{"id":5804,"date":"2023-06-28T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-06-28T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2023\/?p=5804"},"modified":"2023-06-29T10:24:58","modified_gmt":"2023-06-29T15:24:58","slug":"announcing-the-2023-kim-parsell-memorial-scholarship-winner-yumi-nishioka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2023\/announcing-the-2023-kim-parsell-memorial-scholarship-winner-yumi-nishioka\/","title":{"rendered":"Announcing the 2023 Kim Parsell Memorial Scholarship Winner: Yumi Nishioka (mimi)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

To honor the memory of Kim Parsell<\/a>, the WordPress Foundation set up a memorial scholarship to ensure that Kim\u2019s core values would continue to be infused into the WordPress community. The scholarship is awarded each year to a woman-identifying WordPress contributor who has never attended WordCamp US before, and requires financial assistance to attend. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This year\u2019s scholarship recipient is awarded to Yumi Nishioka (mimi)<\/a>, who we believe embodies the values that Kim would have appreciated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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mimi is a Web\/UI Designer and Developer based in Tokyo. She\u2019s the lead organizer of WordCamp Tokyo 2019 and has been a WordPress contributor since 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2019, she began hosting a personal study group on the Gutenberg Project, which meets twice a month. Then in 2021, she started co-organizing monthly small study sessions<\/a> about Design and WordPress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

mimi, what is your favorite and\/or proudest contribution to the WordPress Open Source Project?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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While there have been numerous contributions I\u2019m proud of, one that stands out is my commitment to the core code. Although it was a small code change, the experience of being actively involved in the open-source software that I use daily was incredibly rewarding.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Why would it be important to you to attend WordCamp US 2023?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I believe it will provide me with valuable opportunities for personal growth and development as a WordPress contributor. Drawing from my experience leading WordCamp Tokyo 2019, I anticipate encountering inspiring individuals and gaining new perspectives. I am not very confident in communicating in English, but attending the event would encourage me to overcome language barriers and engage in design-related contributions I have previously hesitated to pursue. I am especially working on enhancing my design workflow with Figma and WordPress, and I would like to get the chance to share my insights and knowledge on this subject with others.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

When not contributing to WordPress, mimi spends her time doing freelance work and raising a family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Please join us in congratulating mimi and welcoming her to WordCamp US 2023!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

To honor the memory of Kim Parsell, the WordPress Foundation set up a memorial scholarship to ensure that Kim\u2019s core values would continue to be infused into the WordPress community. The scholarship is awarded each year to a woman-identifying WordPress contributor who has never attended WordCamp US before, and requires financial assistance to attend.  This […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14908516,"featured_media":5863,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1079864],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5804","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-information"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2023\/files\/2023\/06\/Yumi-photo-1.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5804","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14908516"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5804"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5804\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5901,"href":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5804\/revisions\/5901"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5863"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5804"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5804"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}