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Update with abstract: 022-12-DEI-speaker-series-Mars-Lee.md

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-## Event info
+## 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 open source software (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](https://quansight.com/),
+where she makes byte-sized comics that explain technical topics. 
+She is part of the [NumPy](https://numpy.org/) and [Open Source Design](https://opensourcedesign.net/) 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