R-Ladies

On October 1, 2012, Gabriela de Queiroz, a data scientist, founded R-Ladies in San Francisco (United States) after participating in similar free initiatives through Meetup.{{Cite web|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/gabriela-de-queiroz-ibm-manager-r-ladies-meetup-2019-8|title=This IBM manager moved from Brazil, learned to code, and now leads a worldwide organization to teach women how to be data scientists|last=Chan|first=Rosalie|website=Business Insider|access-date=2020-03-11}} In the following four years, three other groups started: Taipei in 2014,{{Cite web|url=https://www.meetup.com/es/rladies-taipei/events/235691389/|title=[Annual Party 周年慶] R-Laides兩歲了 Celebration for 2-years-old.|website=Meetup|language=es|access-date=2020-03-11}} Minneapolis (called “Twin Cities”) in 2015,{{Cite web|url=https://www.meetup.com/es/rladies-tc/events/221617211/|title=First Organizing R-Ladies Meeting!|website=Meetup|language=es|access-date=2020-03-11}} and London in 2016.{{Cite journal|date=August 2018|title=Royal Statistical Society Publications|journal=Significance|language=en|volume=15|issue=4|doi=10.1111/sign.2018.15.issue-4|issn=1740-9705|doi-access=free}} The chapters were independent until the 2016 useR! Conference, where it was agreed to create a central coordinating organization. In that year, Gabriela de Queiroz and Erin LeDell of R-Ladies San Francisco; Chiin-Rui Tan, Alice Daish, Hannah Frick, Rachel Kirkham and Claudia Vitolo of R-Ladies London; as well as Heather Turner joined to apply for a grant from the R Consortium, with which they asked for support for the global expansion of the organization.{{Cite web|title=About us – R-Ladies Global|url=https://rladies.org/about-us/|access-date=2020-03-11|language=en-US}}{{Citation|title=rladies/global|date=2018-04-24|url=https://github.com/rladies/global|publisher=R-Ladies Global|access-date=2020-03-11}}

In September 2016, with this scholarship, R-Ladies Global was founded and in 2018 it was declared as a high-level project by the R Consortium.{{Cite web|url=https://www.r-consortium.org/announcement/2018/03/27/r-consortium-welcomes-r-ladies-as-a-top-level-project|title=R Consortium welcomes R-Ladies as a top level project|last=Mertic|first=John|date=2018-03-27|website=R Consortium|language=en-US|access-date=2020-03-11}} The current leadership team consists of Averi Giudicessi, Athanasia Monika Mowinckel, Shannon Pileggi, Riva Quiroga and Yanina Bellini Saibene.{{Cite web|title=Meet The Global Team|url=https://rladies.org/about-us/global-team/|access-date=2024-03-20|website=rladies.org|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|url=https://rladies.org/news/2022-11-18-global-leadership-team-transition/|title=Global Leadership Team Transition|website=rladies.org|language=en-US|access-date=2024-03-20}} The leadership team has an overarching role in steering and directing the organization. It works closely together with more than 20 volunteers who take care of various areas such as campaigns, the directory, mentoring, public communications and social media, or the community Slack.{{Cite web|url=https://rladies.org/news/news/new-to-global-team-2023/|title=Welcome to the Global Team|website=rladies.org|language=en-US|access-date=2024-03-20}} As of 2024, the R-Ladies Global community consists of 219 groups in 63 countries.{{Cite web|url=https://rladies.org|title=R-Ladies|website=rladies.org|language=en-US|access-date=2024-03-20}}

R-Ladies meetings are organized around workshops and talks, led by people that identify as female or as gender minorities (including but not limited to cis/trans women, trans men, non-binary, genderqueer, agender, pangender, two-spirt, gender-fluid, neutrois).{{Cite web|url=https://malvestida.com/2018/04/conoce-r-ladies-cdmx-el-proyecto-donde-mujeres-ensenan-a-programar-a-mujeres/|website=malvestida.com|access-date=2020-03-11|title=Conoce R-Ladies CDMX, el proyecto donde mujeres enseñan a programar a mujeres|date=20 April 2018}} The organization is coordinated by the Global Team.{{Citation|title=Meet The Global Team|url=https://rladies.org/about-us/global-team/|publisher=R-Ladies Global|access-date=2024-03-20}} The chapters, however, operate decentralized and new chapters can be founded by anyone using the publicly available "starter-kit".{{Citation|title=rladies/starter-kit|date=2020-03-07|url=https://github.com/rladies/starter-kit|publisher=R-Ladies Global|access-date=2020-03-11}}

