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A Director of Community Engagement at StellarWP, a Podcaster in WP Coffee Talk<\/a> and Audacity Marketing<\/a>, a Director of Community Relations at Post Status<\/a>, and a frequent organizer and speaker at WordPress events. To some, that could be the right definition of multi-hyphenates \u2013 folks who’ve multiple skills or work a couple of job \u2013 but to us, it\u2019s our fellow WordPress enthusiast Michelle Frechette.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s useful to be a multi-hyphenate person, as you\u2019ll have additional income streams and better hiring potential because of a more comprehensive skillset. But when not managed well, doing different jobs at the identical time might be stressful.<\/p>\n

We wanted to debate this topic with someone who walks the talk, Michelle. Read on to seek out out her insights about bringing impact to your community, and the way she empowers the WordPress community by enabling access for wider audiences while keeping the work-life balance.<\/p>\n

Michelle has been energetic in her local people\u2019s activities for a long time, and it has helped her solidify her profession as a community skilled.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou either construct on things that you simply are required to do, otherwise you construct on things that you simply enjoy,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n

She has worked along with her local chamber of commerce, organized community meetups, and was elected as an area school board member. Over time, she has experienced being a pacesetter, a team player, and an informal observer who just watches what\u2019s occurring and has an opinion.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019ll learn learn how to either lead or follow. So it\u2019s essential that we now have leaders, but everybody in a gaggle can\u2019t be a pacesetter either,\u201d Michelle says.<\/p>\n

This extensive experience has helped her grow to grasp the community ecosystem comprehensively. \u201cWhen you start working at community and you discover that you simply find it irresistible, you then search for more ways to work locally,\u201d she adds.<\/p>\n

And that\u2019s what Michelle does: she keeps finding more ways to make an impact locally she\u2019s a part of. Along with Allie Nimmons<\/a>, she founded Underrepresented in Tech<\/a>, a free database that helps underrepresented people \u2013 like women of color or individuals with disabilities \u2013 find recent opportunities inside the technology ecosystem, specifically WordPress. They’ll use the database to search for jobs, and everybody can use it to seek out talent.<\/p>\n

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