Gabriela Mejias has been working in the field of persistent identifiers and open research infrastructure for the past six years. She's DataCite Community Manager and leads DataCite participation in two European Commission funded projects: FAIR-IMPACT and FAIRCORE4EOSC. In her role, she also contributes to DataCite outreach and collaborates with the broader community. Previously, Gabriela worked at ORCID focusing on community engagement, driving membership and adoption across the Europe, Middle East and Africa region and within ORCID consortia. She volunteers across organizations and initiatives to promote openness and inclusion in scholarly communications. She serves in the Board of Networked Digital Library of Thesis and Dissertations (NDLTD), in the NISO Plus Advisory Committee and NISO Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility committee. She has a degree in Communication Sciences from the University of Buenos Aires (Argentina).

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