As a community and developer advocate, Nicole Huesman has applied her aptitude in storytelling to the tech industry, helping shine a light on the importance and impact of the work of her engineering colleagues, from the embedded market (Yocto Project) to the cloud (OpenStack, KVM, Xen). She is particularly passionate about cultivating inclusive communities that welcome diverse perspectives and invite intelligent, thoughtful debate to benefit all of us. She has been an active member of the Women in Open Source and Women of OpenStack groups, helping lead speed mentoring workshops across the OpenStack and Linux communities, and frequently participates in panel discussions focused on diversity- and mentor-related efforts. She graduated from the University of Oregon’s School of Journalism, and holds an MBA from Marylhurst University.