User:MCruz (WMF)/Sandbox/Outreach program success stories

Derick Alangi Derick as a Google Summer of Code student in 2016 with Wikimedia developed an RSS frontend, wrote Python unit tests and refactored code for Wikimedia IFTTT application. Since 2015, Derick has participated in the Google Code-in, Google Summer of Code, and Outreachy program with Wikimedia as a mentor several times.  Derick has been an active MediaWiki developer and maintainer on extensions such as SendGrid, Mailgun, etc and serves as a Technical Lead and Trainer for the Africa Wikimedia Developers project. Derick was hired as an intern in 2018 by the Wikimedia Foundation to work on improving the Wikimedia Resource Center and the Affiliate Reporting Portal.	Moriel Schottlender Moriel as a Google Summer of Code 2013 student with Wikimedia made improvements to the Visual Editor by adding support for Right to Left languages like Hebrew, Arabic, Persian, and Pashto. Soon, after Moriel finished her internship, she was hired part-time and later became a full-time employee at the Foundation. Currently, Moriel is the Tech Lead for Community Tech and Anti Harassment Tools teams. She also mentors students in Wikimedia's outreach programs.	Niharika Kohli Niharika as an Outreachy intern in 2014 with Wikimedia worked on compacting the list of language links on Wikipedia based on user location and reading preferences. Soon, after Niharika finished her internship, she was hired part-time and later became a full-time employee at the Foundation. Currently, Niharika is a Product Manager in the Community Tech team. She also mentors students in Wikimedia’s outreach programs.
Sucheta Ghoshal Sucheta as an Outreachy intern in 2012 with Wikimedia made improvements to Extension:EtherEditor. Soon after that, she started volunteering for the Language Engineering team of the Wikimedia Foundation, and eventually joined the Foundation as a Software Engineer in 2013. In 2016, She moved on to pursue PhD in Human-Centered Computing at Georgia Tech. In her current research, she studies how grassroots social movements use technology. She also makes technology for and with them. In work and in life, she remains an advocate for the movement of free and open knowledge.