Tessa Mero
@TessaMero
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Head of Developer Relations @Appwrite ㅣPrev: Director of DevRel @Cloudinary, DevRel @Cisco ㅣ @developer_dao #663, i heart crypto n nfts
Joined November 2012
Contributing to an open source project is what really helped me in my early career and brought me to success. Glad to see people are hosting events to share their experience and how you can get into it too :) . I need to join more Twitter Spaces! .
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I had a custom doormat made. Got tired of delivery people/salespeople knocking forever and won’t leave because they can see me through the glass sitting at my computer.
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What it’s like being a remote worker who uses beauty products through the day:. Colleague: hey can we do a quick video call?. Me:
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Attended a tech conference and one of the vendors/sponsor sends 8 emails in one week. This was the most recent one. Do NOT write emails like this to conference attendees. How I view their tech product has now changed.
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"What's so magical about open source is that you can build a career and experience without having to get a job first" - @jonobacon . He has a lot of knowledge to share when it comes to #community, #opensource, and career success! You should give him a follow 🥲🤩 @appwrite 🙃. ⬇️
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The NFT conference in Seattle is going to be amazing. The organizers team is 🔥 🔥!. If you’re looking to sponsor or attend a conference and involved in #NFTs, this is the place!. VIP tickets and sponsor spots are going to go fast💨 . LFG @nftseattle_io @developer_dao
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It was fun being live on camera at #GitHubUniverse :-) Thank you for the award for Appwrite! 🥇 . We won the GitHub Phenomical Education award 🔥
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A reminder that conference speakers get imposter syndrome too. Say something nice to a speaker or anyone and you’d be surprised how much you could influence their day. ;-).
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I feel so fortunate that @khushbooverma_ is joining us at @appwrite 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰 Welcome to the team!.
Career update:. After a wonderful stint at Microsoft, I’m joining @appwrite as a Software Developer full-time starting today. ❤️
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I saw a Reddit post today saying, "Would you give up a fully remote position for a 40% pay increase?". I wouldn't even do it for a 100% pay increase. Having more time with my family with not having to commute brings me happiness and more value in my life 😊.
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Were you recently hired to lead a team or department and need some guidance?. I wrote a blog post that is more specific to #DevRel but I kept it somewhat generic! I hope this helps others. 🥰. I've been having such a good time at @appwrite 🥰 #Leadership.
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@jesslynnrose In my first Dev position, the boss says within 1 week: “I want to let you know you’ll never make more than what I am paying you as a dev, you are even lucky to find us.”. Luckily I do well with challenges! . I quit a week later, doubling my salary at a new job as a dev.
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I'm not the selfie kind of person, but I think it is time that I share my weight loss/health journey from December 2019 to August 2020 photo comparison. 35 pound weight loss and a lot of muscle definition. Completely changed what I eat and I exercise frequently.
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I'm really excited to be accepted to speak at @RenderATL 🤩. Although I've been public speaking for a decade, it's been a couple years since I've spoke at an in-person event. My ultimate goal is to be vulnerable, share my story, and share a lot of resources and knowledge that
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If you’re hiring a Developer Advocate (or similar role) post the job link below. I know way too many individuals looking for a role and it’s making me feel 💔.
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This was 14 years ago. I didn’t have a cell phone for 2 years from being that poor. I was poor for transitioning my career into tech. The roughest time in my life being on welfare and trying to survive. If you’re going through a rough time in your journey into tech. You’ll get
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#DevRel in 2022 : Really hard to find experienced Developer Advocates that want to do a lot of traveling/public speaking. Do they still exist?. I have some questions/thoughts for research. DM me <3.
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🎉 GIVEAWAY! 🎉. Win a ticket to @githubuniverse (Nov 8-9, 2023 in SF). I'm choosing 2 winners!. How to Enter: . 1️⃣ Comment why you'd love to go.2️⃣ Like this post. 📅 Winners announced on Tues, Oct 17th at 4pm CST. Keep DMs open!. 🚀 Tickets sponsored by @Appwrite, a Supporting
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Announcement! I have accepted a position with Cisco as the Developer Evangelist. Representin' some awesome API's globally and locally. =D.
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@katsanos_george I thought it was so cute and showed a lot of her personality. My team shared it in our Slack as we needed some inspiration for a video we have to make! Also she is a respected developer and deserves to be human. Do you have too much time on your hands to bring other people down?.
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First post: Measuring Success and KPIs in Developer Relations - Community Contributed Outline. #devrel #developerrelations #developeradvocacy #community @ThePracticalDev @Cloudinary.
