Emily Witko

@witko.bsky.social

I’m a people person who supports our team as they work to democratize AI at Hugging Face 🤗 I live in Sacramento, by way of Brooklyn. Winter is better here.

This funny thing happens to me after a few days in france. The monologue in my brain is still in English, but it has a French accent. Do other non-native french speakers have this experience? I'm so curious about why it happens!

Is there a word to describe the very specific feeling of realizing that I didn’t *actually* cancel my Audible subscription 18 months ago when I thought I did?

Just had the pleasure of applying for a car loan and trying several times to get the lovely person on the phone to understand that I am saying that my employer is HUGGING FACE. 🤦

At @hf.co we care about people. We are successful 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 of our diversity. Our team spans countries, genders, educational backgrounds, races, ages, and more, and we are honored to have every single person here working towards a better AI.

As I reflect more on my partner's recent swearing-in at the Supreme Court, I'm reminded of the importance of visibility in the workplace. When I first started at @hf.co almost three years ago, I was the only nonbinary person and the only person to use they/them pronouns.

“𝗜’𝗺 𝘀𝘂𝗱𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗾𝘂𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗱” – 𝗝𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗞𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗷𝗶 𝗕𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗝𝗮𝗰𝗸𝘀𝗼𝗻 Yesterday, I was in Washington D.C., with my partner, who is an attorney and open about being transgender at work. We were in our nation’s capital because he was being sworn in as an attorney at the Supreme Court.

My partner in a blue suit, stands next to a sign in the Supreme Court waiting area that reads "Welcome National Trans Bar Association"

Over Thanksgiving, my dad, who admittedly, has come a long way from his socially conservative upbringing, was complaining about how he “no longer sees himself represented” in baseball “these days because there are no longer and white players.” Just looked it up. ~60% of MLB players are white.