For the last two years, I have been supporting my husband Paul Bearne’s freelance WordPress business and am gradually becoming more directly involved in the WordPress community.
WCTO has been a big event for Paul for the last seven years so volunteering, giving support in whatever way I can, just seems like a natural part of what we do. Much of our commitment to WordPress rests on the strength and inclusivity of its community, so contributing to that community is very important to both of us. I am supporting Paul’s involvement, keeping him on track with speaker selection, his Contrib2Core session and the Happiness Bar and may also help with registration or as needed.
What drives me? The desire to make a difference each and every day, however small! Whatever I do, I do with passion.
My career has spanned a wide range of environments, but, the focus of my work has always been creating environments in which individuals and/or organizations can grow and change, and making connections – between people and to information. Essentially, I am a facilitator. I have also been called a ‘network weaver’, an identity I would love to inhabit ever more fully.
I’m more of a content creator than a developer, but, as a small element of wider roles, I created my first websites back in the 1990s and have been using WordPress since 2009, initially with a blog for friends and family when we emigrated from the UK to Canada.
I love living rurally, surrounded by nature, enjoy kayaking, hiking and just soaking up the ‘noisy’ peace!