Contributors

Daniel is a TED Resident and the co-founder of Wikitongues, which grew out of a personal project he began in 2013. He has been working with online initiatives since 2011, when he helped launch the Catalan-language edition of Global Voices. He is an historian and designer by training, having studied at Parsons School of Design and The New School for Social Research in New York City. He speaks English, Spanish, Catalan and Portuguese.

Kristen received a BFA in Photography and Italian from the University of Alabama and holds a Master of Arts in African Studies & Linguistics from Helsinki University. With a background in law and disability rights, her interests lie in language activism and Sign linguistics. She speaks English, Swahili, Finnish, French, and is currently learning Kenyan Sign Language.

Frederico is the co-founder of Wikitongues. A seasoned design technologist with a foundation from Parsons School of Design in New York City, he is Head of Product at Elucd, which helps city leaders track every neighborhood feels about trust and safety, and develop strategies for their improvement. He stewards Wikitongues infrastructure for scalable community management and archiving.

Subhashish Panigrahi is an open culture advocate, documentary filmmaker and a community catalyst who has led community development for the Wikimedia Foundation, Internet Society, and Mozilla and Centre for Internet Society. A National Geographic Explorer and MJ Bear Under 30 Fellow, he founded OpenSpeaks, an OFDN project for developing underrepresented languages.