Inside Djangonaut Space: The Ultimate Mentorship for Django Devs with Lilian Tran

In this conversation from DjangoCon US 2025, Lilian Tran shares her journey through Djangonaut Space, from mentee to captain, session organizer, and navigator.

Lillian discusses how Djangonaut Space helps new contributors get involved in Django, the different mentorship roles within the program, reviewing pull requests, building confidence in open source, and what it takes to grow a sustainable contributor community.

She also shares how the community can support Djangonaut Space through mentorship, navigation, and funding to help the program continue expanding opportunities for new Django contributors.

Recorded at DjangoCon US 2025 in Chicago.

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