Mariia Mykhailova is a principal software engineer at Azure Quantum, focusing on education and developer outreach. Mariia is the author and maintainer of the Quantum Katas project – an open-source collection of hands-on tutorials and exercises for learning quantum computing using Microsoft Quantum Development Kit, a part-time lecturer at Northeastern University, teaching an “Introduction to Quantum Computing” course, and the author of the O’Reilly book “Q# Pocket Guide”.