People of WordPress: Leo Gopal In this series, we share some of the inspiring stories of how WordPress and its global network of contributors can change people’s lives for the better. This month we feature Leo Gopal, from South Africa, a back-end Developer and Customer Support agent on the encouragement and learning support the WordPress community can give. Writing as a channel of expression Curiosity, writing, and resilience are recurring themes in Leo’s story, and have mapped with his WordPress journey. High school was a difficult time for Leo, as he had a speech impediment which only subsided when he was with close friends or family. He began writing a journal as an avenue of expression and found every word arrived smoothly for him. It all began with WordPress 1.2 ‘Mingus’ In 2004, Leo discovered the joy of blogging [ more… ]