# Introduce Yourself!
**URL:** https://community.weallcount.com/t/introduce-yourself/43
**Category:** Show & Tell
**Tags:** introductions
**Created:** [February 3, 2022, 10:14pm UTC](https://community.weallcount.com/t/introduce-yourself/43 "2022-02-03T22:14:36Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 6
### Author:  [@Heather](https://community.weallcount.com/u/Heather)
#### Post date: [March 2, 2022, 1:55pm UTC](https://community.weallcount.com/t/introduce-yourself/43/101 "2022-03-02T13:55:36Z")
Hi @seiseledyrli your community of practice in Connecticut is blowing my mind š¤Æ itās so well put together. And thank you so much for joining the forum. We are really trying to find ways that feel like actually connecting across so many time zones and personal and professional commitments. Iām so glad youāre here. š
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### Author:  [@Heather](https://community.weallcount.com/u/Heather)
#### Post date: [March 2, 2022, 1:56pm UTC](https://community.weallcount.com/t/introduce-yourself/43/102 "2022-03-02T13:56:41Z")
Welcome @ahblackwell! Great to see you again! Weāre working a lot on violence prevention so Iām looking forward to picking your brain āŗ
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### Author:  [@mikenutt](https://community.weallcount.com/u/mikenutt)
#### Post date: [March 2, 2022, 3:44pm UTC](https://community.weallcount.com/t/introduce-yourself/43/103 "2022-03-02T15:44:44Z")
- Mike Nutt
- Raleigh, NC
- Higher Education
- NC State University Libraries
- We are trying to help lead our campus to understand and practice data equity. Always happy to talk to folks doing similar work in academia!
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### Author:  [@seiseledyrli](https://community.weallcount.com/u/seiseledyrli)
#### Post date: [March 2, 2022, 4:55pm UTC](https://community.weallcount.com/t/introduce-yourself/43/104 "2022-03-02T16:55:26Z")
Thank you š We have a lot of data people here in CT that really want to transform the data culture of the state, itās exciting to be a part of.
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### Author:  [@Bruno](https://community.weallcount.com/u/Bruno)
#### Post date: [March 2, 2022, 7:29pm UTC](https://community.weallcount.com/t/introduce-yourself/43/105 "2022-03-02T19:29:06Z")
Hi Alyssa this is fascinating, thanks for sharing! Usually I think of social ecological frameworks as a sense-making framework (and thatās about all I do with ecology in the present time). The perspective you have shared to me is unique and intriguing. Are you familiar with the work of folks in the Turtle Island Institute
> **[Turtle Island Institute](https://turtleislandinstitute.ca)**
where Melanie Goodchild (Anishinaabe) has recently published a paper
[https://jabsc.org/index.php/jabsc/article/view/577](https://jabsc.org/index.php/jabsc/article/view/577)
on Relational Systems Thinkingā¦ I wonder if there might be something there for you and your workā¦?
And I have been learning/excited for some time after reading the concept of kincentric ecology from Enrique SalmĆ³nās work:
[https://www.jstor.org/stable/2641288?origin=JSTOR-pdf](https://www.jstor.org/stable/2641288?origin=JSTOR-pdf)
Would to stay connected with what youāre doing and learning as it may be related to some work Iām involved with regarding āregenerative food systems,ā that includes prominently/centrally indigenous ways of knowingā¦
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### Author:  [@Alan](https://community.weallcount.com/u/Alan)
#### Post date: [March 2, 2022, 9:45pm UTC](https://community.weallcount.com/t/introduce-yourself/43/106 "2022-03-02T21:45:03Z")
No problem @Heather if you have any questions or feedback on this, do give me a shout.
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### Author:  [@mno](https://community.weallcount.com/u/mno)
#### Post date: [March 2, 2022, 9:53pm UTC](https://community.weallcount.com/t/introduce-yourself/43/107 "2022-03-02T21:53:55Z")
Hi everyone, my name is Megan and Iām a Data Services Librarian at a Midwest university in the USA (sector = higher education).
I help researchers (including students) with data management and data sharing. Besides library and information science I have experience with natural history collections and data. One of my goals is to start offering resources and teaching on this topic on my campus.
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### Author:  [@Heather](https://community.weallcount.com/u/Heather)
#### Post date: [March 3, 2022, 1:14pm UTC](https://community.weallcount.com/t/introduce-yourself/43/108 "2022-03-03T13:14:41Z")
Welcome @mikenutt so thrilled to see a person from the libraries! š
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### Author:  [@Alyssa](https://community.weallcount.com/u/Alyssa)
#### Post date: [March 3, 2022, 10:53pm UTC](https://community.weallcount.com/t/introduce-yourself/43/109 "2022-03-03T22:53:05Z")
Cool! I have been involved in a couple of program evals led by Malu Castro (see his bio on this page - [Our Team | ELOKA](http://eloka-arctic.org/ELOKA-Team)), I donāt immediately see pubs/resources on his work indigenizing program evaluation, but his approach is inspiring.
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### Author:  [@Alyssa](https://community.weallcount.com/u/Alyssa)
#### Post date: [March 3, 2022, 11:18pm UTC](https://community.weallcount.com/t/introduce-yourself/43/110 "2022-03-03T23:18:41Z")
Thanks! Thanks for sharing those resources too - the kinship idea definitely comes up - how does the āmicroscopeā apply - seems less subject and object when all beings are relatives. I heard [Deborah McGregor](https://www.osgoode.yorku.ca/faculty-and-staff/mcgregor-deborah/) say a birch tree is a PI on her project - that opened my brain- what questions would the plants ask?
