This talk is in part a celebration of Jill Binder\u2019s 10-year anniversary with WordPress, and in part an \u201cif I can do it, you can do it\u201d moving, inspirational, and sometimes funny set of four short stories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Many people know Jill as the Leader of the Diverse Speaker Training Group (#WPDiversity), but what people don\u2019t know is this was not overnight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She will tell the stories of how she went from: 1. Poverty and hopelessness to WordPress developer; 2. to Local WordCamp organizer; 3. to Global Community contributor; 4. and finally, to Leader of the first Community working group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jill will show how WordPress has been an empowering space to gain skills, try new things, get mentorship, and grow to become a leader\u2026. all for free, and all one little step at a time. And how you can do this, too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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