Yesenia Yser
Co-lead of the OpenSSF Mentorship Program and the BEAR Working Group (Belonging, Empowerment, Allyship, and Representation), focused on making open source accessible and running mentorship outreach and onboarding efforts.
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Mar 17, 2026 • 23min
Empowering New Maintainers: Inside the OpenSSF Mentorship Program
Yesenia Yser, co-lead of the OpenSSF Mentorship Program and BEAR advocate for accessibility in open source. Kairo De Araujo, open source engineer and rstuf maintainer focused on security supply chains. They discuss bringing newcomers into software security. They highlight team-based mentorship, surprising maintainer outcomes, onboarding improvements, mentor/mentee tips, and key dates for the next paid mentorship cycle.
