# 🙋 Introductions (come in, say hi)

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**Category:** 💬 Lounge\
**Created:** [October 19, 2018, 11:14am UTC](https://discourse.opensourcediversity.org/t/introductions-come-in-say-hi/19 "2018-10-19T11:14:54Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 28, 2020, 6:24pm UTC](https://discourse.opensourcediversity.org/t/introductions-come-in-say-hi/19/36 "2020-07-28T18:24:40Z")

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Hi, everyone!

Really pleased to be here. I’m Gina Helfrich, I work at Internews as a Program Officer for Global Technology, where I manage a program aimed at improving long-term sustainability for open source security tools. One component of that project is funding contributors from underrepresented and vulnerable communities to help tool teams in meeting their projects’ needs.

Previously I served as Director of Communications & Culture at NumFOCUS, where I led the organization’s diversity and inclusion efforts.

Looking forward to getting to know the folks in this community!

Gina (she/her)

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