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AsyncAPI Conference 2022 - Day 1
3rd November 2022
While being a black woman in tech is challenging, being a mother in tech involves facing a whole other set of biases from corporations and OSS communities. Whenever an opportunity arises, many people quickly assume mothers don’t have the same time and dedication to complete work, resulting in fewer mothers receiving tech opportunities. In this talk, I’ll highlight how I broke into OSS as a mother, how AsyncAPI gave me a fair chance to learn new skills, and how to best support mothers contributing to open-source.
A
A
A
Stranded
I
did
not
know
where
to
start
where
to
go
where
to
begin
and
I
decided
to
take
a
retrospect
in
my
life
and
see
just
in
case.
The
world
goes
back
to
normal,
because
we
I
still
need
hope
that,
mainly
later
in
2020,
the
economy
will
get
back
to
normal
covered
was
just
a
person
thing,
so
I
decided
to
take
a
retrospect
and
sing
if
the
economy
were
to
get
back
to
normal.
A
Maybe
tomorrow
would
I
still
want
to
pursue
the
current
career
that
I
was
in,
but
I
still
want
to
go
back
to
the
same
work.
That
I
was
doing
and
I
came
to
a
conclusion
that
this
was
something
that
was
I,
wasn't
passionate
about
just
something
that
I
didn't
love,
but
for
the
sake
that
I
was
able
to
put
food
on
the
table,
I
had
to
do
it.
A
So
I
decided
to
take
the
period
of
lockdown
and
decided
to
upskill
and
pursue
a
different
career
of
which
I
decided
to
go
back
to
my
first
lab
for
first
time.
Although
back
then
when
I
was
still
in
high
school,
the
society
didn't
allow
women
to
pursue
careers,
such
as
carriers
in
Tech
careers
in
engineering.
Those
things
were
reserved
for
the
middle
counterparts.
Women
were
supposed
to
have
passion
for
things
like
just
teaching
and
nursing
or
which
was
something
that
I
was
working
or
I
saw
myself
doing
so.
A
A
So
let
me
go
and
research
and
find
how
can
I
pursue
my
career
in
Tech
without
going
to
school
without
having
a
formal
education
without
having
a
computer
science
program
and
thank
God
for
sites
such
as
frequent
term
Coursera
Udacity
that
provide
Tech
related
courses
for
free
I
hoped
in
and
started
my
journey
in
soft
learning.
Improving
and
more
Alpha
the
stacks
attack
so
fast
forward
in
2020,
late,
2020
I.
Finally,
I
have
skilled
and
gained
as
knowledge
in
Python
and
in
data
science
and
I
built
some
projects.
A
A
So
in
my
decision
to
look
for
an
internship,
I
started,
sending
out
resumes
to
different
companies
to
different
programs
and
the
responses
that
I
usually
got
some
win
lots
of
goods.
It
was
a
bitter
pill
to
swallow
most
of
the
times
if
I'm
going
to
an
interview,
introduce
myself
and
tell
them
about
my
background,
then
tell
them
that
I
am
either
the
first
response
was
like.
Oh,
your
skills
are
great.
Your
background
is
great.
I
love
how
you
have
gone
so
far,
but
we
have
one
objection.
Your
reminder.
A
We
don't
have
time
to
fully
commit
into
the
profile
of
which
I
feel
like
there
was
a
slept
in
the
face
that
affected
people
to
Silo,
because
even
as
much
as
I'm
in
my
room,
I
took
the
time
to
the
initiative.
Despite
my
responsibility
of
this
soft
land
to
grow,
my
skill
I
thought
that
would
account
for
something
because
it
showed
that
I'm
really
dedicated
I'm
really
commented.
I'm
really
willing
to
go
an
extra
mile
to
get
the
skill,
but
not
a
lot
of
people.
A
Secondly,
some
of
the
stereotypes,
some
of
the
stigma
that
I
faced
when
I
was
looking
for.
The
annual
friendship
was
that
I
don't
have
the
right
qualifications
or
the
skills
on
top
of
being
told
that
I
was
not
ready
to
fully
commit.
I
was
told
that
the
way
a
lot
of
Ricardo
did
start
with
barely
suited
the
knee
that
had
gone,
that
it
gained
like
a
four-year
degree.
So
what
made
me
so
special
from
someone
who
is
less
than
a
year?
A
A
They're,
not
willing
to
give
me
an
opportunity
to
grow
and
learn
and
they're
telling
me
that
I'm,
a
mother
and
if
we
I've
donated
time
to
fully
commit-
and
yes
I
I've
dedicated
myself
in
upskilling
in
making
a
career
Intel
home
on
my
own,
without
having
to
go
informally
impression,
I
thought
that
it
was
something
that
I
could
handle.
