Juma Baldeh
Juma_Baldeh
Langston Hughes once said "Hold Fast to dreams for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly." Juma has held her dream of one day becoming a successful woman ever since she was eight years old. Because of her aspirations, she has committed herself solely to her academics. Since she loves to learn new things, and she values the significance of an education. Juma Baldeh is a Product Engineer at InSIST Global, a software development Company in the Gambia and has a BSc in Information Systems from the University of the Gambia. She is the founder of HackathonGirls Club, Banjul where she works to empower and encourage more females into the field of technology to break the stereotype most girls face in their communities. Juma is also the club captain of Mozilla club of HackathonGirls, Banjul, which she preceded and through this the club provides web literacy for young girls at the age of 8 – 18 yrs in the Gambia by tutoring them on basic IT Skills, programming etc. Juma is also the regional coordinator for Mozilla clubs and Mozilla campus Clubs where she sees that she recruits more club captains in her community by mentoring and supporting them. Her ambition is to see girls doing software engineering in her community and getting the tech jobs of their desires.
Reports
Activity | Date |
Attended event "Bug Hunting Campaign - The Gambia" | 15 Jun 2019 |
Organized event "Bug Hunting Campaign - The Gambia" | 15 Jun 2019 |
Attended event "MozVrathon Gambia" | 08 Sep 2018 |
Organized event "MozVrathon Gambia" | 08 Sep 2018 |
Recruited a Mozillian | 10 Jan 2018 |
Gave a talk | 19 Dec 2017 |
Participated in campaign "Other" | 13 Nov 2017 |
Communicated with my mentee/mentor | 25 Oct 2017 |
Run a Campus Clubs Activity | 17 Oct 2017 |
Recruited a Mozillian | 25 Sep 2017 |
Past Events
Event | Date | Role |
---|---|---|
Bug Hunting Campaign - The Gambia | 15 Jun 2019 | Mozilla's presence organizer |
MozVrathon Gambia | 08 Sep 2018 | Organizer |
ReMo Call 10-08-17 | 10 Aug 2017 | Rep attendee |
ReMo Call 13-07-17 | 13 Jul 2017 | Rep attendee |
ReMo Call 06-07-17 | 06 Jul 2017 | Rep attendee |
ReMo Call 08-06-17 | 08 Jun 2017 | Rep attendee |
Mozillians Profile https://mozillians.org/u/juma.baldeh/
Mentor Henrik Mitsch
Twitter handle @TechAngelGirl
Facebook profile https://www.facebook.com/jbaldeh1
LinkedIn profile https://www.linkedin.com/in/juma-baldeh-bb762710a/...
Matrix nickname jbaldeh
Personal Site http://jbaldeh.blogspot.com/
Interested in Addons, Advocacy and policy, Apps, Campus, Code Contributions, Community support / participation, Creative, Developer Documentation, Developer Tools, Diversity and Inclusion, Firefox, Firefox OS, Graphics, Localization, Mozilla Leadership Network, Mozilla Reps, Open Badges, People, Quality Assurance, Recruiting, Security, User Engagement, User Research, Web Compatibility, Web Development, WebVR
Mobilizing Learning Interests Browser Extensions, Rust, WebVR