Outreachy Alums, December 2023 to March 2024

Bioconductor

Peace Sandy

Pronouns: she/her/hers
Location: Calabar, Cross-River State/ Nigeria
IRC/Chat/Forum username: Peace Sandy

Bioconductor mentor(s): Levi Waldron
Project: Microbiome Study Curation
Project skills: Literature review skills, Microbiome knowledge

Esther Afuape

Pronouns: she/her/hers
Location: Lagos

Bioconductor mentor(s): Svetlana Ugarcina Perovic
Project: Microbiome Study Curation
Project skills: Literature review skills, Microbiome knowledge

Chioma Onyido

Pronouns: she/her/hers
Location: Lagos State
IRC/Chat/Forum username: omabekee

Bioconductor mentor(s): Chloe Mirzayi
Project: Microbiome Study Curation
Project skills: Literature review skills, Microbiome knowledge

CNCF OpenTelemetry

sakshi

Location: Seoni

CNCF OpenTelemetry mentor(s): Juraci Paixão Kröhling and Alex Boten
Project: Enable Allstar policy across all the repos in the org
Project skills: GitHub workflow, Security

Debian

Kathara Sasikumar

Pronouns: she/her/hers
Location: India

Debian mentor(s): Lucas Kanashiro
Project: Experiment to modernize the Debian Wiki
Project skills: Python Programming, System administration

Robinson Uchechukwu

Pronouns: she/her/hers
Location: Nigeria

Debian mentor(s): Israel Galadima and Pirate Praveen and Akshay S Dinesh and Michael
Project: Integrate yarn-plugin-apt into Gitlab Packaging and Nodejs Package Testing Workflows
Project skills: Git, NodeJS, Shell Scripting

Godwin Nweke

Pronouns: he/him/his
Location: Abakaliki, Ebonyi state, Nigeria
IRC/Chat/Forum username: mrwinz

Debian mentor(s): Israel Galadima and Pirate Praveen and Akshay S Dinesh and Michael
Project: Integrate yarn-plugin-apt into Gitlab Packaging and Nodejs Package Testing Workflows
Project skills: Git, NodeJS, Shell Scripting

Komolehin Israel

Location: Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria

Debian mentor(s): Andreas Tille and Nilesh Patra
Project: Quality assurance for biological and medical applications inside Debian
Project skills: Debian packaging, Reading documentation

Ersilia Open Source Initiative

Sarima Chiorlu

Location: Nigeria
IRC/Chat/Forum username: Sarima

Ersilia Open Source Initiative mentor(s): Gemma Turon and Hellen Namulinda
Project: Improvement of the Ersilia Model Hub, a FOSS platform of AI/ML models for biomedical research
Project skills: Bash, Conda, Docker, Python Programming

Leila Yesufu

Pronouns: she/her/hers
Location: Lagos Nigeria

Ersilia Open Source Initiative mentor(s): Gemma Turon and Dhanshree Arora
Project: Improvement of the Ersilia Model Hub, a FOSS platform of AI/ML models for biomedical research
Project skills: Bash, Conda, Docker, Python Programming

Ini-Abasi Bernard

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

Firefox

Promise Fru

Pronouns: he/him/his
Location: Bamenda, North West Region, Cameroon

Firefox mentor(s): Suhaib Mujahid
Project: Automatic identification of performance bugs
Project skills: Git version control, ML, Python

John P

Pronouns: he/him/his
Location: Kampala, Central Region, Uganda
IRC/Chat/Forum username: John P

Firefox mentor(s): Suhaib Mujahid
Project: Automatic identification of performance bugs
Project skills: Git version control, ML, Python

Michelle Mounde

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

Firefox mentor(s): Gabriel Bustamante and Ben Hearsum
Project: Improve the UI of the Firefox update server
Project skills: Docker, Flask, Git, JavaScript, Python, ReactJS

Meera Murthy

Location: India

Firefox mentor(s): Erik Nordin
Project: Improve The User Experience of Translations Settings
Project skills: Git, Integration Testing, JavaScript HTML CSS

