# Hello from the Bay Area!

**URL:** <https://forum.confluent.io/t/hello-from-the-bay-area/2527>\
**Category:** Lounge\
**Created:** [18 August 2021 19:57 UTC](https://forum.confluent.io/t/hello-from-the-bay-area/2527 "2021-08-18T19:57:02Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![danicafine](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.confluent.io/danicafine/32/2995_2.png) [@danicafine](https://forum.confluent.io/u/danicafine)\
**Post date:** [18 August 2021 19:57 UTC](https://forum.confluent.io/t/hello-from-the-bay-area/2527/1 "2021-08-18T19:57:03Z")

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Hey, everyone! My name is Danica, and I’m the newest developer advocate here at Confluent. I’m really looking forward to getting involved in this community and seeing how you all are using Kafka!

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**Author:** ![Rocha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e95f7d/32.png) [@Rocha](https://forum.confluent.io/u/Rocha)\
**Post date:** [10 September 2021 14:46 UTC](https://forum.confluent.io/t/hello-from-the-bay-area/2527/2 "2021-09-10T14:46:18Z")

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Hi, I am new here, glad to meet you, Danica!

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**Author:** ![rmoff](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.confluent.io/rmoff/32/3_2.png) [@rmoff](https://forum.confluent.io/u/rmoff)\
**Post date:** [13 September 2021 08:36 UTC](https://forum.confluent.io/t/hello-from-the-bay-area/2527/3 "2021-09-13T08:36:57Z")

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hey @danicafine , welcome - excited to have you on the team!