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We have another addition to the Shielded Labs team! Michael Guima (@michael2xl) is joining as our Community Lead. He’ll help us build stronger connections with the Zcash community and keep people informed about our work. He’ll also develop educational resources and documentation that explain the technology behind our projects and make Zcash governance easier to understand and follow. Michael leads @zcashbrazil, where he has built a team whose contributions span education, software development, design, and community building. They publish news and tutorials in Portuguese, organize events such as Zcon Vozes, and represent Zcash at Brazil’s major crypto events. They created the Zcash Global Discord, a central gathering place for the Zcash community. They also helped launch ZecHub DAO and advise new communities as they get started. Under his leadership, the team has developed and continues to maintain more than ten open-source products. These include the first Zcash faucet on mainnet, ZebraPi—the first plug-and-play Zebra node—and LiveZEC, which lets livestreamers receive ZEC donations. Much of their work serves the wider Zcash community, well beyond Brazil. Michael also developed @openzcash, a community resource that brings together information about Zcash and presents it in a clear and useful format. It lets people explore how grants are funded and paid, follow governance proposals, and review voting results, with links to the underlying sources. I’ve been especially impressed by the depth of the data and the thought he’s put into presenting it. It’s a strong example of his ability to turn complex information into something the community can easily explore and use. I’ve long admired Michael’s contributions to Zcash and often interacted with him during my time on Zcash Community Grants. The energy he brings to his work and how much his team accomplished always stood out to me. Under his leadership, Zcash Brazil has become a model for other regional Zcash communities. Michael will continue to lead Zcash Brazil in a more limited capacity as he takes on his role at Shielded Labs. I’m looking forward to working closely with him and seeing what we can build together. Please join me in welcoming Michael to Shielded Labs!