Happy Birthday Djangonaut Space!

Today, we are celebrating Djangonaut Space birthday 🎉

Happy birthday, Djangonaut Space! Thank you to the Djangonauts, the Navigators, the Captains, the Session Organizers, the Astronomers, the Advisors, and, above all, the sponsors, Admins, and Founders. This project began as an idea that came to life and has even exceeded all our expectations. 🚀

It’s been three years since this journey began. So much has happened; you can learn more by reading the latest community report, which has just been published.

We’ve organized numerous sessions with large turnouts, and some of us still wonder what became of the participants after the session. What have they been up to?

As an advisor, I follow up with djangonauts as much as possible and offer them advice and suggestions for the future. It’s always wonderful to see how much people have grown since the program began and beyond.

This is by no means an exhaustive list, but a lot of them are still involved in the Django or Python community in different ways. Rather than trying to name everyone and inevitably missing someone, I want to highlight the variety of roles and regions represented:

Participate to a conference

  • Speaker at FOSDEM and PyLadiesCon - Amanda Savluchinske, session 4
  • Speaker at PyladiesCon - Rahmat Akintola, session 2
  • Speaker at DjangoCon Africa - Philip Narteh, session 4
  • Volunteer at DjangoCon Europe and speaker at PyCon IT - Juliana Nicacio, session 1
  • Volunteer and speaker at PyCon IT - Yash Raj, session 3
  • Volunteer and speaker at DjangoCon US - Aayush Gauba, session 5

Contribute to the Django organization

  • DSF Board Member and Vice President - Abigail Afi Gbadago, session 3
  • DSF Website Working Group member - Alex Gómez, session 2
  • Django Triage and Review team member - Lilian Tran, session 1
  • Chair of the DSF Online Community Working Group - Andy Miller, session 2
  • Chair of the Django Accessibility team - Eliana Rosselli, session 1
  • DSF Board Member and Secretary - Priya Pahwa, session 1
  • Former member of the Accessibility team - Tushar Gupta, pilot session

Contribute to global organization

  • Vice President of Django Foundation Event North America (DEFNA) - Velda Kiara, session 1
  • Chair of DjangoCon US - Keanya Phelps, session 1
  • Organizer of DjangoDay India - Yash Raj, session 3
  • Organizer of DjangoCon Africa - Salim Nuru, session 3
  • Organizer of the PyCon ES and Treasurer of Python España - Alex Gómez, session 2
  • Organizer of PyCon IT - Raffaella Suardini, session 1
  • Co-chair of Promotion WG of Python Asia Organization - James Kanin, session 6
  • Founder of Django.Social Egypt - Mohammad Alsakhawy (Moe), session 1

Contribute to the Django ecosystem

  • Contributor of Django Commons organization - Johanan Oppong Amoateng, session 3
  • Creator and maintainer of Django Bolt - Fahran Ali Raza, session 2
  • Writer of the Django News - Pradhvan Bisht, session 1

Contribute to Djangonaut Space

  • Being a Space Reviewer - Lilian Tran, session 1
  • Being a Captain - Marijke Luttekes, session 1
  • Being a Navigator - Eli Rosselli, session 1
  • Being a Session Organizer - Miguel Johnson, session 2
  • Being an Admin - Raffaella Suardini, session 1
  • Being an Advisor - Priya Pahwa, session 1
  • Contribute to the Djangonaut Space code - Jekayin-Oluwa Olabemiwo, session 6

Djangonaut who received a recognition

  • Outstanding PyLady - Hwayoung Cha, session 5
  • PSF Fellow - James Kanin, session 6
  • PSF Fellow - Abigail Afi Gbadago, session 3
  • PSF Fellow - Velda Kiara, session 1
  • DSF Member of the month - Lilian Tran, session 1

It's great to see everyone taking responsibility and getting involved. We're hoping for more sessions, more people getting involved, and more Djangonauts to celebrate and watch shine ✨