Elena Williams, our DSF member of the month for June 2025, has a rich background in tech and open-source communities. With a history that includes a decade in finance, she returned to her passion for coding, particularly with Django, after pursuing a Master's in Computing. Her involvement in the Django community is significant, as she helps organize Django Girls in Australia and participates in the Code of Conduct Working Group. Outside of programming, Elena enjoys a variety of outdoor activities such as snowboarding, kitesurfing, and rogaining, while also dedicating time to family, teaching, and community engagement.
I was always into STEM subjects, but unfortunately in that era for girls to do engineering it was a bit too hostile for me.
I kept coming back to coding and was always building computers, and was obsessed with the internet as a technology from pretty early on.
To this day my main hobbies are programming/webdev and the open source community.
With my family, we go camping/hiking more than most.
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