Humans of Cloud Native

At the heart of CNCF is our welcoming community of doers, working together to make cloud native ubiquitous.

The Humans of Cloud Native project tells the stories of amazing individuals and their contributions that make team cloud native such a vibrant, exciting and diverse space.

Shanghai, China

Humans of Cloud Native

Here are their stories

Guy Menahem — your helpful tour guide through the expanding cloud native universe

Annie Talvasto – Embracing diverse backgrounds for a stronger community

Kunal Kushwaha – On a mission to bring students to cloud native

Nancy Chauhan – Championing Women in Cloud Native

Adriana Villela – Blogging and podcasting her way to cloud native enlightenment

Roberth Strand – How OpenGitOps maintainer overcame ADHD to become an open source success story

Kaslin Fields – Cooking up bite-sized tech communications

Karen Chu and Matt Butcher — Simplifying the Complex With Phippy

Mumshad Mannambeth – Learning through Teaching

Yuan Tang – From Argo to Mentoring and everything in between

Divya Mohan – From one small edit to docs co-chair

Mahamed Ali – Contributing beyond code

Nikhita Raghunath – Carving contributor pathways

Ran Nozik – Crafting a contributor-first philosophy for startups

Chris Lentricchia – Throwing Hail Marys to Ukraine

Heba Elayoty – Unlocking Engineering Parents’ Potential

Matei David – Intern to Engineer with Linkerd

Kevin Wang – From co-founding projects to leading Cloud Native Days China

Paulo Simoes – Driving Cloud Native in Brazil

Paris Pittman – Building flourishing, sustainable communities

Alex Ellis – Helping folx kick-start their cloud native journey