Freya LaLuna

Pronouns: she/her/hers
Location: Fort Collins, Colorado, United States

Firefox mentor(s): Sean Feng and Andreas Farre
Project: Re-enable the Reporting API in Firefox
Project skills: C++, Javascript

Git

luma

Git mentor(s): Christian Couder
Project: Move existing tests to a unit testing framework
Project skills: C language, git source control, Shell scripting

GNOME

Dorothy Kabarozi

Pronouns: she/her/hers
Location: Kampala Uganda
IRC/Chat/Forum username: Dorothy K

GNOME mentor(s): Sam Thursfield and Sonny
Project: Implement end-to-end tests for GNOME OS using openQA
Project skills: Automated testing, Linux, Programming, Virtualization

Tanjuate Achaleke

Pronouns: he/him/his
Location: Bamenda Cameroon

GNOME mentor(s): Sam Thursfield and Sonny
Project: Implement end-to-end tests for GNOME OS using openQA
Project skills: Automated testing, Linux, Programming, Virtualization

Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team

Eden Oluigbo

Pronouns: he/him/his
Location: FCT-Abuja, Nigeria.

Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team mentor(s): Petya Kangalova
Project: Tech community engagement intern: improve open source contributor journey for HOTOSM projects
Project skills: Communications, Github, Open Source Management

LibreOffice

Omkar

Pronouns: he/him/his
Location: Maharashtra, India
IRC/Chat/Forum username: Omkar67

LibreOffice mentor(s): Michael Weghorn
Project: Implement Qt/KDE Frameworks theming using native Qt widgets (Weld interface)
Project skills: C++ programming, UI toolkit experience

Khushi Gautam

Pronouns: they/them/theirs
Location: India
IRC/Chat/Forum username: Khushi

LibreOffice mentor(s): Jim Raykowski
Project: Sidebar deck for quick find
Project skills: C++ programming language

Linux Kernel

Soumya Negi

Pronouns: she/her/hers
Location: Los Angeles, USA
IRC/Chat/Forum username: snegi

Linux Kernel mentor(s): Andi and Karolina Stolarek
Project: Improve i915 sysfs interface implementation
Project skills: C language, Linux tools, Operating systems

Dorcas Litunya

Location: Nairobi, Kenya

Linux Kernel mentor(s): Hans Verkuil and Johan Fjeldtvedt
Project: Improve media subsystem test drivers
Project skills: C programming, C++ programming, Linux tools

Mboalab

Ayesha Younas

Pronouns: she/her/hers
Location: pakistan
IRC/Chat/Forum username: aisha

Mboalab mentor(s): Ruqaiya Sattar
Project: Improve-a-digital-Stethoscope-app
Project skills: Flutter, Github, ML Data Modeling

Carla

Pronouns: she/her/hers
Location: Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria

Mboalab mentor(s): Petra Ukeh
Project: Improve the platform to link-up medical facilities globally
Project skills: Flutter Development, Technical documentation writing, Version control

Nyong Godwill

Location: Bamenda, North West Region ,Cameroon

Mboalab mentor(s): Petra Ukeh
Project: Improve the platform to link-up medical facilities globally
Project skills: Flutter Development, Technical documentation writing, Version control

moja global

Nwajiunor Edgar

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

moja global mentor(s): Simple Shell and ImaJin
Project: Charting the Path to Sustainability: Integrating Land Sector Data with SDGs
Project skills: Documentation, Geospatial Analysis, MLOps, python, Research

Swizzcoder

Location: CAMEROON

moja global mentor(s): Simple Shell and ImaJin
Project: Integrating an Interactive Data Visualization Gallery into Moja Global Land Sector Datasets
Project skills: CSS, Data Visualization Libraries, git, HTML, JavaScript

OCaml

Fay Carsons

Pronouns: she/her/hers
Location: Richmond, VA, United States of America

OCaml mentor(s): Sudha Parimala and Kaustubh M
Project: Develop a geometric creative coding library for OCaml
Project skills: Functional Programming, Knowledge of a programming language, OCaml

