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Bio

Writer. Editor. Geek. I love WordPress and Open Source almost as much as I love coffee.

Interests

Writing, editing, technical writing, documenting all the things™️, research, notes and note-writing, Zettelkasten, Commonplace books, Second Brain, Advocacy (primarily for: autism, epilepsy, rare diseases, ADD, CPTSD, caregiving)

WordPress Origin Story

I’ve always loved playing with words. When I became a wife and mother to three pretty amazing guys with a ton of diagnoses and health problems, writing became cathartic, allowing me to grow into being a better wife and mom.

I first migrated my personal blog, Kat’s Cafe, to WordPress.com in 2008. It was initially where I vented about being mom to boys with awesomeness (my label for all the diagnoses the boys have: Axenfeld-Rieger Syndrome, epilepsy, autism, low vision, cerebral palsy, and so much more). Over time, venting turned into advocacy and I wanted greater control over my site.

I ended up migrating into a WordPress.org site within a couple years and slowly started teaching myself how to make my home on the web my own.

In time, my writing won awards, my advocacy efforts joined with International campaigns and countless other voices, and I started freelancing to help other folks build their own sites. Then, I started working remotely (just over 6 years ago) and never looked back. I am a technical writer at Syde GmbH, where they also value open source projects and building community.

Finding WordPress around 15 years ago was the first step in finding my own independence. It changed my life.

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Syde GmbH

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Time commitment

2 hours per week of sponsored contribution time

Contributions

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August 2023
Aug 24 Thu · 19:56
Documentation med
Created issue #1088 in the WordPress/Documentation-Issue-Tracker repository:
[HelpHub] Details block page review
Aug 24 Thu · 19:41
Documentation med
Created issue #1086 in the WordPress/Documentation-Issue-Tracker repository:
[HelpHub] Blocks list page link needs updated
Aug 24 Thu · 19:36
Documentation med
Created issue #1085 in the WordPress/Documentation-Issue-Tracker repository:
[HelpHub] Code block page review
Aug 24 Thu · 18:55
Documentation med
Created issue #1083 in the WordPress/Documentation-Issue-Tracker repository:
[HelpHub] Classic Block page review
Aug 24 Thu · 18:31
Documentation med
Created issue #1079 in the WordPress/Documentation-Issue-Tracker repository:
[HelpHub] Quote block page review
Aug 24 Thu · 18:13
Documentation med
Created issue #1077 in the WordPress/Documentation-Issue-Tracker repository:
[HelpHub] Paragraph Block page review
Aug 24 Thu · 16:01
Documentation med
Created issue #1076 in the WordPress/Documentation-Issue-Tracker repository:
[HelpHub] List Block Docs Page Review
Aug 24 Thu · 15:45
Documentation med
Created issue #1073 in the WordPress/Documentation-Issue-Tracker repository:
[HelpHub] Heading Block review
Aug 24 Thu · 14:59
Documentation med
Created issue #1068 in the WordPress/Documentation-Issue-Tracker repository:
[HelpHub] More Block page review under user docs
January 2023
Jan 23 Mon · 15:43
Meta med
Wrote a comment on the post WordPress 6.2 Planning Schedule Proposal, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I'd love to help with the documentation as well if I can be of help…