Rachel Baker

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Rachel will be presenting Put Your Site to REST With WP-API on Sunday in the Advanced Development track

Rachel has lead WordPress projects of all shapes and sizes. Including for high-traffic communities and Fortune 500 companies. She is a Senior Strategic Engineer at 10up where she pushes the limits of WordPress.

Rachel is a proud member of the WordPress Community. She is a WordPress Core Contributor and plugin developer. Rachel enjoys teaching and mentoring new developers at her local WordPress Meetup Group and Dev Bootcamp. She wants to see the WP-API project, a JSON-based REST API, rolled into core for WordPress 4.0.

Rachel lives in Chicago with her wife Yesenia and their three pets. She relaxes by going down a rabbit-hole of Wikipedia articles, listening to podcasts, or drinking beer.

About Michelle Schulp Hunt

Michelle is based in Minneapolis, MN, and is currently the Director of UX Engineering at Lone Rock Point. She has previously collaborated with clients ranging in size from solopreneurs to enterprise as an independent consultant. Michelle employs a strategy-based approach to design and development focused on solving tangible problems and achieving real goals based on how people think. She loves the open source community, and when she is not pursuing professional, personal, or wellness goals, she enjoys giving back through speaking and connecting with others. Her passions are communication and empowerment, and she believes in the power of "Why?"