User:Abbyfluoroethane

Abby Bigaouette
— Wikipedian ♀ —
	Me in 2023
Name	Abby Bigaouette
Born	January 15, 2004 (age 20); Norman, Oklahoma
Pronouns	she/her/hers
Nationality	United States of America, Cherokee Nation
Current location	Tahlequah, Oklahoma
Languages	English, Cherokee
Contact info
Website	bigaouette.com
Email	abbybigaouette.com
Instagram	abbyfluoroethane
LinkedIn	abby-bigaouette
Mastodon	tech.lgbt/@abbyfluoroethane
Userboxes
	This user has publicly declared that they have a conflict of interest regarding these Wikipedia articles: CNHI, LLC; Tahlequah Daily Press;
	This user is a professional graphic designer.
News	This user reads broadsheet newspapers.
	This user loves rockets.
	This user builds model rockets.

Hello | ᎣᏏᏲ

Hello! My name is Abby Bigaouette, welcome to my user page. I was born in Norman, Oklahoma on January 15, 2004. I am a member of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma and currently live in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. I am currently learning the Cherokee language as well as Japanese.

What the hell is ᎣᏏᏲ?

ᎣᏏᏲ (osiyo) is the Cherokee word for hello.

What's with the username?

The word abbyfluoroethane is a portmanteau of Abby and 1,1-Difluoroethane, the refrigerant commonly found in computer duster. I am not joking when I say it came to me in a dream.

What am I doing here?

I am a person with a very diverse set of interests and knowledge and contribute to the following topics:

Spaceflight
- National Security Space Launch
- International Space Station
- NASA, SpaceX, Blue Origin, and various other private spaceflight companies
- Cancelled projects such as the Constellation program, Ares I, Liberty, and OmegA
Aviation topics, including the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II, Boeing–Saab T-7 Red Hawk, and Northrop T-38 Talon
High-power rocketry and the hobby's governing bodies, Tripoli Rocketry Association and the National Association of Rocketry
Computer science topics
- Linux distributions including Fedora Linux and Ubuntu
- Other operating systems including Microsoft Windows, macOS, iOS, iPadOS, and Android
- The programming languages C#, Java, and Python
Preservation of information pertaining to local newspapers, especially those located in my home state.
Topics regarding gender and sexuality.

What I'm like in meatspace

Since August 2022, I have been a graphic designer at the Tahlequah Daily Press, where I can frequently be found scrolling the Main Page of Wikipedia on my breaks. I have also done journalism, photography, 3D modeling, and graphic design in a freelance capacity since 2018.

I spend most of my free time talking to friends on Discord, working on various 3D printing or high-power rocketry projects, and playing the video games Kerbal Space Program, Forza Motorsport, and Microsoft Flight Simulator.

Disclosure

I may edit pages for newspapers owned by my employer, CNHI, LLC, as well as the page for the Tahlequah Daily Press. My work on Wikipedia is neither compensated nor endorsed by my employer and they have no direction over the edits I make.