Outreachy Alums, December 2024 to March 2025

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Outreachy December 2024 to March 2025 Interns

25 interns were selected for this cohort.

Bioconductor

Kate Rasheed

Pronouns: she/her/hers
Location: Epe, Lagos, Nigeria
IRC/Chat/Forum username: Kate Rasheed

Bioconductor mentor(s): Svetlana Ugarcina Perovic and Peace Monday Sandy
Project: Microbiome Study Curation
Project skills: General public health research knowledge, Literature review skills, Microbiome knowledge

Divine Aleru

Pronouns: she/her/hers
Location: Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria

Bioconductor mentor(s): Chloe Mirzayi and Chioma Onyido
Project: Microbiome Study Curation
Project skills: General public health research knowledge, Literature review skills, Microbiome knowledge

CNCF OpenTelemetry

RICHARD CHUKWU

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

CNCF OpenTelemetry mentor(s): Marylia Gutierrez
Project: Contribute to setup guide for development of OpenTelemetry
Project skills: OpenTelemetry, Software Development

Creative Commons

Queen Islamiat Fawale

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

Creative Commons mentor(s): possumbilities and Timid Robot Zehta
Project: Consolidate and implement design system across websites
Project skills: CSS, Django, Git, HTML, JavaScript, Lektor

Debian

Patrick Noblet Appiah

Pronouns: he/him/his
Location: Accra, Ghana
IRC/Chat/Forum username: Noblet

Debian mentor(s): Thorsten Alteholz
Project: Automatic Indi-3rd-party driver update
Project skills: Debian Packaging, Programming in C, Writing scripts in bash

Divine Attah-Ohiemi

Pronouns: he/him/his
Location: Ago, Lagos, Nigeria
IRC/Chat/Forum username: deaththekidd

Debian mentor(s): Carsten Schoenert and Subin and Thomas Lange
Project: Make the Debian main website more attractive by switching to HuGo as site generator
Project skills: Debian OS, Git, HTML5 & CSS3

Ersilia Open Source Initiative

Olawumi Salaam

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

Ersilia Open Source Initiative mentor(s): Dhanshree Arora and Gemma Turon and Jumoke Olantun ADEYEMI and Malik Badmus
Project: Improving the Ersilia Molde Hub Backend
Project skills: Bash scripting, Docker, GitHub Actions, Python 3

Firefox

Temidayo

Pronouns: he/him/his
IRC/Chat/Forum username: dan032

Firefox mentor(s): Benjamin Forehand Jr
Project: Extend Mozilla's automation tool, FoxPuppet
Project skills: Object Oriented Programming, Python programming, Testing

Serah Nderi

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

Firefox mentor(s): Daniel Minor and Will Medina
Project: Implement the Iterator.range proposal in SpiderMonkey
Project skills: C++, Git, JavaScript

Neta

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

Firefox mentor(s): Carla Severe and Julien Wajsberg
Project: Work on a new feature for our performance comparison tool
Project skills: ReactJS

Git

Seyi Kuforiji

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

Git mentor(s): Patrick Steinhardt and Phillip Wood
Project: Convert unit tests to use the clar testing framework
Project skills: C Programming

Usman Akinyemi

Pronouns: he/him/his

Git mentor(s): Christian Couder
Project: Finish adding a 'os-version' capability to Git protocol v2
Project skills: C language, Git source control, Shell scripting

GNOME

Yorubad-dev

Location: Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria

GNOME mentor(s): Federico Mena Quintero
Project: Implement the SVG2 text layout algorithm in librsvg
Project skills: Rust, Test-driven development, Text layout

Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team

Melodee

Location: Nigeria

Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team mentor(s): Raiza Pilatowsky Gruner and claudio.reyes
Project: Improve communication strategies of open mapping initiatives for humanitarian purposes
Project skills: Data visualization, Multimedia design skills, User Interface

LibreOffice

Ndidi Ogboi

Pronouns: she/her/hers
Location: Nigeria

LibreOffice mentor(s): Heiko Tietze and Laurent Balland
Project: Add more templates to Writer
Project skills: Design, UX, Word processors

ODK-X

Bukunmi Ola

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

ODK-X mentor(s): Caroline Krafft and Love Sparus Otudor and Nui Lewis and Waylon Brunette and Henry Onuoha
Project: Create Android Tests for ODK-X’s Android tools
Project skills: Android, Java, Testing

Open Information Security Foundation

Alice da Silva Akaki

Pronouns: she/her/hers
Location: Jaru, Rondônia / Brasil

Open Information Security Foundation mentor(s): Juliana Fajardini Reichow and Philippe Antoine and Jason Ish and Shivani Bhardwaj and Victor Julien
Project: Improve Suricata Rules Language
Project skills: C, Git version control, Rust, Sound communication skills in English, Wireshark

Oppia

Eva Funsho

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

Oppia mentor(s): Yigakpoa Samuel and Erio Crucecia
Project: Expanding User Reach, Engagement, and Retention
Project skills: Analytics, Content Creation & Copywriting, Design multimedia skills, Report Writing, SEO Best Practices, User Research

Servo

L Ashwin B

Pronouns: he/him/his
Location: Kerala, India
IRC/Chat/Forum username: Ashwin

Servo mentor(s): Martin Robinson and mukilan
Project: Improve Servo's Minibrowser
Project skills: Python, Rust

Wikimedia

MD ASIFUL ALAM

Location: Bangladesh
IRC/Chat/Forum username: ASIF

Wikimedia mentor(s): Andrew McAllister and wkyoshida and Henrik Thomasson
Project: Create Scribe-Data Wiktionary based translation and synonym commands
Project skills: Data extraction, Python programming, Testing

Fatuma A

Location: Nairobi, Kenya

Wikimedia mentor(s): Carolyn Li-Madeo and Matthew Williams
Project: Creation of Codex (Wikimedia design system) components + libraries in Penpot (from Figma)
Project skills: Design systems, Documentation, Figma proficiency, Usability testing

Karimot Isiaka

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

Wikimedia mentor(s): Carolyn Li-Madeo
Project: Design tailored reading experiences for different accessibility (a11y) requirements
Project skills: Accessibility guidelines, Figma proficiency, Research

Esther Timothy

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

Wikimedia mentor(s): Sage Ross
Project: Improve observability of Wiki Education Dashboard
Project skills: JavaScript, Ruby, Software development in general

Formasit Chijoh

Pronouns: she/her/hers
Location: Cameroon Buea

Wikimedia mentor(s): Sage Ross
Project: Improve the Wiki Education Dashboard test suite
Project skills: Automated testing, JavaScript, Ruby

Onitcha Nyerhovwo Edafetanure

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

Wikimedia mentor(s): Éder Porto and Artur Corrêa Souza (WMB) and MIGUEL GALVES
Project: QuickStatements 3.0 public documentation
Project skills: Django, Github, Wikitext

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