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A photo of a non-binary person with large breasts, olive skin, purple hair and a side shave, who is wearing dark glasses and a leather jacket and standing in front of a red and white triumph bonneville.

NAME: aeva black

AGE: about 40

HAIR COLOR: changes frequently

EYE COLOR: changes infrequently

GENDER: irrelevant

PRONOUN: they/them

LOCATION: seattle, wa

Aeva Black is a non-binary hacker, open source advocate, and public speaker who currently serves as the Section Chief for Open Source Software Security at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). They previously held roles at several non-profits -- including the Open Source Initiative, the Open Source Security Foundation, and the OpenStack Foundation -- and led development teams at a few companies -- including Hewlett Packard Enterprise, IBM, and Microsoft.

Aeva spends their spare time tending a small garden, riding motorcycles, and supporting local LGBTQ+ community in Seattle.