Ioana Chiorean

Ioana is an engineer manager flavored in communities, and devrel, that has more than 14 years of experience in tech with a specialization in all things web and mobile apps. Besides her daily job, she dedicates her time to building tech communities and improving access to education. She is the Module Owner for Mozilla Reps, one of the alumna of MozTechSpeakers, and stands as an ambassador for CodeWeek at the European Commission. She is an advisor and board member for Women in Tech Cluj. In her free time, she contributes to Open Source and different volunteering programs, while enjoying a coffee or a good wine.

Diversity in war times / knowledge as safe place

With the Ukrainian war next door, and myself being Romanian, many things changed. Lots of Ukrainians got refuge in Romania and I got to experience first hand their stories. What surprised me the first time, was the fact that some women struggled with technology - with maps, with exchanges etc. They were the ones fleeing with kids as the husbands (mostly male) remained home/got blocked by the ar…