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Expand Up @@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ Every team builds their app from the same set of instructions, but each comes ou

When new developers and mentors join the Collab Lab community they join a group of brilliant and supportive friends that stretch across the globe. Every quarter a new cohort starts that consists of several regionally-based teams. Those teams are comprised of four developers who collaborate to complete an app of their own and three mentors to help support them through the project.

_Why are we sharing the pronouns we use to describe ourselves?_
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I’d probably change this to a ### header, but that’s non-blocking feedback.


Gender identity is a significant part of who we are as individuals, and we want our developers to feel comfortable bringing their whole selves to Collab Lab. [Here's a great blog post](https://www.cultureamp.com/blog/sharing-gender-pronouns-at-work/) with more information about the use of gender pronouns.
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Suuuuuper nitpicky, but please change Here's to Here’s ← apostrophe instead of straight, single quote. Thank you for indulging my need for correct typography 😅

That article from CultureAmp (who we use at Zapier for internal surveys) is 💯 !!! Great find and I love the wording of this whole section!


## Why do we do what we do?

Knowing how to code is just one aspect of being a professional web developer. Another super important skill is knowing how to collaborate effectively on a software team—that’s where Collab Lab comes into play!
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