Count
on
and
I.
Remember,
like
with
the
my
milk
carton
was
that
I
started,
my
jamming
with
they
had
gone
forward.
A
So
back
to
what
I
was
saying
that
do
not
counterpies
that
I
started
with
on
my
learning
on
my
journey
I'm
transitioning
into
Tech,
they
had
gone
far
ahead
with
me.
They
had
gotten
internships
in
a
space
of
four
to
six
months,
and
yet
we
as
a
mother
are
struggling
to
just
let
one
internship
in
interview
and
opportunity,
but
I
never
stopped
knocking
every
doors
and
also,
if
we
look
at
the
statistics,
50
women
report
that
they
face
discrimination
during
hiring
processes
or
probably
I,
can
attest
to
that.
A
Because
nobody
was
willing
to
give
me
any
opportunity.
No
one
will
stay
willing
to
take
the
risk
because
they
said
I'm
a
wrist
I'm,
a
mother
I'm
a
wrist
because
they
didn't
know
if
I'll
be
fully
dedicated
fully
committed
by
to
my
middle
counterpart
that
we
notice
they
were
the
ones
that
they
preferred,
of
which
iPhone
like
these
biases
were
not
meant
to
accommodate
women
and
women
to
accommodate
matters.
A
So
thank
God.
Someone
took
a
risk
and
they
hired
me
for
the
for
a
six-month
internship.
Early
2021
I
finally
got
an
internship
in
a
data
science,
startup
and
I
learned
my
data
science,
girls
and
I
learned
how
to
perform
how
to
create
sentiment,
analysis
models,
how
to
work,
NLP,
the
sector
and
after
the
internship
it
ended.
I've
got
a
great
recommendation.
I
got
a
great
reviews
from
my
main
term,
I
from
the
internship
in
my
employer.
So
now
I
decided:
okay,
it's
Nami,
2021,
learning
the
for
a
job.
A
So
during
that
time,
when
I
was
looking
for
a
full-time
job,
things
did
not
work
out
the
way
that
I
thought,
because
still
the
same
buttons
that
I
faced
when
I
was
looking
for
an
internship
a
year
ago
were
still
following
me:
I
don't
use
the
right
qualifications,
I,
don't
have
the
right
skills,
I'm,
still
lacking,
and
on
top
of
that,
I
didn't
have
the
financial
input
to
buy
myself
a
laptop.
So
no
one
was
really
willing
like
to
give
or
to
operate
those
to
say
okay
to
live.
We
have
come
this
far.
A
A
In
the
beginning
of
the
year,
my
previous
employer,
like
you,
know
two
months
for
my
pay,
because
I
don't
know
why
it
did
not
feel
like
he
did
not
feel
like
I
have
a
priority
to
get
paid
in
time.
But
if
I
had
to
ask
my
colleagues
they
was
getting
paid
in
time
or
which
I
felt
like
this
biases,
it
was
becoming
too
much.
A
I
was
becoming
too
overwhelmed
with
the
situation
and
I
felt
like
no
maybe
take
care
is
not
really
for
me
anymore,
because
the
hours
from
the
beginning,
the
odds
were
against
me,
and
even
now,
when
I'm
trying
so
hard
to
get
the
experience
to
gain
industry
knowledge
to
make
something
out
of
myself.
Nobody
is
willing
to
give
me
a
to
give
me
the
opportunity.
When
someone
gives
you
an
opportunity,
they
are
taking
advantage
of
me.
They
are
not
paying
me.
A
They
are
the
pain
me
and
yes,
I
had
to
work
long
hours,
I
had
to
go
an
extra
mile,
so
no
one
really
like
so
the
potential
saw
the
skills
that
that's
no
one
who
was
willing
to
see
people
and
that
okay,
in
this
boxes,
I
mean
Madame,
woman
I
can't
do
better
than
the
next
person
than
my
most
counterparts.
So
no
one
was
willing
to
take
that
risk.
A
So,
as
I
was
in
the
village
of
healing
so
one
day,
I
was
growing
on
Twitter
I
was
just
depressed.
I
I
was
just
being
praised.
I
felt
like
giving
up
throwing
in
the
towel
and
I
came
I
didn't
know
that
Google
searching
of
dogs
had
opened
up
and
I
saw
I.
Think
API
and
Alejandro
were
looking
for.
Interns
were
Google
Assistant
of
Dove
program
and
I
decided.
Then
I
decided
okay,
because
they
were
also
be
like
the
will
of
current
to
support
women
in
Tech
and
people
from
the
underrepresentative
group.
A
Then
I
said
okay,
let
me
apply
and
see
if
maybe
they
are
willing
to
give
me
an
opportunity,
because
I
was
really
at
the
stage
of
throwing
in
the
towel.
