Deb Nicholson wants to make the world a better place with technology and social justice for all. She likes talking to developers about software patents, to project maintainers about leadership, and to activists about free software. In the service of worldwide free software promotion, she is a prolific speaker, writer, and both IRL and IRC meeting attender. When she's at home in Massachusetts, she volunteers for Girls Rock Campaign, haunts the science fiction book store, and keeps a small herb garden.