Bio

Mariana Fossatti is the Decolonizing Wikipedia coordinator of ‘Whose Knowledge?’ She is a feminist and a free/libre culture activist from Uruguay, and a long-term Wikimedian. Previously, Mariana worked with ‘Whose Knowledge?’ for four years as #VisibleWikiWomen Campaign Coordinator. She has a background in sociology and she has a Master’s degree in Society and Development from the Universidad de la República, Uruguay. She co-founded the Uruguayan chapters of Creative Commons and Wikimedia in 2013. She has also worked in the APC Women Rights Program, amplifying women’s voices in tech on the GenderIT.org blog.