{"id":1550,"date":"2018-10-02T14:52:15","date_gmt":"2018-10-02T14:52:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2018.seattle.wordcamp.org\/?p=1550"},"modified":"2018-10-03T14:07:05","modified_gmt":"2018-10-03T14:07:05","slug":"vanessa-smith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seattle.wordcamp.org\/2018\/vanessa-smith\/","title":{"rendered":"Get to Know Your Flight Crew &#8211; Vanessa Smith"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Since those behind\u00a0the scenes of WordCamp mostly go unnoticed, we decided it would be a nice twist to introduce you some of this year&#8217;s crew:<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Vanessa Smith,\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Co-lead organizer<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">What do you do for a living?\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I\u2019m a freelance WordPress designer &amp; developer.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">How do you use WordPress?<br \/>\n<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I build WordPress sites for clients.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">How did you end up involved in WordCamp?<br \/>\n<\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"padding-top: 0px;font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1638\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/seattle.wordcamp.org\/2018\/vanessa-smith\/vanessa-smith-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/seattle.wordcamp.org\/2018\/files\/2018\/09\/Vanessa-Smith.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"400,400\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Vanessa Smith\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/seattle.wordcamp.org\/2018\/files\/2018\/09\/Vanessa-Smith-300x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/seattle.wordcamp.org\/2018\/files\/2018\/09\/Vanessa-Smith.jpg\" class=\"alignright wp-image-1638 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/2018.seattle.wordcamp.org\/files\/2018\/09\/Vanessa-Smith-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Vanessa Smith, co lead, WordCamp Seattle 2018\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/seattle.wordcamp.org\/2018\/files\/2018\/09\/Vanessa-Smith-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/seattle.wordcamp.org\/2018\/files\/2018\/09\/Vanessa-Smith-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/seattle.wordcamp.org\/2018\/files\/2018\/09\/Vanessa-Smith-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/seattle.wordcamp.org\/2018\/files\/2018\/09\/Vanessa-Smith.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I attended a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.meetup.com\/SeattleWordPressMeetup\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WP Seattle Meetup<\/a> and was asked to volunteer for the 2016 camp, so I did. It was a great experience. I learned a lot, met some great people, and lead to getting a job! I enjoyed it so much, I ended up joining the organizer committee for WordCamp 2017 as the Food Wrangler and this year I am one of the 3 Co-Lead organizers.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">What\u2019s your guilty pleasure\/hobby\/outside of work passion? <\/span><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I love to travel! My favorite country to visit is Italy, but my favorite city is Paris. I also enjoy reading and a variety of papercrafting. Lately, I have been spending my free time sewing. I have always sewed and this year I decided I would <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCelb4j01Z2QaDrU41xHTRBQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">make all my clothes<\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n<h3>How to get in touch with Vanessa:<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/vmariesmith\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Linkedin<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/havecurveswillsew\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VMarieSmith\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>When you see Vanessa at WordCamp Seattle in Nov (you have your <a href=\"https:\/\/2018.seattle.wordcamp.org\/tickets\/\">boarding pass, correct?<\/a>), be sure to say hello and thank her for all her hard work and time volunteering to make WordCamp 2018 the best one yet.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Since those behind\u00a0the scenes of WordCamp mostly go unnoticed, we decided it would be a nice twist to introduce you some of this year&#8217;s crew: Vanessa Smith,\u00a0Co-lead organizer What do you do for a living?\u00a0 I\u2019m a freelance WordPress designer &amp; developer. How do you use WordPress? I build WordPress sites for clients. 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