Post : Announcing the 2024 Kim Parsell Memorial Scholarship Recipient: Cynthia Norman
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Posted : June 18, 2024 at 5:00 pm
Author : Julia Golomb
Categories : Announcements, Community, Programs, WordCamp

In 2015, the WordPress Foundation established an annual memorial scholarship ( [link removed] ) to honor the memory of Kim Parsell ( [link removed] ) , a beloved and influential contributor to the WordPress community. This scholarship ensures that Kim’s core values continue to inspire and enrich the WordPress community.

This scholarship is awarded each year to a female WordPress contributor who has never attended WordCamp US and would require financial assistance to do so. More information on the scholarship, including past recipients, is available here ( [link removed] ) .

We're happy to announce that this year’s scholarship recipient is Cynthia Norman ( [link removed] ) ! Cynthia's commitment to WordPress training and education embodies the values that Kim cherished.

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Cynthia joined the WordPress Contributor Mentorship Program ( [link removed] ) in its inaugural year as a mentee, and she credits that program with giving her the boost she needed to dig into WordPress and grow professionally. Cynthia began contributing to the WordPress Training team shortly after and hasn't let up since!

When asked about her proudest contribution to WordPress, Cynthia points to a Learning Pathway ( [link removed] ) course she developed for Learn WordPress:

> I am an avid content creator with the Training Team and, so far, my proudest contribution to the WordPress open source project has been creating my first lesson for the Learning Pathway: Beginner Developer ( [link removed] ) course. Working collaboratively with WordPress educators has been so rewarding, and exactly what I needed to complement my freelance work as a WordPress developer.
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If Cynthia's name sounds familiar to you, it might be because she was recently featured in a WordPress Contributor Spotlight ( [link removed] ) .

It's also possible you've crossed paths with her in a WordPress Training team ( [link removed] ) meeting.

You may have even stumbled across her YouTube channel full of WordPress tutorials ( [link removed] ) !

To say that Cynthia keeps busy is an understatement.

When she's not contributing to WordPress or playing with her six grandchildren, Cynthia enjoys spending her time outdoors in beautiful Ontario, Canada where she lives with her husband and her dog, Mya.

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