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I'm hosting a HUGE API Conference next Spring. Anyone have recommended speakers? Please share with female dev communities! Thanks!.
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After spending my entire life in Seattle, I'll be moving to Austin and starting fresh. 2 more weeks!. It was an abrupt decision recently, and wow, the stress and anxiety of moving out of State are REAL. Every day I'm just trying to keep myself sane. 🤪.
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Any open-source project maintainers that are interested in being in a Twitter Space series "Meet the Maintainers"? . I'll be hosting a Space with the @Appwrite DevRel team :D. The goal is to share knowledge & help promote their OS project. 😍😍😍.
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Amazing that @appwrite is the Platinum sponsor for #JSNation, along with @Capgemini and @ag_grid!. JSNation is both an in-person (in Amsterdam) and remote event! It's not too late to register. Also if you are there, I'll see you in Amsterdam!
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** New Job Announcement **. Some may think I'm crazy, some will think courageous. I announced my job at a cloud company while in the clouds. This is a first I've done this below. Short Version: Long Version:
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@DhiruCodes Ohhh this is awesome! Before I started my huge weight loss journey, I never took the "before" photo. So glad you did as it will be such an accomplishing feeling to look back to! I also just use Spotify "workout music" playlists. No particular songs 😓.
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Come make your fun video at the Photo Booth ! . Located at the entrance of the exhibitor hall on floor 2. Let me see your photo :-]. Thanks to my company @appwrite for sponsoring the Photo Booth at #renderatl
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Any #devrel teams changed priorities a bit and put more focus on developer content and a little less on travel? . Has it helped with your team's metrics?.
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me watching our appwrite cloud signups today from the PlanetScale news 🚀🚀🚀🚀
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For anyone that was worried about me, I'm letting you know I am alive and better and have mostly recovered. I feel extremely tired and everything seems like a lot of effort, but the worst of the worst symptoms ended over the weekend.
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New airpod pros :) Thank you @coderabbitai for the prize! . Time to tear this box open and stop using speakerphone whenever I am on a call 😂😂
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Hey friends at @renderatl 😊 if we haven’t met yet, you can find me at the bright pink @appwrite booth. I’m here until noon. Also don’t forget to fill out your sponsor card for prizes!. Don’t let me have to ship my leftover swag 😅 come grab some goodies! Power banks! Pop
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Day 2 of Covid and I cannot stop sleeping. I don’t have a fever and it’s not even a common symptom as my doctor said it’s mutated so many times. Also masks don’t protect you it just helps a LOT. I still got it and I’ve been very safe. 😷 . Stay safe by staying home.
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🔥Today is such a big and important day and I have a little tear of joy 🥲🔥. We launched our #opensource project on Product Hunt and are currently #1!. I'd love for your support and comment on the link below🥰🥰🥰. 🔽🔽🔽.
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Very rare selfie moment as I never post these 😆 I’m just grateful for some cool swag from @rapid_api and @MrAhmadAwais 🙏 . I may have to admit I wore the shirt 3 times throughout the week. It’s so comfy 💕
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Okay, stuffed my rental car with 500 s’mores kits for @CascadiaJS thanks to @appwrite sponsoring the event! I didn’t forget the s’mores sticks too. Ready for a drive from Seattle to Sunriver, Oregon!. I should be arriving late tonight 😅 See y’all this week <3
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My son is now 2 inches taller than me (and I'm tall), and my daughter is officially stronger than me. (She's started getting into bodybuilding last summer). She's RIPPED and can push me down with one arm 😅 . It was just yesterday when they were babies. Why are they growing so.
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I'm really proud of our team at Appwrite. So much of our work is focused on our fast-growing internal community and ensuring everyone is heard. :) So much more we can do to become even better! I'm really excited about where we are headed ⬆️⬆️.
I’m not surprised! @appwrite won the “Most Welcoming Developer Community” 🏆 at @devrelcon London. Congratulations 🙌🏻
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We are hiring Community Support Engineers at @appwrite! Want to work on my team and with me? ☺️🥰🤩.
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Happy 10 year conference anniversary #CascadiaJS! 🎉 🎊 🎈 . The @appwrite s’mores kits looking cute in the @cascadiajs swag bags 😊 😀 🙃
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I wrote a tutorial on How to Stream Your Developer Events Live Using the Free Version of Zoom and Twitch. @ThePracticalDev #DevRel #streaming #zoom.
