About Your Django Story

“Your Django Story” is a volunteer-run interview series for the Django Girls blog that features women who make awesome things with Python and Django.

Each week we feature a new developer who tells us about how she got started on her journey with code, what she did before becoming a programmer, the cool things she’s currently working on, and much more. Each interview also features advice for aspiring developers, which is always a great read!

Many of the women we’ve featured got their start at Django Girls workshops, and went on to found their own companies, secure full-time jobs as developers, and run Django Girls events.

In 2015, we were thrilled to feature the following stories:

Jan 2: Ana Krivokapić

Jan 5: Joanna Tustanowska

Jan 9: Carol Willing

Jan 12: Eleni Lixourioti

Jan 16: Alja Isaković

Jan 19: Giorgia Amici

Jan 26: Claudia Vicol

Feb 2: Magdalena Noffke

Feb 9: Emily Manders

Feb 16: Joldeen Mirembe

Feb 23: Emily Karungi

March 2: Kaja Milanowska

March 9: Cea Stapleton

March 16: Caroline Simpson

March 23: Corryn Smith

March 30: Lynn Asiimwe

April 6: Agata Tyśnicka

April 13: Victoria Martínez de la Cruz

April 20: Jamillah Mayombwe

April 27: Lieke Boon

May 4: Lacey Williams Henschel

May 11: Stacey Haysler

May 18: Agata Grdal

May 25: Barbara Shaurette

June 1: Allison Lacker

June 8: Andrea Gonzalez

June 15: Sara Gore

June 22: Naomi Ceder

June 29: Iulia Chiriac

July 6: Leslie Ray

July 13: Marina Mele

July 20: Ana Balica

July 27: Lorena Mesa

August 3: Vivian Guillen

August 10: Cynthia Monastirsky

August 17: Nicole Harris

August 24: Michela Ledwidge

August 31: Michela Dai Zovi

September 7: Lucie Daeye

September 21: Jessica Hamrick

September 28: Sonia Arcelay

October 5: Tapasweni Pathak

October 12: Jordan Decker

October 19: Szilvia Kádár

October 26: Michelle Glauser

November 2: Adrienne Lowe

November 9: Shauna Gordon-McKeon

November 16: Tricia Campbell

November 23: Andromeda Yelton

November 30: Kinga Kięczkowska

December 7: Kaisa Filppula

December 21: Anna Schneider

December 28: Amber Brown

And in 2016:

January 25: Katie Bell

February 1: Safia Abdalla

February 8: Aisha Bello

February 15: Manisha Sharma

March 7: Anastasia Panchenko

March 21: Sarah Holderness

March 28: Irene Nandutu

April 4: Cassidy Lamb

April 11: Emylle Chrystinne

April 20: Julie Barbic

April 25: Margaret Myrick

May 20: Jessica McCay

June 13: Kelsey Gilmore-Innis

June 20: Felice Ho

June 27: Anna Makarudze

August 8: Katerina Kampardi

And in 2018:

January 30: Cristina Motinha Martins

January 31: Muriel Green

February 1: Akanni Busayo Motunrayo

February 2: Caroline Ochieng

March 18: Leona So

May 6: Marisa Reyes

To learn a bit more about how this series got its start, you can read our first post here, and our first interview, with Ola Sitarska, here!

If you’re an amazing Django Girl and want to tell us your story, or if you’d like to nominate someone to be featured, please email us at story@djangogirls.org. We would love to hear from you!