Oluwaseun Oyenuga

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

OCaml mentor(s): Sayo Bamigbade and punchagan
Project: Implement a dark mode for OCaml.org
Project skills: Git, HTML & CSS, Javascript, OCaml, Tailwind, Web Design

PrincessIddy

Pronouns: she/her/hers
Location: Akwa Ibom, Nigeria

OCaml mentor(s): Guillaume Petiot and Moazzam Moriani
Project: Improve the GUI experience for OCaml users
Project skills: Functional Programming, Git & github, GUI Programming, OCaml, Unix command line

ODK-X

Kenny

Pronouns: he/him/his
Location: Kampala

ODK-X mentor(s): Caroline Krafft and Love Sparus Otudor and Waylon Brunette
Project: Create Android tests for Services new file interface
Project skills: Android, Java, Testing

Matilda Anashie

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

ODK-X mentor(s): Caroline Krafft and Godswill Ukpong and Mbah Redeem Anjoh and Waylon Brunette and Ben Green
Project: UI improvements to ODK-X Tables and Survey
Project skills: Android Development, Front-end development, User Interface Design skills

Goodness C.

Location: Abuja, Federal Capital territory, Nigeria
IRC/Chat/Forum username: Goodiec

ODK-X mentor(s): Caroline Krafft and Waylon Brunette
Project: Update and Improve ODK-X Documentation for New Release
Project skills: Github, Sphinx, Writing Technical Documentation

Open Information Security Foundation

Hadiqa

Pronouns: she/her/hers
Location: Islamabad

Open Information Security Foundation mentor(s): Juliana Fajardini Reichow and Jason Ish and Shivani Bhardwaj and Victor Julien and Philippe Antoine
Project: Increase Suricata's rule keyword/ log output parity.
Project skills: C, Git version control, Rust, Technical writing, Wireshark

Eniola

Pronouns: he/him/his
Location: Nigeria

Open Information Security Foundation mentor(s): Juliana Fajardini Reichow and Jason Ish and Shivani Bhardwaj and Victor Julien and Philippe Antoine
Project: Suricata Hardening: Work on finding and fixing bugs in Suricata using code analyzing tools.
Project skills: C, Git version control, Rust, Static code analysis tools

OpenStack

Melaku Alehegn

Location: Addis Ababa, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

OpenStack mentor(s): Goutham Pacha Ravi
Project: Support new Manila API features in the OpenStack Dashboard
Project skills: git version control system, Linux, Python Programming

Oppia

Rafiat Sulaimon

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

Oppia mentor(s): Aanuoluwapo Adeoti and Adewumi Mojola Mobolaji and Devansh Katiyar
Project: Create effective and engaging online lessons on Science and Financial Literacy
Project skills: Clear communication, Creating good practice questions on Mathematics, Graphic design, Teaching Experience, Translating text into other languages, User research

Success Oghogho

Pronouns: she/her/hers

Oppia mentor(s): Aanuoluwapo Adeoti and Adewumi Mojola Mobolaji and Devansh Katiyar
Project: Create effective and engaging online lessons on Science and Financial Literacy
Project skills: Clear communication, Creating good practice questions on Mathematics, Graphic design, Teaching Experience, Translating text into other languages, User research

Emmanuella Abubakar

Pronouns: she/her/hers
Location: Lagos, Nigeria.
IRC/Chat/Forum username: Emmanuella Abubakar

Oppia mentor(s): Nneoma Pretty Agu and Yigakpoa Samuel and Busayo Ojo
Project: Digital Brand Visibility Boost, Go-to-Market Activities and User Research
Project skills: Communication Skills, Content creation, Multimedia design skills

Comfort Igboko

Pronouns: she/her/hers
Location: Abuja,Nigeria
IRC/Chat/Forum username: Susu Alexis

Oppia mentor(s): Nneoma Pretty Agu and Erio Crucecia and Ebelubhuhi Osetiemoria
Project: Digital Brand Visibility Boost, Go-to-Market Activities and User Research
Project skills: Communication Skills, Content creation, Multimedia design skills

Melhik H. Aklilu

Pronouns: she/her/hers
Location: Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, Lideta sub-city