R-Ladies groups aim to promote a culture of inclusion within their events and community.{{cite book|last1=Rosenberg|first1=Joshua|last2=Lawson|first2=Michael|last3=Anderson|first3=Daniel|last4=Jones|first4=Ryan Seth|last5=Rutherford|first5=Teomara|year=2020|url=https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9780429260919-7/making-data-science-count-education-joshua-rosenberg-michael-lawson-daniel-anderson-ryan-seth-jones-teomara-rutherford |title=Research Methods in Learning Design and Technology |publisher= Routledge |page=17|chapter=Making Data Science Count In and For Education |isbn=9780429260919}}{{Cite web|url=https://technical.ly/philly/2018/01/03/r-ladies-philly-meetup/|title=The R community is doing really well in gender diversity|last=Torres|first=Roberto/|date=2018-01-03|website=Technical.ly Philly|language=en|access-date=2020-03-11}} In addition, they promote gender equality and diversity in conferences,{{Cite web|url=https://www.clarin.com/entremujeres/carrera-y-dinero/economia-programacion-abrir-cerrar-ojos_0_SJAIhKxgz.html|title=De la economía a la programación, en un abrir y cerrar de ojos|last=Clarín.com|website=www.clarin.com|date=20 November 2017 |language=es|access-date=2020-03-11}}{{Cite web|url=https://retina.elpais.com/retina/2018/08/22/tendencias/1534935352_747125.html|title=La calculadora mágica de los científicos de datos cumple 25 años|last=Bueno|first=Montse Hidalgo Pérez, Olivia López|date=2018-09-07|website=EL PAÍS RETINA|language=es|access-date=2020-03-11}} in the workplace,{{Cite web|url=https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/daveyalba/datacamp-sexual-harassment-metoo-tech-startup|title=A Multimillion-Dollar Startup Tried To Cover Up Its CEO's Sexual Misconduct. Then The Truth Came Out.|website=BuzzFeed News|language=en|access-date=2020-03-11}}{{Cite journal|last=Thieme|first=Nick|date=2018|title=R generation|journal=Significance|language=en|volume=15|issue=4|pages=14–19|doi=10.1111/j.1740-9713.2018.01169.x|issn=1740-9713|doi-access=free}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.eldiario.es/hojaderouter/inteligencia_artificial/ingenieras-luchan-inteligencia-artificial-madres_0_756974765.html|title=Las ingenieras que luchan para que la inteligencia artificial tenga 'madres'|last=Sánchez|first=Cristina|website=eldiario.es|date=3 April 2018 |language=es|access-date=2020-03-11}} collaboration among gender minorities,{{Cite web|url=https://testigopurpura.com/2019/10/08/marcela-programando-la-igualdad-de-genero/|title=Marcela, programando la igualdad de género|date=2019-10-08|website=Testigo Púrpura|language=es-ES|access-date=2020-03-11}} and analysis of data about women.

The Directory{{Cite web|url=https://rladies.org/directory/|title=Directory|website=rladies.org|language=en-US|access-date=2024-03-20}} is a public directory listing 1,267 profiles of R-Ladies (in 2024). R-Ladies Global also showcases blogs written and maintained by their members.{{Cite web|url=https://rladies.org/activities/rladies-blogs/|title=Blogs by R-Ladies|website=rladies.org|language=en-US|access-date=2024-03-20}}

