Francesca Marano – @francina

Member Since: October 4th, 2010
Location: Turin, Italy; and Tonbridge, UK
Website: francescamarano.com
Job Title: WordPress Community Manager
Employer: SiteGround
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Bio

Francesca is the WordPress Community Manager at SiteGround. She is one of the team representatives for the global WordPress Community Team, and she volunteers as a WordCamp mentor and a Community Deputy.
She was the release co-lead for WordPress 5.3, where she served as the project coordinator.

She founded C+B, a blog with an editorial staff of more than eighty authors offering advice for Italian female creative entrepreneurs.

Francesca is a passionate speaker and you can find her in Italy and around the world talking about WordPress, community, open source, women in tech, and small businesses. You can check some of her talks on WordPress.tv.

Interests

Hip hop, tv series (possibly full of teenage angst), knitting, dancing, building communities, glitter, sushi, mojitos.

WordPress Origin Story

It all started with a 2 years old boy and some pics that I wanted to show to his grandparents who lived abroad. I opened a blog on WordPress.com and I fell in love with the platform: I took an e-course, moved to WordPress.org and asked around if someone wanted a website so I could test WP functionality.
I had my own business for about six years as an independent web design and in September 2017 I joined SiteGround as their WordPress Community Manager.

Contributions Sponsored

Francesca Marano contributes 20 hours per week to the following teams: Community, Core, Hosting.

Contribution History

Community Team
Community Team
Core Contributor
Core Contributor
Meta Contributor
Meta Contributor
Translation Contributor
Translation Contributor
Translation Editor
Translation Editor
WordCamp Organizer
WordCamp Organizer
WordCamp Speaker
WordCamp Speaker

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Wrote a comment on the post Dev Chat Summary – February 19th, 2020 (5.4 week 6), on the site Make WordPress Core:
Thank you so much!

3 days ago
Confirmed as a speaker for WordCamp Washington, DC 2020

5 days ago
Wrote a comment on the post Applying lessons from agile to event organization: the sprint retro, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
Wow! A lot to take in, thank you!

5 days ago
Wrote a comment on the post 2019 Annual WordPress Meetup Organizer Survey, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
What is a "Brown Bag Lunch"?

6 days ago
Wrote a comment on the post Dev Chat Agenda for February 19, 2020 (5.4 Week 6), on the site Make WordPress Core:
I would like to propose to change the Components Check-in. This is always done towards…

7 days ago
Wrote a new post, Dev Chat Agenda for February 19, 2020 (5.4 Week 6), on the site Make WordPress Core:
Here is the agenda for the weekly meeting happening later today: Wednesday, February 19, 2020, at…

7 days ago
Wrote a comment on the post What does it mean to be a component maintainer? A refresher, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Thanks! I haven't replied before because I wasn't sure about this component in particular! It…

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Wrote a comment on the post What does it mean to be a component maintainer? A refresher, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Absolutely! I am a bit cautious about adding stuff to the Core handbook because I…

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Wrote a comment on the post Lazy-Loading Images in WordPress Core, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Hello folks! How are we doing with the plugin? We are ready to start Beta…

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Wrote a new post, What does it mean to be a component maintainer? A refresher, on the site Make WordPress Core:
For the purposes of contributing, WordPress [Core] is organized into a few dozen components. These…

2 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post Chat recap: Release Model Working Group – January 29, 2020, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Thanks Robert for your comments! There’s a typo in the notes above—it says “1st and…

3 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post Community Team goals for 2020: suggestions wanted!, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
I think your name should be embossed in gold in everything we do TBH :)…

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Wrote a new post, Chat recap: Release Model Working Group – January 29, 2020, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Today the kickoff meeting for the group happened at in the Core channel, based on…

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Wrote a comment on the post Agenda: Release Model Working Group – January 29, 2020, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Note to self so I am putting this down somewhere :) Proposed meeting times 1st…

4 weeks ago
Wrote a new post, Dev Chat Agenda for January 29, 2020 (5.4 Week 3), on the site Make WordPress Core:
Here is the agenda for the weekly meeting happening later today: Wednesday, January 29, 2020, at…

4 weeks ago
Wrote a new post, Agenda: Release Model Working Group – January 29, 2020, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Here is the agenda for the the kickoff meeting happening later today: Wednesday, January 29, 2020,…

4 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post Release Model Working Group – Kickoff, January 29, 2020, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Thank you for reading! Hope to see you tonight 🙌

4 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post WCEU 2020 – Leave no Contributor Behind, on the site Team Updates:
It would be good to have a more organised way for current contributors and team…

4 weeks ago
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Wrote a new post, X-post: WCEU 2020 – Leave no Contributor Behind, on the site Make WordPress Support:
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Wrote a comment on the post WCEU 2020 – Leave no Contributor Behind, on the site Team Updates:
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Wrote a new post, X-post: WCEU 2020 – Leave no Contributor Behind, on the site Translate WordPress:
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Wrote a new post, X-post: WCEU 2020 – Leave no Contributor Behind, on the site Make WordPress Mobile:
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Wrote a comment on the post WCEU 2020 – Leave no Contributor Behind, on the site Team Updates:
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Wrote a comment on the post WCEU 2020 – Leave no Contributor Behind, on the site Team Updates:
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Wrote a comment on the post WCEU 2020 – Leave no Contributor Behind, on the site Team Updates:
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Wrote a new post, X-post: WCEU 2020 – Leave no Contributor Behind, on the site Make WordPress Hosting:
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Wrote a comment on the post WCEU 2020 – Leave no Contributor Behind, on the site Team Updates:
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Wrote a comment on the post WCEU 2020 – Leave no Contributor Behind, on the site Team Updates:
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