The on-wiki version of this newsletter can be found here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Abstract_Wikipedia/Updates/2021-11-18

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This week we are very happy to welcome Julia Kieserman to the team. Julia studied Computer Science at Georgetown University, and we were impressed by how closely-aligned her experiences are with Wikifunction’s mission to allow everyone to share in the ability to answer questions using functions. You can find her on Github as juliakieserman https://github.com/juliakieserman. Let’s have her introduce herself in her own words.

*Hey everyone!*

*I'm incredibly excited to be joining WMF as a software engineer on the Abstract Wikipedia team. I live in NYC (born and raised) but have lived in London, Munich and other parts of the U.S. for periods, somehow always ending up back in NYC :). After studying Computer Science in college, I've worked as a software developer, data engineer and product manager.*

*I'm most passionate about lowering the barrier to entry for all things tech related (i.e. coding shouldn't be scary) and continuing to make the field an inclusive and well-represented world!*

*During my free time I like reading whatever I can get my hands on, bike riding, and eating food cooked by others.*

*Cheers!*

Please join me in welcoming Julia on the team!