Rosiestep

"Not all who wander are lost." -J.R.R. Tolkien
"Try not. Do or do not. There is no try." -Yoda
"Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does." -William James
"It took me quite a long time to develop a voice, and now that I have it, I am not going to be silent." -Madeleine Albright

About me

I am a first-generation American, born in Indiana, grew up in Los Angeles. Now I live in Northeastern California, which is in the Pacific Time Zone (UTC-8/-7). Pronouns, she/her.

Current

December 2024 - ..., Community Engagement Manager, Research:Measuring the Gender Gap: Attribute-based Class Completeness Estimation, University of Queensland
August 2024 - ..., Advisory Council, Wiki Women* Task Force
2017-..., Wikimedia Visiting Scholar at Northeastern University

Past

23 October 2021 - December 2024, Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees
2018-20, member, Wikimedia Foundation, Community Health Working Group
2017, contractor, Wikimedia Foundation, Gender Diversity Mapping project
2016-21, member Wikimedia Foundation Affiliations Committee; Secretary, 2018; Chair 2020-21
2016-21, WMDC Board member; Vice-president, 2017-2021
2016, Wikipedian of the Year, with Emily Temple-Wood
2015, Volunteer of the Year, Wikimedia District of Columbia (WMDC)

Personal

2018, Knighted, Dame of the St. Sava Order of Diplomatic Pacifism, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Serbia

My work

For more info about what I do around here, see my English Wikipedia userpage.
From Oct 2021- Dec 2024, I served on the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees and used this account.

Disclaimer: Comments by this account represent my personal positions and are not made in an official capacity unless stated otherwise stated.

Contact me

Wikimedia username: Rosiestep
Email: rosiestep.wikigmail.com
Facebook: Rosie-Stephenson-Goodknight
Linkedin: @Rosiestephenson
Telegram: @Rosiestep
Twitter/X: @Rosiestep

Languages

en-N	This user has a native understanding of English.

es-2	Esta usuaria tiene un conocimiento intermedio del español.

fr-2	Cette utilisatrice dispose de connaissances intermédiaires en français.

sr-2	Ова корисница разуме српски језик на средњем нивоу.