R-Ladies also collaborates with other projects, such as NASA Datanauts{{Cite web|url=https://innovando.larioja.com/perder-miedo-irracional-20190327003809-ntvo.html|title=Hay que perder ese miedo irracional a las matemáticas|date=2019-04-03|website=Innovando - La Rioja|language=es|access-date=2020-03-11}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.xataka.com/empresas-y-economia/recicle-mi-vida-profesional-completo-haciendo-cursos-gratuitos-coursera-data-science|title=Reciclé mi vida profesional por completo haciendo cursos gratuitos de Coursera sobre data science|last=Herranz|first=Arantxa|date=2018-05-28|website=Xataka|language=es|access-date=2020-03-11}} or PyLadies.{{Cite web|url=https://www.meetup.com/rladies-cologne/events/286727615/|title=PyLadies + R-Ladies — Bringing the communities together|date=2022-07-27|website=Meetup|language=en-US|access-date=2024-03-20}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.meetup.com/rladies-cologne/events/291452327/|title=AutoML in R & Python using H2O|date=2023-02-17|website=Meetup|language=en-US|access-date=2024-03-20}}

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Gabriela de Queiroz is the Director of AI at Microsoft{{Cite web|last=de Queiroz|first=Gabriele|title=About|url=https://k-roz.com/about/|access-date=2024-03-20|website=k-roz.com|language=en-US}} and the founder of first R-Ladies chapter, AI Inclusive and co-founder of R-Ladies Global.{{Cite web|title=AI Inclusive - What We Do|url=https://www.ai-inclusive.org|access-date=2024-03-20|website=AI Inclusive|language=en}}{{Cite web|last=Kopf|first=Dan|title=How R-Ladies made data science inclusive|url=https://qz.com/work/1661486/r-ladies-made-data-science-inclusive/|access-date=2022-02-09|website=Quartz|date=24 July 2019 |language=en}}{{Cite web|title=Tidal energy proposal wins UF, IBM technology contest|url=https://www.newswise.com/articles/tidal-energy-proposal-wins-uf-ibm-technology-contest|access-date=2022-02-09|website=www.newswise.com|language=en}}{{Cite web|last=Chan|first=Rosalie|title=This IBM manager moved from Brazil, learned to code, and now leads a worldwide organization to teach women how to be data scientists|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/gabriela-de-queiroz-ibm-manager-r-ladies-meetup-2019-8|access-date=2022-02-09|website=Business Insider|language=en-US}} Before, she also worked at IBM as a chief data scientist.

She was raised in Brazil and received her bachelor's degree in statistics from Rio de Janeiro State University.{{Cite web|date=2020-03-01|title=Gabriela de Queiroz {{!}} Amstat News|url=https://magazine.amstat.org/blog/2020/03/01/gabriela-de-queiroz/|access-date=2022-02-09|language=en-US}} She has a master’s in epidemiology at Oswaldo Cruz Foundation and another one in statistics at California State University, East Bay. de Queiroz moved to the United States in 2012 to begin her master's degree in statistics at California State University, East Bay.

Interested in creating an inclusive space for women learning the programming language R, she began a Meetup group in the San Francisco Bay area. Since then, the R-Ladies organization has grown to 219 groups in 63 countries.{{Cite web|url=https://rladies.org|title=R-Ladies|website=rladies.org|language=en-US|access-date=2024-03-20}}

In addition to her work with R-Ladies, de Queiroz is an expert in machine learning and led IBM's AI Strategy and Innovations team.{{Cite web|title=Brasileira é chief de data science, AI e inovação na IBM|url=https://www.baguete.com.br/noticias/26/05/2021/brasileira-e-chief-de-data-science-ai-e-inovacao-na-ibm/|access-date=2022-02-09|website=Baguete|language=pt-br}} Her team contributed to projects such as TensorFlow. de Queiroz was a finalist of the Women in Open Source Award by Red Hat in 2019,{{Cite web|title=Meet winners and finalists|url=https://www.redhat.com/en/about/women-in-open-source?past-winners-and-finalists=2019finalist|website=Red Hat|language=en-US|access-date=2024-03-20}} named 40 under 40 by CSUEB{{Cite web|title=2019 Award Recipients|url=https://www.csueastbay.edu/alumni/pioneers-of-distinction/40-under-40/2019-recipients/index.html|website=CSUB|language=en-US|access-date=2024-03-20}} as well as listed among the 100 Brilliant Women in AI Ethics™ in 2023.{{Cite web|title=100 Brilliant Women in AI Ethics™ - 2023|url=https://womeninaiethics.org/the-list/of-2023/|website=Women in AI Ethics|language=en-US|access-date=2024-03-20}}

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