Important note: Programs like the Kim Parsell Memorial Scholarship are made possible by the WordPress Foundation. Ongoing legal action by WP Engine threatens the Foundation’s ability to continue supporting scholarships, education programs, and community initiatives like this one. We’re proud to announce this year’s WordCamp US Kim Parsell Memorial Scholarship recipient, Jeanherline Santiago. About Jeanherline Jeanherline is a WordPress contributor who has translated strings for the Polyglots team and has volunteered and organized at WordCamps around the world. Professionally, she works as a web developer and digital strategist, leading web, SEO, and product work across Mori Web Studios and NarraSEO — with experience spanning complex WordPress development, technical SEO, local search, site performance, infrastructure, security, and SaaS. Her work has supported clients and teams across the United States, Canada, Australia, and the Philippines, and she remains active in the global WordPress community through organizing, volunteering, and contributing at WordCamp events. “WordPress has provided so many learning experiences for me where I have contributed, volunteered, met so many wonderful people, and grown both as a person and professionally. My involvement in the community, which once started off as a simple act of joining, has become one of the most significant aspects of my journey. This scholarship being awarded to me in memory of Kim Parsell, with her legacy of being inclusive, supportive, and making a place for herself in the WordPress community, means so much to me” – Jeanherline Santiago Kim Parsell made room for people. Her legacy lives on every time we make space for someone new. Congratulations, Jeanherline. The Kim Parsell Memorial Scholarship is funded entirely by the WordPress Foundation. If you’d like to help keep programs like this running, you can donate here.

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