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I got to meet the awesome @ThugDebugger (and his amazing hair) yesterday at a @RenderATL event in Austin!. Met a lot of amazing folks, and learned about improving D&I efforts, KPIs, and other interesting topics. And the food was the best :). Looking forward to more events,
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What a great week at @appwrite with our Init celebration :). So far we announced Messaging, SSR, Enum and 2FA support, and 2 more days of announcements!. We have way over 3700 people signed up for Init. You can get your free ticket here and customize it.
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It really makes me happy to see the #opensource project that I believe in so much trending on #GitHub under #JavaScript :) I chose such a great company!. @appwrite is amazing with their open source community of developers and contributors! #baas #FireBaseAlternative #appwrite
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Feeling so proud to be at a company that's #1 on @GitHub! . Come hang out with us in Discord and see what this excitement is about! We have a very active community <3 See ya there! . <3 <3 <3.
Ohhh wow! @appwrite is now the most trending GitHub repository on the planet across all languages and we've just crossed 34k stars! ⭐️ 🚀 Yey! Thank you for the support!!. Check us out:
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Wow, our open-source project @appwrite is coming close to 40k stars! . I love the developer community 🥹🥹🥹 If you haven't starred it yet, I won't stop ya 😊.
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I'm hosting another #hacktoberfest event on Mon, Sept 26th! at 8am PDT/3pm UTC <3 @appwrite. ➡️Intro to Hacktoberfest @christyjacob4.➡️Intro to Git and GitHub @blackgirlbytes.➡️#OpenSource Advocacy & Community, Fireside chat with @jonobacon and @TessaMero.
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Huge props to @Github. Their swag consists of necessities (toothbrush, toothpaste, ramen, oatmeal, etc etc) That attendees assemble in a swag bag. GitHub then donates either the swagbag or donations for the homeless. Wow. #caribbeandevcon . Every company should do this!
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Our Discord stage has a cap of 300 attendees. There's 282 RSVP's to today's event with @dianasoyster :-D. We've never had this many people sign up to our events on Discord before! I'm. just in awe :). Come join! It starts in 50 minutes and we are going live!.
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@girlziplocked Listening, communicating in a way without blaming or attacking others. I can keep repeating this. Listen and understand others and put thought into your response without responding emotionally.
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It was a great dinner last night with guests @MrAhmadAwais, @jsmasterypro , and @ykdojo having an Irish ☘️ dinner 😋 with the Appwrite team . If you don’t follow them, you definitely should. 😊 They are pretty awesome 😎 . #GitHubUniverse
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Me after I run into a friend at a conference and start pulling out @appwrite swags to give away. 👇.
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@katsanos_george I also see a trend in your tweets of you stating an opinion and people “mobbing” you. I think you have a way of saying things but it’s the way it’s worded that has a negative effect. I am happy to help via DM as I understand not everyone’s strongest skills are communication.
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When I woke up today, I imagined a DevRel 1 day event that was structured:. * Sessions for Senior DevRel.* Sessions for People trying to get into DevRel.* AMA Panel session on DevRel.* Evening Reception for both parties to network/hire. Would there be people interested in this?.
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Guess what I just received? 💳 My personalized Cloud card from @appwrite! 🚀. Appwrite Cloud just announced their Public Beta!. 🌥️ Sign up now and claim your own card at PS: Limited edition cloud hoodies up for grabs 🤩. #AppwriteCloud.
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My sister is a pretty damn amazing community manager. (Also I’ve been her mentor since she was a baby). I’m significantly older 😆 She’s well experienced and does it well! This job market is rough though. If anyone is hiring a part time community manager, you will be impressed.
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Tomorrow is the day I stop by the @Cisco office and return the rest of what I have. I will miss you all at @CiscoDevNet and thank you team for being so caring and helpful since I resigned, <3. Who wants to do lunch in downtown Seattle?.
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Any young ladies that wants to go to a tech meetup in #Seattle, I can protect you and teach you how to network. I’m always happy to support and empower this community!. My DMs are open. I’m VERY welcoming and friendly! Don’t be intimidated at all. I love mentoring!. #IGotYourBack.
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A little preview of the venue tonight for the Seattle DevRel Meetup tonight. Almost 60 people are confirmed. Guest list is at the bottom of the page. Video below also!.
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I probably read only 1 book for every 5 books I buy. As of this week, I'm going to spend more nights reading than watching TV. The only way to really level up in life is to gain more knowledge. Posting for self-accountability 😅😅😅. I have 3 books that I want to get done this.
