Nyah Macklin is a Developer Evangelist at Couchbase. Nyah has a non-traditional background, with a degree in African & Afro-American Studies and a career in civil service and community organizing. This background gave them the expertise to decipher the ways systems within tech perpetuate the exclusion of historically underrepresented communities, and implement policies to counteract that fact. Nyah cares about making technology and software accessible to as many communities as possible. Twitter: @NyahMacklinDev