When
I
came
across
the
street
and
honestly
I
did
not
have
anything
to
lose.
This
was
like
how
can
I
say
it
was
the
last
week.
I
was
the
time.
Also
it
was
a
live
kick.
It
was
the
last
Nook
on
the
top.
If
it
didn't
work
out,
I
was
just
gonna
say:
oh
bye,
bye.
A
This
is
what
the
position
that
I
need
to
come
up
with.
So
when
I
went
when
aleandro
sent
to
me
an
interview,
mail
and
said
okay,
you're
gonna
come
in
have
an
interview
with
asking
FBI.
We
want
to
hear
about
your
playground
and
fortunately,
for
me
jewelry
the
pillar,
that,
of
course,
while
I
was
learning
I
documented
I
wrote
blogs.
I
recommended
my
journey
I
used
to
write
beginner
friend
to
give
me
uploads
because
I'm
an
introvert,
so
the
best
way
for
me
to
communicate
is
to
write.
So
it
worked
on
my
advantage.
A
Actually.
So
when
I
went
into
interview,
I
gave
my
old
I
give
120
or
150
percent,
because
for
me
it
was
the
last
row,
so
I
felt
like
whether
I
get
through
to
the
internship
or
not
whether
I
get
to
read
proper
Manor,
because
let
me
give
my
oh,
and
even
if
I
throw
in
the
towel,
I
will
say:
I've
tried
everything
again
on
workout,
but
I
gave
my
best.
A
So
when
I
went
to
the
interview,
I
gave
my
oh
I
prepared,
I
will
say,
support,
I,
think,
API,
I
didn't
even
know
answering
API
or
anything
related
to
event,
driven
architecture
or
did
I
have
any
experience
in
tech,
technical
documentation,
but
I
just
went
there.
We
rank
it
my
own
and
thank
God.
The
risk
finally
paid
off
by
all
finally
paid
up
I
got
selected
out
of
200
plus
applicants.
I
was
selected
as
one
of
the
six
Intel
that
way
inducted
in
the
Google
season
of
dogs
program.
A
So
this
was
where
my
break
came
in
when
I
was
in
the
village
of
giving
up.
Finally,
somebody
the
community
decided
to
take
a
risk
and
say
no:
we
love
how
you
change
it
so
far
come
we
will
train.
You
will
read
to
you
and
we
will
give
you
the
support
that
you
need,
and
indeed
it
was
something
that
they
kept
their
word
actually
I.
Think
APA
Community
had
kept
their
way.
My
mentors
are
so
awesome.
A
I
just
want
to
give
a
shout
out
to
Alejandro
and
everybody
that
has
supported
me
so
far,
because
they've
gave
me
the
love
the
womb
and
helped
me
to
grow
my
skills,
my
technical
skills,
my
collaboration
skills,
my
documentation,
skills
and
I
have
improved
so
much
that
they
even
took
the
risk
to
say
it
doesn't
matter.
If
you
don't
have
the
right
conversations,
we
are
willing
to
help
you,
which
is
not
a
lot
of
people
out
there.
A
That
will
say
that
so
I
loved
how
the
community
has
worked
on
me,
they've
mentored
me
and
even
now,
I'm
in
a
position
to
actually
hold
the
next
person
hand
and
say:
I
can
now
I'm
in
a
position
to
Mentor
the
next
person
because
they
have
taken
the
risk
they
have
Google.
They
have
given
me
the
support
and
love
and
the
embracement
that
I
needed
that
I
liked
and
in
despite
of
everything,
they've
given
me
so
much
support
that
I
cannot
even
we
begin
to
describe
it's
all.
A
Also,
while
working
at
absent,
API
I
got
the
opportunity
to
learn
a
normal
about
ingredient
architecture,
how
to
document
how
to
attain
technical
feedback
and
how
to
apply
technical
feedback
to
my
dogs.
How
I
Learned
I've
learned
how
to
collaborate.
I've
learned
how
to
communicate
to
over
communicate,
I've
learned
how
to
research
better
I've
learned
how
to
structure
my
documentation
and
I
even
learn
how
to
create
engineering
diagrams
using
the
med
jail
or
video,
or
something
that
I
didn't
even
know.
A
Internship
program
has
been
so
wonderful,
even
me
as
a
technical
writer
as
a
technical
documentation,
writer
I've
created
so
much
knowledge,
I've
gained
so
much
experience
that
I've,
never
even
thought
I
would
gain
and
also
I
would
like
you
to
tune
in
to
aleandro's
talk
and
I
think
API
instead
of
Doc,
and
you
can
hear
the
wonderful
work
that
he
has
been
doing
behind
the
scenes
and
the
acting
FTI
job.