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Hi developer friends <3 <3. I wrote up a blog post today about positive virtual event experience. If you've recently attended/sponsored/spoke at any virtual events recently, please contribute your thoughts via DM and I'll credit you. @ThePracticalDev .
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@EmmaBostian “The Power of Now” by Eckhart Tolle. I battled with depression my whole life UNTIL I read this book in 2009. It somehow cured me. I don’t get it. But it educates you on how to retrain your thoughts and focus on positive thinking.
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With friends at #MSBuild! @codebeast @simona_cotin @AaronGustafson :-). Oh hi @cloudinary recognize some faces here? ;-)
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Come join our team! :-D.
I'm looking for a new Co-worker at @appwrite, someone who wants to join the DevRel team! . In summary, we're looking for someone who can help write technical content, create short form education videos, keep up with social media/discord engagement, and most importantly, **strong.
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Thanks for having me on the show @tdesseyn !.
Career Conversations w/Tessa Mero, Head of Dev Rel at Appwrite
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One of the things I love about working at @appwrite is after getting hired, one of your first tasks is finding an open source project that you care about for us to sponsor. ☺️🥰.
Companies should sponsor people on GitHub Sponsors - that's the tweet!. Like, reply + retweet if you agree?.
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Your developer community is important. Listen to their feedback. They are the ones using your product. :) . One of the many reasons why it's so exciting to be at Appwrite is how strong the community is. Often they are saying how much they love the product and how much development.
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Even when I was on maternity leave, whenever my babies were sleeping, I'd have them next to me while I was coding/working on a project. This is how you do it RIGHT! 🤩😍.
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My feed today is entirely made up of @ThatConference posts. And I love it ☺️. And yes, true FOMO happening on my end. Enjoy the event yall :).
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If you host meetups or any kind of small event, such as a hackathon, and need a little boost to growing your community with provided pizza and giveaway items, then fill out this form. Our #DevRel team at @Appwrite wants to support more community dev events. :-).
📢 Announcing Food & Swag Fund 📢 . We're stoked to announce the launch of a special "Pizza & Swag" fund to support more community events on a global level 🤩 . 🔗 Learn how to apply from here -
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I'm really loving our 1.4 @appwrite release 🥰 The new migration tool to migrate your data very quickly is awesome. Migrate your data to appwrite, out of appwrite, or from self hosting to cloud, vice versa :D. Allowing devs to own their own data is something our team strongly
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#VueJS hacking meetup. We’re all working on projects. Some are helping newbies getting started with @vuejs! . Thank you @cloudinary for sponsoring us to run these monthly events!. PS - we all agreed that the next hacking meetup we will have a pajama night in onesies!
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Wow, we are 8 tickets away from crossing 3000 ticket signups to @appwrite's Init celebration next week! Thank you to the support of the developer community <3. If you haven't got your ticket yet, you can at and let me know your ticket # :). Init is.
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I laughed too hard at this image. /cc @JessicaDunbar posted this on FB. http://t.co/6IrVcFOn8i.
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I feel honored to be able to see @dianasoyster speak in person! She was so great and really connected with the audience. She’s a #DevRel star 🌟
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Thanks again to all the developers who donated blankets to me. I have given them all out to the homeless and watched a lot of people praise God that a miracle happened to them. You can read my story here:
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First day we took my son driving. I had to bring a pillow to hold onto from fear. We are still alive 😅 Eventful day. 😅.
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I am headed to Prague tomorrow. Excited 😊 will be my 2nd time there. Both work related ^_^.
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Warning: Sensitive Topic. In 2020, I made a decision to adopt a senior dog (mixed maltese) named Casper, age 13. He was in a shelter because his human mom passed away with no friends/family. During the last days of Caspers life around February this year, he didn't sleep for 3.
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Drove 11 hours today during my journey to moving to Florida. Just checked in my hotel. I should arrive by tomorrow night at my new place if I wake up at a decent time and start driving again. Sunday I will unpack the moving truck 🛻 . Everything is on schedule 😊.
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Well. Tried something new today. Found out a new skill I have: presenting to children. They were all on their edge of the seat engaged with me and loved it. I did use video games as an analogy for every point I made Lol. That was my trick.
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Happy New Years everyone! . My #1 goal for 2019 is to slowly purchase all necessities on the Amazon wishlist for the homeless teen shelter in Seattle for @YouthCareSEA. You’d be surprised of what these kids are asking for: . You’re welcome to help too!.
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