Mykhailova, Mariia: - Mariia Mykhailova is a senior software engineer in the Quantum Systems group at Microsoft. She joined the team in 2017, just in time to participate in development of the first version of Microsoft Quantum Development Kit. These days she works in education and outreach, developing new learning tools for quantum computing and quantum programming, such as the Quantum Katas, and coming up with ways to make learning engaging and exciting. She is also a part-time lecturer at Northeastern University Seattle, teaching an "Introduction to Quantum Computing" class.