Author: Abha Thakor

Abha Thakor is an experienced communicator, senior journalist and digital media and research professional working in a variety of sectors, with a speciality in content development and communities, web CMS, voice tech, and site building. She volunteers her contribution to the WordPress project as part of her wider contribution to Inclusion, and Tech opportunities for all. She is a long term active and significant contributor on several releases and has co-led areas of work. Her team contributions include Core, the Learn WordPress / Training, Community, and Documentation. She is also a component maintainer in core, and Team Rep for 2023. She has served on the Marketing Team since 2018, was a Marketing Team Rep from 2020 to February 2022. She continues to support contributors in this area and with using GitHub. Her professional interests include: - new technologies and research - communications and IT training - event organising and administration / project management - supporting the communications and tech organizations communities - community building and stakeholder engagement, particularly around digital and websites, and citizenship Promoting adult learning, development and accessibility through a range of community events including WordCamps, digital communications groups and tech-based Meetups. - member of a number of Make WordPress teams including core, marketing, training and WordPress.tv - champions Continuing Professional Development for her professional institutes Abha is a speaker and researcher on tech and communications, accessibility and innovation topics including AI.