A
So
I
would
encourage
you
to
you
guys
to
stay
tuned
and
listen
to
the
top,
and
you
know
the
wonderful
work
done
we've
been
doing
so
in
the
final
section
of
my
talk.
I
want
to
highlight
how
us,
as
a
princess
individual,
is
operators.
Community
can
do
better
in
supporting
women,
mothers
and
people
for
underrepresentative
groups.
A
So
far
the
communities
are
doing
well,
perhaps,
and
despite
of
others,
based
in
a
long
way
to
go,
there's
still
a
long
road
to
go.
I
believe
like
we
need
to
create
more
mentoring
programs
in
each
and
every
open
source
Community.
They
shouldn't
be
limited
to
programs
such
as
you
solve
an
Outreach
ship.
We
need
to
create,
like
no
programs,
that
accommodate
people
who
are
looking
for
experience.
People
are
looking
to
gain
skills.
A
People
are
looking
to
gain
knowledge,
even
though,
despite
whether
they
have
a
degree
or
not
whether
they
come
from
the
other
representative
Community
or
not
whether
they
have
the
five
Cs
300
experience
or
not
whether
it's
paid
or
not.
But
we
need
to
have
like
those
such
programs
that
can
say
okay
come
into
our
open
source
communities
come
and
contribute.
A
We
women
shouldn't
be
faced.
They're
facing
stigma
facing
biases
when
Harry
Harry
should
be
fair,
hiring
should
be
equal
in
this
world,
whether
I'm,
a
woman,
I'm
a
man
or
I,
come
from
this
group.
I
come
from
this
background
or
I
have
this
sort
of
degree
only
skills
should
matter
only
the
skills
that
you
could.
A
They
should
be
something
that
qualifies
you
to
get
a
job,
not
because
of
your
gender,
not
because
of
your
background,
so
I
believe
that
open
source
communities
can
create
awarenesses
can
create
initiatives
to
support
women
to
support
people
from
other
related
groups
to
help
them
and
to
create
our
Witnesses
and
say
in
this
part
of
okay.
Neural
facing
bikes
is
maybe
support
this
room
because
some
of
the
people
decide
to
say:
okay,
I
quick
check
because
I've
been
told
I'm,
not
good
enough.
A
I
can
never
be
good
enough
too
often
a
working
plan
so
I
believe
that
assets
of
social
communities
we
can
Embrace.
We
can't
stand
together
and
say
we
wish
people
shouldn't
be
doing
that
industry
shouldn't
be
doing
that
and
say
that
women
are
not
good
enough.
You
know
women
are
not
meant
to
be
felt
like
they're,
not
good
enough
to
get
a
job
because
they
are
not
because
of
their
gender
or
because
of
their
background.
A
A
People
like
me
who
didn't
have
oh,
when
the
all
the
doors
were
shut,
they
decided
to
give
me
an
opportunity.
We
were
saying
we
are
willing
to
Mentor
you.
We
are
winning
to
support
you.
We
are
willing
to
give
you
the
resources,
and
even
today,
I
I,
as
I'm
speaking
to
you
I'm
now,
in
a
capacity
to
hold
the
next
person
hand
and
say
come
join
us
in
kpi
coming
code
of
trippy
to
open
source.
We
will
help
you
move
into
you.
A
These
are
the
type
of
things
that
we
should
be
doing
as
a
princess
Community,
even
though
we
are
doing
it
now,
but
I
believe
that
we
can
do
much
more
and
we
can
accommodate
much
more
and
we
can
create
awareness.
We
can
create
so
many
programs
that
I've
invent
initiative
that
I
can
drive
towards
that
direction.
A
In
helping
women
in
our
mothers
in
helping
people
from
underrepresentative
groups
and
in
that
I'll
conclude
my
talk
for
today
and
if
you
have
any
questions,
suggestions
and
anything
that
can
help
Marvel's
remaining
Tech
or
if
you
find
open
source
community
that
is
willing
to
go
above
and
beyond,
or
if
you
have
anything
to
contribute.
She
can
reach
out
to
me
on
Twitter
on
GitHub,
or
you
can
check
me
out
on
LinkedIn
and
with
that
I
would
like
to
say.
Thank
you
so
much
for
listening
to
my
talk
and
I
hope.
A
I
have
provided
great
insights
and
maybe
you
have
named
a
thing
or
two.
If
you
didn't
know
what
other
people
are
facing
out
there
and
also,
if
you
have
any
questions
that
you
might
have
that
I,
maybe
I
didn't
clarify
or
you
need
something
to
be
clarified
or
maybe,
if
you
just
have
something
to
say
I
you
can
reach
out
to
me.
Thank
you
so
much
for
attending
today's
talk
and
I
hope
to
see
you
in
the
next
talk.
Thank
you.
So
much
and
bye.