Women in WP | WordPress Podcast

WordPress Accessibility Day is a 24-hour global event dedicated to promoting and learning website accessibility best practices for WordPress websites. The event is free and take place online October 9 to 10, 2024. Today we speak with Adrienne Grace, Volunteers Team Lead, and Isla Waite, Technology & Vendors Team Lead for this event.

About Pooja Derashri: Pooja got involved with WordPress in 2013 as a developer. In 2015, she co-founded WPVibes, a plugin development company. It was in 2017 when she attended her first WordCamp, started getting involved in the WordPress community, and started her contribution journey. Within the project, she has served as Co-Team Rep of the […]

About Elena Brescacin: Elena Brescacin works as Inclusive Designer at Tangity, a NTT Data design company. Totally blind since birth, her passion for technology allows her to find best solutions to everyday life’s challenges; there’s no tech gadget she doesn’t own, or at least know. Other hobbies include playing chess, word games, true crime podcasts […]

About Lesley Sim: Lesley Sim was a government employee, ad agency suit, freediving instructor… And then she found WordPress. She built sites on WordPress as part of her digital marketing agency before switching to building plugins. Now, she focuses on Newsletter Glue and MailerGlue – both are email plugins for WordPress. Find Lesley Sim: | […]

About Tammie Lister: Tammie Lister is a product creator focusing on WordPress. She has a hybrid background across product, design, psychology and development. She contributes to WordPress and is passionate about Open Source, community and drinking tea. Find Tammie Lister: | Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | LinkedIn

About Rene Morozowich: Rene helps established service providers create their first digital product so they can gain an additional income stream, grow their impact without increasing 1:1 work, and experience more time freedom. She’s the host of Your First Digital Product, a podcast and YouTube show where she talks to business owners who have launched digital […]

About Birgit Olzem: Birgit is a renowned WordPress Specialist and a dedicated advocate for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB) within the tech community. As the founder of CoachBirgit Media, she provides expert WordPress and Personal Branding services, helping clients elevate their online presence with her vast knowledge and experience. In addition to her work […]

Michelle Frachette joins us from Rochester, New York, where she’s an avid nature photographer. Michelle is the host of WP Coffee Talk a podcast where she shoots the breeze with lots of folks i the WordPress Community. She is co-host of the WPMotivate podcast, co-host of the Audacity Marketing podcast, and host of the WP […]

About Isabel: Isabel Doran, or Issy, is currently a senior at the New Jersey Institute of Technology studying Mathematics and an Intern at Rocketgenius for Gravity Forms. She is based out of North New Jersey and has been amongst the WordPress community since 2013, attending her first WordCamp: Minneapolis. Outside the classroom, Issy has also […]

About Winstina Hughes: Winstina Hughes is a WordPress Community member, Core Contributor, and Speaker. She works in Regional Planning for the Maryland Department of Transportation. You can learn more about Winstina at winstinahughes.com Find Winstina Hughes: Planning Write | Twitter | LinkedIn