Iāve been lucky to be learning from Paulette Blanchard, Ren Green, Dominque David Chavez (she works with Stephanie Russo Carroll, who I saw mentioned hereā¦), Teresa Romero, Val Small, Kalani Souza, Kyle Whyte, Dan Wildcat - my primary connection is through the Rising Voices community ([https://risingvoices.ucar.edu/](https://risingvoices.ucar.edu/)), and then the Indigenous Phenology Network that grew out of Rising Voicesā¦ where we do often discuss food forests/indigenous agro-eco approachesā¦ happy to talk more.
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### Author:  [@Jerian](https://community.weallcount.com/u/Jerian)
#### Post date: [March 4, 2022, 5:36pm UTC](https://community.weallcount.com/t/introduce-yourself/43/111 "2022-03-04T17:36:51Z")
My name is Jerian Abel and I work in Portland, Oregon (USA). I co-direct a broadbased partnership focused on improving STEM Education outcomes for marginalized youth including BIPOC, families and youth navigating poverty, and girls. Weāre called the Portland Metro STEM Partnership ([www.pdxstem.org](http://www.pdxstem.org)). Part of our work includes building the capacity of our partners to use data for Equity. I look forward to learning more from all of you!
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### Author:  [@Heather](https://community.weallcount.com/u/Heather)
#### Post date: [March 7, 2022, 5:58pm UTC](https://community.weallcount.com/t/introduce-yourself/43/112 "2022-03-07T17:58:34Z")
Welcome @mno to the forum. There are so many librarians here. I did not anticipate that and am so overjoyed by the fact
Hi @jerian Iām so happy youāve joined the forum.
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### Author:  [@edamelio](https://community.weallcount.com/u/edamelio)
#### Post date: [March 9, 2022, 7:44pm UTC](https://community.weallcount.com/t/introduce-yourself/43/113 "2022-03-09T19:44:22Z")
Hello! My name is Erin DāAmelio, a consultant for McREL International. Iām based in Honolulu, HI and work mainly with the U.S.-affiliated Pacific region within the education field. Looking forward to learning from this group!
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### Author:  [@EmFell](https://community.weallcount.com/u/EmFell)
#### Post date: [March 10, 2022, 11:23am UTC](https://community.weallcount.com/t/introduce-yourself/43/114 "2022-03-10T11:23:52Z")
Hi all, Em here. Iām based in the UK and work for an Autism Charity, looking after all things EDI (AKA DEI). Iām fascinated, relieved and excited that I stumbled across We All Count, and all your fabulous work Heather. I wonder, in amongst fellow data lovers if anyone else here is as big a fan of the late Professor Hans Rosling?
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### Author:  [@KristininPDX](https://community.weallcount.com/u/KristininPDX)
#### Post date: [March 10, 2022, 6:22pm UTC](https://community.weallcount.com/t/introduce-yourself/43/115 "2022-03-10T18:22:12Z")
Hi!
Iām Kristin Wolff, in Portland, OR (she/her).
- Workforce (program, eval, data, technical assistance & learning), which can blur into education and economic development
- #FutureofWork #Climate+Workforce #CivicTech #Apprenticeship #Equity+Inclusion
Excited to be a part of this community
Cheers!
Kristin
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### Author:  [@Heather](https://community.weallcount.com/u/Heather)
#### Post date: [March 11, 2022, 12:01pm UTC](https://community.weallcount.com/t/introduce-yourself/43/116 "2022-03-11T12:01:56Z")
Hi @edamelio! Such a fan of the McREL work and there are several others from your team in the forum too. But I think youāre the only one so far from Hawaii! š¶
Hello @EmFell! Yes - there is a discussion going on right now about Hans Rosling in the āWhat Cool Data Equity Websites Should I Know About?ā thread in the Resources section of the forum
@kristininPDX welcome! We have a growing contingent from Portland - I think starting to rival the Colorado numbers. Ohhhh - there are so many critical equity questions in the workforce. Building a harmonized international workforce database was one of my first jobs and Iām eager to connect about the current state of the research. š
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### Author:  [@kristi](https://community.weallcount.com/u/kristi)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2022, 9:51pm UTC](https://community.weallcount.com/t/introduce-yourself/43/117 "2022-03-14T21:51:07Z")
Hi yāall!
Iām Kristi Donaldson, joining from Chicago, and I work in the education field (mostly K12). My current organization, [The Learning Partnership](https://www.jointhepartnership.net/), has research-practice partnerships with [Chicago](https://cafecs.org/) and [Milwaukee](https://pumpcs.mu.edu/) Public Schools around computer science access, participation, and experiences. Iām a sociologist working to center equity in both our partnership and data work, and I love learning and talking data!
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### Author:  [@Heather](https://community.weallcount.com/u/Heather)
#### Post date: [March 15, 2022, 12:58pm UTC](https://community.weallcount.com/t/introduce-yourself/43/118 "2022-03-15T12:58:57Z")
Hi @kristi so great to have more folks from the Chicago area! Love it there.
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### Author:  [@PamLN](https://community.weallcount.com/u/PamLN)
#### Post date: [March 15, 2022, 3:44pm UTC](https://community.weallcount.com/t/introduce-yourself/43/119 "2022-03-15T15:44:48Z")
Hello all - I am Pam and work at the Margaret A. Cargill Philanthropies in Minnesota located in Eden Prairie just outside of Minneapolis. I work on our Evaluation and Organizational Learning team. I have been a learner around how to practice more and more equitable uses of data for years, and have my thinking and practices have grown thanks to the We All Count framework, and Heather and team contributions over the past few years. Glad to be able to connect with others here!
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### Author:  [@OftEducational](https://community.weallcount.com/u/OftEducational)
#### Post date: [March 15, 2022, 7:05pm UTC](https://community.weallcount.com/t/introduce-yourself/43/120 "2022-03-15T19:05:46Z")
Welcome @edamelio.
Thereās a few Ed people so far so youāll be in good company.
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