Hillary J
Singer-Songwriter & Producer at Hillarynx
United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolHillary J is a multidisciplinary creative practitioner and community-focused manager who blends music, advocacy and data-driven engagement to reduce barriers for marginalised artists. With five years’ experience across tech and the cultural sector, she has led community strategy at Mozilla’s Common Voice—supporting contributions in 100+ languages and contributing localization work for Swahili and Setswana—and run data and engagement programmes at the UK Office for National Statistics. She designs inclusive artist development and accessibility initiatives for Attitude is Everything, builds grassroots learning spaces as a DIY musician and events producer, and has secured funding from Youth Music and Arts Council to develop her practice. Known for translating technical topics like AI bias into practical workshops and policy influence, she also co-founded Mozilla’s disability ERG after a late neurodivergence diagnosis, bringing lived experience into institutional change.
4 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Diploma of Education Creative Entrepreneurship at theWRD, Diploma of Education Creative Entrepreneurship at theWRD at The Ivors Academy TrustBachelor’s Degree Politics and International Relations with Quantitative Research, Bachelor’s Degree Politics and International Relations with Quantitative Research at University of Kent
Spanish, English
Github Skills (5)
internationalization10
localization10
crowdsourcing8
open-data7
voice7
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
common-voice/common-voice
Jul 2021 - Oct 2022
Common Voice is part of Mozilla's initiative to help teach machines how real people speak.
Role in this project:
Localization / Internationalization Specialist
Localization / Internationalization SpecialistContributions:20 commits, 11 PRs, 13 pushes in 1 year 3 months
Contributions summary:Hillary primarily contributed to the localization efforts for the Common Voice project. Their work involved updating and modifying language files, specifically for Swahili (sw) and Setswana (tn), translating and adjusting text strings. This role included adapting interface text for various languages to enhance user experience across diverse linguistic regions. The commits demonstrate a focus on managing and maintaining language-specific content within the project's localization system, involving edits in `messages.ftl` files.
internet-freedommachinesinitiativeopen-datavoice
common-voice/community-playbook
Jun 2021 - Jul 2022
Mozilla Voice Community Playbook
Contributions:1 release, 1 review, 169 commits in 1 year 1 month
mozillavoiceplaybook
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