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-## Event info
+## Title: Drawing the Future: Making Scientific Python More Accessible with Comics
 
-The US-RSE Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Working Group (DEI-WG) is proud to
-present the next talk in the US-RSE DEI-WG Speaker Series, from 
+The 
+[US-RSE Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Working Group (DEI-WG)](https://us-rse.org/wg/dei/) 
+is proud to
+present the next talk in the US-RSE DEI Speaker Series, from 
 **[Mars Lee](https://www.linkedin.com/in/mars-lee/)**.
 
 **Date/Time: December 14, 2022 3:00-4:00 ET (12:00-1:00 PT)**
 
 **[Register Now!](https://emory.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0pfumqrTwtGt2Ye4pUjOHFpWd2_bTNzHJ2)**
 
-### About the Speaker
+### Abstract
 
-**[Mars Lee](https://www.linkedin.com/in/mars-lee/)**, Quansight
+Comics are an unexpected but incredibly powerful medium! Through illustrations, story and humor, comics invite under-represented groups into OSS and introduce new topics.
 
-Mars Lee is a technical illustrator and front-end developer at Quansight, 
-focused on solving social issues with technology, 
-especially in making data science more visual, accessible and fun! 
-See her 'Codesprite' comic series, [https://medium.com/@codesprite.explains](https://medium.com/@codesprite.explains),
-and her zine on how to add alt text to scientific illustrations:  
-[https://heyzine.com/flip-book/f3c7f85cdc.html](https://heyzine.com/flip-book/f3c7f85cdc.html). 
-She also recently gave an Early Career Keynote at the RSE Asia Unconference: 
-[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPHJhLgbK5w](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPHJhLgbK5w).
+This talk will highlight the speaker’s recent comic: 
+[“How to Write Alt Text For Scientific Diagrams and Documentation”](https://heyzine.com/flip-book/f3c7f85cdc.html). 
+By breaking down accessibility concepts into byte-sized pieces, 
+readers learn, laugh and bring back actionable steps to their own OSS projects.
 
-### Abstract
+But how did an illustrator end up in the Scientific Python space in the first place? 
+Find out as the speaker recounts her journey from outsider to collaborator. 
+She lays out the intensely collaborative comic-making process, from discussion with domain experts, 
+translating technical concepts, drawing and printing.
+
+She also highlights how deliberate community-building and funding of DEI set the ground for her work. 
+Specifically, the structural and cultural changes in the NumPy community funded by the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) grants.
+
+Through this give and take, this talk aims for attendees to understand the power of design in OSS. And ultimately, for attendees of all skill sets to start doodling their own comics!
+
+### About the Speaker
+
+**[Mars Lee](https://www.linkedin.com/in/mars-lee/)**, Quansight
 
-An abstract will be added closer to the date of the event.
+Mars Lee is a Technical Illustrator at Quansight,
+ where she makes byte-sized comics that explain technical topics. 
+ She is part of the NumPy and Open Source Design community. 
+ She was also an [Early Career Keynote Speaker](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPHJhLgbK5w) 
+ at the RSE Asia Australia Unconference 2022. 
+ You might have seen her rollerskate by, comics in hand, at 
+ [SciPy 2022](https://youtu.be/yhwXDaaq09s?t=161). 
+ Feel free to connect at <https://twitter.com/marsbarlee> or <https://www.linkedin.com/in/mars-lee/>.
 
 ## US-RSE DEI-WG Speaker Series