<s>
R-Ladies	B-Language
is	O
an	O
organization	O
that	O
promotes	O
gender	O
diversity	O
in	O
the	O
community	O
of	O
users	O
of	O
the	O
R	B-Language
statistical	I-Language
programming	I-Language
language	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
made	O
up	O
of	O
local	O
chapters	O
affiliated	O
with	O
the	O
worldwide	O
coordinating	O
organization	O
R-Ladies	B-Language
Global	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
October	O
1	O
,	O
2012	O
,	O
Gabriela	O
de	O
Queiroz	O
,	O
a	O
data	O
scientist	O
,	O
founded	O
R-Ladies	B-Language
in	O
San	O
Francisco	O
(	O
United	O
States	O
)	O
after	O
participating	O
in	O
similar	O
free	O
initiatives	O
through	O
Meetup	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
that	O
year	O
,	O
Gabriela	O
de	O
Queiroz	O
and	O
Erin	O
LeDell	O
of	O
R-Ladies	B-Language
San	O
Francisco	O
;	O
Chiin-Rui	O
Tan	O
,	O
Alice	O
Daish	O
,	O
Hannah	O
Frick	O
,	O
Rachel	O
Kirkham	O
and	O
Claudia	O
Vitolo	O
of	O
R-Ladies	B-Language
London	O
;	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
Heather	O
Turner	O
joined	O
to	O
apply	O
for	O
a	O
grant	O
from	O
the	O
R	B-Language
Consortium	O
,	O
with	O
which	O
they	O
asked	O
for	O
support	O
for	O
the	O
global	O
expansion	O
of	O
the	O
organization	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2016	O
,	O
with	O
this	O
scholarship	O
,	O
R-Ladies	B-Language
Global	I-Language
was	O
founded	O
and	O
in	O
2018	O
it	O
was	O
declared	O
as	O
a	O
high-level	O
project	O
by	O
the	O
R	B-Language
Consortium	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
R-Ladies	B-Language
meetings	O
are	O
organized	O
around	O
workshops	O
and	O
talks	O
,	O
led	O
by	O
people	O
that	O
identify	O
as	O
female	O
or	O
as	O
gender	O
minorities	O
(	O
including	O
but	O
not	O
limited	O
to	O
cis/trans	O
women	O
,	O
trans	O
men	O
,	O
non-binary	O
,	O
genderqueer	O
,	O
agender	O
,	O
pangender	O
,	O
two-spirt	O
,	O
gender-fluid	O
,	O
neutrois	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
R-Ladies	B-Language
groups	O
aim	O
to	O
promote	O
a	O
culture	O
of	O
inclusion	O
within	O
their	O
events	O
and	O
community	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
R-Ladies	B-Language
also	O
collaborates	O
with	O
other	O
projects	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
NASA	O
Datanauts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gabriela	O
de	O
Queiroz	O
is	O
a	O
chief	O
data	O
scientist	O
at	O
IBM	O
,	O
the	O
founder	O
of	O
the	O
global	O
R-Ladies	B-Language
and	O
AI	O
Inclusive	O
organizations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Interested	O
in	O
creating	O
an	O
inclusive	O
space	O
for	O
women	O
learning	O
the	O
programming	O
language	O
R	B-Language
,	O
she	O
began	O
a	O
Meetup	O
group	O
in	O
the	O
San	O
Francisco	O
Bay	O
area	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
then	O
,	O
the	O
R-Ladies	B-Language
organization	O
has	O
grown	O
to	O
more	O
than	O
178	O
groups	O
in	O
48	O
countries	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
her	O
work	O
with	O
R-Ladies	B-Language
,	O
de	O
Queiroz	O
is	O
an	O
expert	O
in	O
machine	O
learning	O
and	O
leads	O
IBM	O
's	O
AI	O
Strategy	O
and	O
Innovations	O
team	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Her	O
team	O
contributes	O
to	O
projects	O
such	O
as	O
TensorFlow	B-Language
.	O
</s>
