Welcome to our new Django accessibility team members - Eli, Marijke, Tushar, Saptak

Posted by Sarah Abderemane, Thibaud Colas, Tom Carrick on Dec. 24, 2024

Sarah Abderemane, Thibaud Colas and Tom Carrick are pleased to introduce four new members in the Django Accessibility team ❤️.

Profile photo of Marijke, with greenery in the background. She smiles and wears a striped top
Marijke Luttekes
Profile photo of Eli, smiling, with a white top and striped jacket
Eliana Rosselli
Profile photo of Tushar. Smiling, he wears a gray shirt and is standing in front of a christmas tree
Tushar Gupta
Profile artwork of Saptak, with stylized avatar. He wears a blue top and an Octocat stands on his shoulder, holding a heart that says 'Drop ICE'
Saptak Sengupta

Marijke (pronounced Mah-Rye-Kuh) is a freelance web developer who creates human-friendly applications. She is based in Groningen, The Netherlands, specializing in Django, Python, HTML, SCSS, and vanilla JavaScript. She helps companies expand their existing projects, think about new features, train new developers, and improve developer team workflows. She is aDdjango contributor from the first session of Djangonaut Space program and she loves tea. You can learn more about Marijke on her website.

Eli is a full-stack developer from Uruguay who loves using Django and React. She is a Django contributor from the first session of the Djangonaut Space program. She is passionate about good quality code, unit testing, and web accessibility. She enjoys drinking Maté (and talking about it!) and watching her football team play.

Tushar is a software engineer at Canonical, based in India. He got involved on open source during his studies loving the the supportive community. Through fellowships like Major League Hacking, Tushar dove into Django and took part in Djangonaut Space. Learn more about Tushar on his personal website.

Saptak is a self-proclaimed Human Rights Centered Developer Web. He focuses on security, privacy, accessibility, localization, and other human rights associated with websites that makes websites more inclusive and usable by everyone. Learn more about Saptak on his personal website.

Listen to them talking about their work

Here are recent talks or podcasts from our new team members if you want to get to know them better.

Marijke Luttekes - My path to becoming a Django contributor | pyGrunn 2024
Eli Rosselli - My step-by-step guide to becoming a Django core contributor | DjangoCon Europe 2024
Tushar Gupta - Djangonauts, Ready for Blast-Off | Talk Python to Me Ep.451
Saptak S - Accessibility for the Django Community | DjangoCon Europe 2024

What’s next

In truth, our four new accessibility team members joined the team months ago – shortly after we published our 2023 accessibility team report. Up next, a lot of the team will be present at FOSDEM 2025, organizing, volunteering, or speaking at the Inclusive Web Devroom.

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