Documenting the Journey: Learning and Growing in Public | Ornella | Women Powering Web3 - Episode 03
13 Mar 2026 · 3:32
Ornella Vallana joins Women Powering Web3 to talk about documenting her own learning process while working remotely across the Ethereum ecosystem. She touches on time management, onboarding newcomers, and draws a loose parallel between decentralized governance and how distributed systems mirror the human brain. The short conversation closes on the value of building in public and sharing a journey as it happens.
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[music] Hi everyone, my name is Ornella and I am the volunteer and community hubs coordinator at the DevCon team at the Ethereum Foundation. I want to say thank you to Ethereum cat herders for the invitation to commemorate International Women's Day with some fun rapid fire questions. Here we go. >> [music] >> One word that defines women in web 3. Pioneers blockchain in one word Ethereum. Builder, researcher [music] or community. What describes me best? I'm definitely a community builder with a passion for research [music] and learning new things. Biggest opportunity for women in blockchain. Well, the fact
to be able to work in a [music] remote first environment is really helpful. Uh this culture helps a lot with family [music] work balance so that women can thrive in every aspect. One skill every web three women should [music] learn definitely time management. One myth about women in tech you want to break the typical right that we're not that many but I really think we are a lot. We're just busy [music] building. My proudest web free moment it's not just one it's several as every time I'm actually able to on board someone new to Ethereum that really needs it. That moment [music] when it clicks is really a rewarding experience in every sense.
And also being the volunteer and [music] community hubs coordinator for Devcon Argentina was also a very beautiful experience. Defi governance [music] or infra definitely I would say DeFi. One award for the future of [music] web street ethereum inclusion. What does that mean to me? It means everything. Coffee or code? Coffee with code? Code with coffee? [music] I would say both. White paper or podcast? Definitely a podcast. Online or in-person [music] events? Both have its charm, but inerson events have that unique and [music] special aspect that we all need as social human beings. L1 or [music] L2?
Definitely L1. Hackathon or conference? [music] I love DevCon, so I'll have to go with conference. One word for women's day, honor. A woman in web free who [music] inspires me at the moment. Nick so from protocol support at the athereum foundation. I think she does a great job and it's really awesome to see her work. Message to a woman entering web free online. I would say learn in public. Documenting [music] your learning journey really helps you also build your personal brand and also just like it's sometimes [music] good to look back at what you wrote at certain point. It makes you realize how far you've come.
So documenting and sharing your learning journey is really something worth doing. One word, decentralization feels like I would say it feels like our brain because all the nodes and they simulate like the neurons and the synapses are like transactions right between the blockchain and so it definitely looks like a one giant brain. The future is bright and it's built on Ethereum. Always remember that Ethereum is for everyone. And thank you so much Ethereum cat herders for the invitation to commemorate International Women's Day.
See you at Devcon. [music] >> [music]