translating Lessons, User Research, Video Editing

Public Lab

Segun.A

Pronouns: he/him/his
Location: Port Harcourt, Nigeria

Public Lab mentor(s): Jeffrey Warren and Cess Wairimu and Tilda Udufo
Project: Improve MapKnitter Lite for mapmaking with aerial photos as a lightweight web service
Project skills: HTML, JavaScript

malikk

Pronouns: he/him/his
Location: Nigeria
IRC/Chat/Forum username: Malikk

Public Lab mentor(s): Jeffrey Warren and Cess Wairimu and Tilda Udufo
Project: Improve MapKnitter Lite for mapmaking with aerial photos as a lightweight web service
Project skills: HTML, JavaScript

QEMU

amarjargal

Pronouns: she/her/hers
Location: Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

QEMU mentor(s): Stefano Garzarella and Ming Lei
Project: Extend QEMU Storage Daemon, supporting the new Linux's userspace block driver (ublk) framework
Project skills: C programming, Linux user, QEMU source code

Tor Project

Robertmin

Location: Nairobi, Kenya
IRC/Chat/Forum username: HashRate

Tor Project mentor(s): Jeremy Rand and Daniel Kraft
Project: Create Tool to Detect/Prevent Proxy Leaks
Project skills: Go language, Privacy Tech, Using Linux

Olanma

Pronouns: she/her/hers
Location: Lagos, Nigeria
IRC/Chat/Forum username: cece

Tor Project mentor(s): meskio
Project: Extend GetTor to distribute TorBrowser on censored networks over IM and social media
Project skills: Go language

Wagtail

Starykova Albina

Pronouns: she/her/hers
Location: Cyprus

Wagtail mentor(s): Thibaud Colas and Sage Abdullah and Josh Munn
Project: Develop tools to help Wagtail editors create accessible content
Project skills: Accessibility, CSS, Django, HTML, JavaScript

Damilola Oladele

Location: Nigeria.
IRC/Chat/Forum username: Damilola Oladele

Wagtail mentor(s): Thibaud Colas and Coen and Stephanie Brown and Storm Heg and Jonny Peacock
Project: Improve user guide documentation for Wagtail
Project skills: Information Architecture, Writing technical documentation, Written English language

Lovelyfin00

Location: Benin city, Edo state and Nigeria

Wagtail mentor(s): Thibaud Colas and Paarth Agarwal and LB
Project: Introduce Stimulus for interactive widgets within Wagtail
Project skills: Accessibility, Accessibility, CSS, Django, HTML, JavaScript, Performance, Security, Security

Wikimedia

Nicole B

Pronouns: she/her/hers
Location: Bern, Switzerland

Wikimedia mentor(s): Slavina S and Damilare Adedoyin
Project: Create a Web Application for Editing Toolhub Records
Project skills: HTML CSS, Javascript, Python

Hannah Waruguru Njoroge

Pronouns: she/her/hers
Location: Nairobi, Kenya

Wikimedia mentor(s): Slavina S and Damilare Adedoyin
Project: Create a Web Application for Editing Toolhub Records
Project skills: HTML CSS, Javascript, Python

Sheila W.

Pronouns: she/her/hers
Location: Nairobi, Kenya

Wikimedia mentor(s): Diego Sáez Trumper and Muniza
Project: Develop a web app for patrolling based on the new ML-based service to predict reverts
Project skills: css, html, Javascript, Python 3

Kelechukwu Vivian Nwandu

Pronouns: she/her/hers
Location: Lagos, Nigeria
IRC/Chat/Forum username: Casey

Wikimedia mentor(s): Éder Porto and Mike Peel
Project: Develop features for Wiki Loves Monuments App
Project skills: Graphic Design, Python programming, SPARQL

André Rodrigues

Pronouns: he/him/his
Location: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Wikimedia mentor(s): Z. Blace and Owen Blacker
Project: Hybrid event production for QueeringWikipedia 2023
Project skills: Free Software literacy, MediaWiki familiarity, streaming media literacy

Enow Enow

Location: Buea Cameroon

Wikimedia mentor(s): Jay
Project: Rewrite Imagebulk tool to scale up
Project skills: JavaScript, Python programming, VueJS

Zarr

BRANDON AWA

Location: CENTRAL REGION, YAOUNDE CAMEROON

Zarr mentor(s): Sanket Verma and Josh Moore
Project: Create Tutorials for Zarr
Project skills: Git, GitHub, Python programming

Weddy Gikunda

Pronouns: she/her/hers
Location: Nairobi, Kenya

Zarr mentor(s): Sanket Verma and Josh Moore
Project: Testing the support and interoperability of Zarr Zip Stores
Project skills: Git GitHub, Python programming, Zarr fundamentals

Outreachy December 2022 to March 2023 Interns