Juliana Rotich is a blogger, digital activist and environment editor of Global Voices Online. With Global Voices, she helps to aggregate, curate and amplify online conversations, with particular focus on technology, the environment, renewable energy, and digital expression in Africa and the developing world.

 Juliana is also the Program Director of Ushahidi.com, an innovative non-profit web startup that is creating a tool and mashup for mapping crises. Prior to joining global voices online and Ushahidi, Juliana spent several years as an IT professional working in Kansas City as a Database Administrator then later as a Data Analyst at Hewitt Associates, Chicago. She is also a contributing author on Afrigadget.com where she highlights African ingenuity in everything from children's toys to wind powered cell phone base stations. Juliana is particularly proud to be one of the TED Fellows and bloggers who covered the first ever African TEDGlobal conference in Arusha June 2007. She has spoken at at events such as The Digital Activism conference in Istanbul and at DEMO08 on technology in Africa, citizen media and renewable energy. 

Juliana is currently focused on Ushahidi's mission of crowdsourcing crisis information, and is part of the team that is building the next version of the Ushahidi Engine. She is also focused on using new media tools to create a network of environmental bloggers from around the world, elevating and encouraging more conversations and engagement on environmental matters. Juliana writes, attends conferences and leads environmental initiatives in the online and offline worlds, particularly regarding Africa. Juliana is no stranger to technology, as she holds a Bachelors of Science Degree in Information Technology from the University of Missouri Kansas City. She believes that technology can bring further transformation in the developing world, particularly when coupled with the entrepreneurial and innovative energy of the youth.