Creating Safer Spaces for Trans & Non-Binary Folks - Belén Giménez, Kendra Albert, Fernanda Carlés

Creating Safer Spaces for Trans & Non-Binary Folks - Belén Giménez, Kendra Albert, Fernanda Carlés

Umut Pajaro is a Bachelor in Communications Studies at the University of Cartagena (Colombia) and MA in Cultural Studies at National University of Rosario (Argentina). Their main research focus have been LGBTQI issues and Queer representation on media. In the last couple of years. being part of the Youth Special Interest Group from Internet Society (ISOC), they started to focus on gender diverse representation online and also on topics related Artificial Intelligence, Ethics and Social Computing.

Belén Giménez is from Asunción, Paraguay. She has a B.A in Psychology from Lewis & Clark College in Portland, OR, USA and is currently studying a Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) Masters Program at Siegen Universität in Siegen, Germany. Her main interests are how interactions with and through technology have an impact on individual and collective human behavior, and she explores this through the analysis and development of socio-technical systems and research related to Feminist and Queer HCI.

Kendra Albert is a clinical instructor at the Cyberlaw Clinic at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University, where they teach students to practice technology law by working with pro bono clients. Kendra also publishes on gender, adversarial machine learning, and power, in various combinations. They hold a law degree from Harvard Law School, serve on the board of the ACLU of Massachusetts and the Tor Project, and are also a legal advisor for Hacking // Hustling. Kendra enjoys playing video games, coming up with ways to redistribute institutional wealth, and watching people in power squirm.

Fernanda Carlés is a Mechatronic Engineering student at the Faculty of Engineering of the National University of Asuncion (FIUNA). She worked as a coordinator and educator in projects regarding education with technology, maker culture and digital fabrication. Feminist and activist for the reduction of the gender digital gap, she is a member of Girls Code and Django Girls chapter Asuncion. She is currently working on her thesis in Data Science implemented in education.

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