Oppia mentor(s): ZR and Irene
Project: Help launch the beta Oppia Android app to GA and develop new features for the platform
Project skills: Analytics Insight, Communication Skills, Design, Product Management, Report Writing, User Research

Abasiono Timothy

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

Oppia mentor(s): Moe Winkler
Project: Help launch the beta Oppia Android app to GA and develop new features for the platform
Project skills: Analytics Insight, Communication Skills, Design, Product Management, Report Writing, User Research

Unstructured Studio

Gloria Kaduru

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

Unstructured Studio mentor(s): Srishti Sethi and Suchakra Sharma
Project: Develop UX wireframes and mockups to guide the development of ZubHub's new features
Project skills: Design tools such as Figma, Visual communication, Wireframing & Rapid Prototyping

Berra

Pronouns: she/her/hers
Location: Istanbul

Unstructured Studio mentor(s): Srishti Sethi and Suchakra Sharma
Project: Improve the user experience of project & activity features
Project skills: Django, Python Programming, React

Yokwejuste

Pronouns: he/him/his
Location: Bamenda - Cameroon
IRC/Chat/Forum username: yokwejuste

Unstructured Studio mentor(s): Srishti Sethi and Suchakra Sharma
Project: Review and improve app-wide user experience
Project skills: Django, Python Programming, React

Gift

Unstructured Studio mentor(s): Srishti Sethi
Project: Review and improve app-wide user experience
Project skills: Django, Python Programming, React

Ushahidi

Shakira Ndagire Seruwagi

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

Ushahidi mentor(s): Walter
Project: Revamping Software Testing: Internship Project
Project skills: Technical Proficiency, Test Case Design, Test Environments

Wagtail

Ahmed Olanrewaju Olaitan

Pronouns: he/him/his
Location: Lagos, Nigeria

Wagtail mentor(s): Thibaud Colas and Damilola Oladele
Project: Accessibility features documentation
Project skills: Accessibility, Writing technical documentation, Written English language

Shakhrizoda Yusupova

Pronouns: she/her/hers
Location: Tashkent, Uzbekistan

Wagtail mentor(s): Thibaud Colas and Starykova Albina and Scott Cranfill
Project: Wagtail.org website accessibility
Project skills: Accessibility, Django

Wikimedia

Alwoch Sophia

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

Wikimedia mentor(s): Éder Porto and Alberto Leoncio and Mike Peel
Project: Addressing the Lusophone technological wishlist proposals
Project skills: Javascript, Python

Oyindamola Olatunji

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

Wikimedia mentor(s): Andi Inácio and Éder Porto
Project: Assist Capacity Exchange Development
Project skills: Python, Use of the MediaWiki software platform

Boluwatife Adetayo

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

Wikimedia mentor(s): Nat Hernández Clavijo and Sailesh Patnaik and Luca Martinelli [Sannita] and Fernando Uval
Project: Extend WikiCurricula, an interactive dashboard to visualize curriculum data
Project skills: HTML & CSS, Javascript, Python

Esther Ibom

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

Wikimedia mentor(s): Sage Ross and AmineH
Project: Improve documentation of Programs & Events Dashboard
Project skills: English language communication, Video production

Gabina Luz

Pronouns: she/her/hers
Location: Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina

Wikimedia mentor(s): Sage Ross and AmineH
Project: Improve how Wiki Education Dashboard counts references added
Project skills: JavaScript, Ruby

Okereke Chinweotito

Pronouns: he/him/his
Location: Owerri , Imo State , Nigeria
IRC/Chat/Forum username: Okereke

Wikimedia mentor(s): Anmol Wassan and Parthiv Menon
Project: Integrate Wikimedia Ecosystem within BUB2 tool
Project skills: Javascript, MediaWiki APIs, Next.js, React.js, Redis

Shriya Kamat Tarcar

Pronouns: she/her/hers
Location: Goa,India
IRC/Chat/Forum username: Shriya Kamat Tarcar

Wikimedia mentor(s): Mike Raish
Project: Multilingual Wikipedia Editor Survey
Project skills: qualitative analysis, quantitative analysis, surveys

Outreachy December 2023 to March 2024 Interns