WordCamp Miami is proud to add the local chapter of Girl Develop It as a special community sponsor. WordCamps are local community events, and WCMIA feels strongly about the community supporting the fine efforts of Girl Develop It. If you want to talk to one of the local organizers personally at WordCamp Miami, Ibis Arrastia will be speaking at our “Front-End/Theme” workshop on May 29th.
But what is Girl Develop It?
Girl Develop It is a nonprofit organization that provides affordable programs for adult women interested in learning web and software development in a judgment-free environment. Our vision is to create a network of empowered women who feel confident in their abilities to code and build beautiful web and mobile applications. Join the community by taking part in one of our free community social events, be inspired by other local women in technology, and be part of the movement of more women in tech. Programming classes are offered throughout Miami-Dade, Broward and West Palm Beach counties. Join us to learn HTML, HTML5, CSS, CSS3, Javascript, PHP, MySQL, WordPress and more! Contact us at www.GDIMiami.com.
Jeremy is the co-founder and CEO of 
“My name is Enrique Canals and I’m from Miami, FL. I’m passionate about software development, open source and robots. For a living I write software, manage projects, and help build companies. I’ve worked with a fairly wide range of companies, including start-ups like Pebble, Spark, Tessel, and Sphero. With regard to software, specifically front-end development, I’m keen on well structured markup and styles. Keeping HTML and CSS organized is critical to the maintainability of any project and makes developing usable and functional interfaces much more efficient. Besides technology, I enjoy good coffee, wake boarding, and yoga. In my spare time I try to contribute to open source projects and currently maintain the default SCSS syntax highlighting bundle for TextMate with support for Atom and Sublime.”
Core team at 
Syed Balkhi is an award winning entrepreneur and CEO of Awesome Motive Inc, the parent company of 
Justin Sainton is the founder of 
Doug is a 15-plus-year-veteran of the IT industry, a long-time Linux user and has been using WordPress since version 1.0. He had to be dragged, kicking and screaming into using a Mac in 2006 or so and might even admit that it’s probably for the best if you catch him on the right day. He has a passion for systems and for getting the most out of WordPress and has applied his skills in the commercial, government contracting, healthcare, and general IT spheres.
Nikhil is a 15 year-old, Minneapolis-based WordPress plugin developer who has been actively involved in the WordPress community for 2 years. He is the founder of TechVoltz.com and blogs at 
Once upon a time, there was a little girl named Stephanie. Her toes were cold. Like many little girls, Stephanie loved to dance, she loved to draw, and she loved to try out every typeface available on the computer when designing birthday cards for her family. Several years passed, and the little girl grew up. Now Stephanie loves to dance, she loves to draw, and she maintains a library of countless typefaces so she can always have just the right one for birthday cards, logos, and websites. After discovering a place where her toes are sometimes warm, Stephanie moved her family and her business to North Florida, where she attempts to balance web design, homeschooling, and exploring the world of flavors she can invent in her kitchen.
Cory J. Miller is a former newspaper journalist turned full-time Internet entrepreneur. In 2008, he founded