Dear Members. Thank you very much for the postulation. I will do my best if I am be elected. You can read my statement below *Name:* Gloria Patricia Meneses Portilla *Region of Residence:* South America, Temporarily based in Europe (Albania) *Gender: *Female *Affiliation:* Board member at Karisma Foundation and Member of Minka Digital, volunteer at Mozilla community (2009 - 2013), Free lance backend developer and Big Data *Position applied for:* Secretary *Why am I running for the position:* I have been involved with ICANN community as a fellow since 2014 and again in 2018, when I joined to NPOC and become more active. Currently, I am looking to be more involved in the community, more active and provide support to the members. As I mentioned above, I have been involved with Karisma Foundation in Colombia, which is a civic non profit organization that promotes human right in digital environments and recently involved with Minka Digital, a new born civic organization. For a long period of time, I was very active at Mozilla community leading the local community in Colombia and as a representative for Latin America. Mozilla and Karisma showed me a wider view of Internet, in fact, due to them, I got involved in Internet Governance, attending different IGF events in my country, Latin America and Globally. *Conflicts of Interest:* None. *Able to work per week:* 4-7h. *Involvement in WG’s and PDPs: *No Best regards, -- Gloria Patricia Meneses Portilla Linux user No *542404*