Dear friends,During the past three years, I have been privileged to be a part of this movement and this organization.I have been honored to be your colleague and to work with you in service of the sum of all knowledge.The Wikipedia Education Program [1] is especially near and dear to my heart. It is a means of educating readers, recruiting contributors, and creating quality content. Since 2014, the number of education initiatives around the world has increased by 36%. [2] [3] And 25% of all education programs now are in one of the regions that I directly supported. [4] I am so proud of what they have accomplished. And I am enthusiastic about what great things they have yet to achieve.I want to thank and compliment my current manager, Floor Koudijs. She is a competent, considerate, conscientious leader, and her diplomacy skills are unsurpassed. I am confident that the education team and the education program will continue to excel under her leadership. They are in the best hands.I want to thank my teammates, past and present, from whom I have learned so much: Floor Koudijs. Tighe Flanagan, Samir Elsharbaty, Kacie Harold, Rodney Dunican, Sage Ross, Jami Mathewson, and LiAnna Davis.I want to thank the Wikipedia Education Collaborative [5] for sharing their experience and expertise with the greater global education community. I may ask to mentor me when I pilot a Wikipedia assignment in my own classroom!And I want to thank the education program leaders, past and present, with whom I had the privilege of working closely, especially those whom I had the privilege of visiting. To be able to support their great work was an honor and a lot of fun.Wikipedia is a miracle, a monument to altruism. It is vital to the internet ecosystem, and it is vital to the education system. I hope that more young people especially will find their way to it and help out. And when they do, I hope that they are met with wise mentorship from veteran community members, just as I was.I intend to remain a Wikipedian even after I am no longer a WMF staff member. And, with that promise, I’ll see you on the wikis. [6]All the best,Anna Koval, M.Ed.
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