Born in Milan, Ilaria Battiston is a 24-year-old Data Engineering student at Technical University of Munich. Huge database enthusiast, she is currently researching on index structures for her Master's Thesis. She has been involved with the Postgres community since 2018, some of her activities include: - participation in Postgres Women - student, mentor and organization admin for Google Summer of Code - conference organizer (mainly PGConfEU, volunteering in many others) - active member of the Code of Conduct Committee