[Organizer Request] Add Sonali Srivastava

[cerebro1]

Name of chapter inquiring about

Women in Cloud Native

Tell us about yourself. List your name, email, company, GitHub URL, LinkedIn URL, and CNCF Slack workspace name (or if you need to be invited), and a required profile link on community.cncf.io

Name: Sonali Srivastava
Email: [email protected]
Company: InfraCloud Technologies
GitHub URL: https://github.com/cerebro1/
LinkedIn URL: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sonali-srivastava-530782ab/
CNCF Slack workspace name: Sonali Srivastava
Profile link on community.cncf.io: https://community.cncf.io/u/mbxpek/#/about

About Me:

My expertise in software development allows me to perform POCs and craft engaging demos, tutorials, and videos that showcase the power of cloud-native solutions. Over the past five years, I’ve worn many hats: monitoring Linux servers as a system administrator, developing a cloud native solution for a Linux-based training platform, and contributing to the open source project systemd during my Outreachy internship.

Currently, I am passionate about advocating for open source tools and technologies through blogs, videos, webinars, and talks at meetups and conferences. Having returned to work after a break, I strongly advocate for creating supportive and nurturing environments for women in tech. Giving back to the community drives me, which inspired my contributions to the documentation of Testkube and Kyverno.

I am an active member of the CNCF Application Development Working Group, where we focus on bridging the gap between developers and CNCF projects. I also created LFS255: Mastering Kubernetes Security with Kyverno, a course hosted by The Linux Foundation. My blogs have been featured in the CNCF blog and the Kubeweekly newsletter. Additionally, I’ve had the privilege of speaking at SOSS Community Day India 2024 and delivering a project lightning talk at KubeCon India 2024.

Tell us why you want to be added or removed from the chapter

Three years ago, when I started searching for a job, I struggled because I was judged on outdated concepts and the fast-changing tech world. Even though I knew I was skilled and had delivered results before, it was hard to catch up in a short time. That's when @outreachy gave me a chance based on my skills, making me an open-source contributor.

At InfraCloud, I am lucky to have a great mentor and a supportive environment. This helped me start attending and speaking at community meetups and conferences, eventually leading me to speak at KubeCon. But I noticed very few women at these events. By joining Women in Cloud Native, I hope to motivate more women, share opportunities like Outreachy, and build our community to be more inclusive because every woman has some challenge that goes unaddressed limiting her to achieve the highest of her potential.

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Inclusive

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Vendor Neutral

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Collaboration with other chapters

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Aim to have a diverse representation of speakers in your meetups

• I will do my best to host diverse speakers throughout the year (do not mark if not relevant to request)

[cerebro1]

@AudMonte01 @bhavani2 Could you check this, please?

[bhavani2]

@AudMonte01 Please proceed to add @cerebro1 to women in cncf organiser group

[AudMonte01]

Thank you for this submission, @cerebro1. Please send me a link to your Credly badge showing proof of having completed the open and inclusive course listed above.

[cerebro1]

@AudMonte01 Here: https://www.credly.com/badges/60d90ee8-f70e-4970-b073-093de54cb16e/