# Core Contributor Nomination: Jacobo Dominguez **URL:** \ **Category:** Core Contributors\ **Tags:** cc-nomination\ **Created:** [November 5, 2025, 7:43pm UTC](https://discuss.openedx.org/t/core-contributor-nomination-jacobo-dominguez/17525 "2025-11-05T19:43:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DianaVillalvazo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.openedx.org/dianavillalvazo/32/8766_2.png) [@DianaVillalvazo](https://discuss.openedx.org/u/DianaVillalvazo)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2025, 7:43pm UTC](https://discuss.openedx.org/t/core-contributor-nomination-jacobo-dominguez/17525/1 "2025-11-05T19:43:24Z")
Hi everyone! I’d like to nominate @jacobo for a Core Contributor role as a Code Contributor to `frontend-apps` and Maintainer to `frontend-app-account` and `frontend-app-profile` 🥳 **Commitment** : Jacobo, a member of the WGU team 🦉, has been focused exclusively on the Open edX project since April and will be contributing full-time to the Open edX project. **Caliber:** In that time he’s made [pull requests to various repositories](https://github.com/pulls?q=is:pr+author:jacobo-dominguez-wgu+user:openedx). His code contributions are consistently high-quality. He is constantly contributing on the effort to clean and modernize Open Edx Frontend repos with modern best practices. For example: - Frontend-base MFE conversions. ([Profile](https://github.com/openedx/frontend-app-profile/pull/1280) / [Account](https://github.com/openedx/frontend-app-account/pull/1325)) - Helped on the effort for depr react-unit-test-utils and use rtl ([18 PRs](https://github.com/openedx/frontend-app-authoring/issues/2075) just on frontend-app-authoring). - [React import cleanup](https://github.com/openedx/paragon/pull/3840) (Paragon) **Conduct:** Jacobo is a thoughtful code reviewer. He’s been [involved in over 30 PRs](https://github.com/search?q=org:openedx++commenter:jacobo-dominguez-wgu+-author:jacobo-dominguez-wgu&type=pullrequests), consistently providing thorough feedback in a helpful and respectful manner. For example: - [Admin Console - Error boundary](https://github.com/openedx/frontend-app-admin-console/pull/11) - [Authoring - Markdown editor](https://github.com/openedx/frontend-app-authoring/pull/2456) - [Authoring - Text Direction Course Overview](https://github.com/openedx/frontend-app-authoring/pull/2437) **Comment Period:** Please provide comments/feedback on Jacobo’s nomination before Wednesday, November 19. Let me know if you have any questions. Happy to support this nomination however I can! ---
**Author:** ![Jesse.Stewart.WGU](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.openedx.org/jesse.stewart.wgu/32/8231_2.png) [@Jesse.Stewart.WGU](https://discuss.openedx.org/u/Jesse.Stewart.WGU)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2025, 8:24pm UTC](https://discuss.openedx.org/t/core-contributor-nomination-jacobo-dominguez/17525/2 "2025-11-05T20:24:16Z")
+1 from me! @jacobo has already shown Core Contributor–level ownership and care in his work across the frontend ecosystem. His recent contributions to the `frontend-base` conversions and his ongoing work to modernize testing practices demonstrate both technical strength and a long-term mindset for the platform. ---
**Author:** ![braden](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.openedx.org/braden/32/46_2.png) [@braden](https://discuss.openedx.org/u/braden)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2025, 8:56pm UTC](https://discuss.openedx.org/t/core-contributor-nomination-jacobo-dominguez/17525/3 "2025-11-05T20:56:56Z")
+1 I happily support this nomination! Thanks for volunteering to take those on, @jacobo 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![brian.smith](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.openedx.org/brian.smith/32/4259_2.png) [@brian.smith](https://discuss.openedx.org/u/brian.smith)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2025, 5:38pm UTC](https://discuss.openedx.org/t/core-contributor-nomination-jacobo-dominguez/17525/4 "2025-11-10T17:38:39Z")
## +1 from me! Jacobo is absolutely a talented developer, and is always respectful in communications as a PR reviewer and reviewee. His work shows that he cares about the health of the frontend codebase and community. Those are definitely qualities that are wonderful to see in a maintainer! Thanks for taking these on! ---
**Author:** ![TyHob](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.openedx.org/tyhob/32/7930_2.png) [@TyHob](https://discuss.openedx.org/u/TyHob)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2025, 8:24pm UTC](https://discuss.openedx.org/t/core-contributor-nomination-jacobo-dominguez/17525/5 "2025-11-13T20:24:10Z")
+1 from me as well, Jacobo has been a life saver for the RBAC project. ---
**Author:** ![tpayne](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.openedx.org/tpayne/32/9621_2.png) [@tpayne](https://discuss.openedx.org/u/tpayne)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2025, 3:14pm UTC](https://discuss.openedx.org/t/core-contributor-nomination-jacobo-dominguez/17525/6 "2025-11-18T15:14:00Z")
+1 from me. Jacobo has been great to work with! ---
**Author:** ![DianaVillalvazo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.openedx.org/dianavillalvazo/32/8766_2.png) [@DianaVillalvazo](https://discuss.openedx.org/u/DianaVillalvazo)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2025, 8:04pm UTC](https://discuss.openedx.org/t/core-contributor-nomination-jacobo-dominguez/17525/7 "2025-11-19T20:04:37Z")
With 6 +1’s and no concerns raised, this nomination passes, I’m pleased to welcome @jacobo to the CC program! 🥳 > > > \### Firm Name > > WGU > > \### User List (case sensitive!) - Please also include in tic…ket title > > Jacobo Dominguez, @jacobo-dominguez-wgu > > \### Core Contributor nomination thread > > https://discuss.openedx.org/t/core-contributor-nomination-jacobo-dominguez/17525 > > \### Special Requests > > \_No response\_ ---
**Author:** ![sarina](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.openedx.org/sarina/32/2308_2.png) [@sarina](https://discuss.openedx.org/u/sarina)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2026, 2:42pm UTC](https://discuss.openedx.org/t/core-contributor-nomination-jacobo-dominguez/17525/8 "2026-01-13T14:42:47Z")
@DianaVillalvazo @jacobo could you update the catalog-info.yaml (ex [frontend-app-account/catalog-info.yaml at master · openedx/frontend-app-account · GitHub](https://github.com/openedx/frontend-app-account/blob/master/catalog-info.yaml)) in fea-account and fea-profile to reflect new maintainership? ---
**Author:** ![DianaVillalvazo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.openedx.org/dianavillalvazo/32/8766_2.png) [@DianaVillalvazo](https://discuss.openedx.org/u/DianaVillalvazo)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2026, 10:25pm UTC](https://discuss.openedx.org/t/core-contributor-nomination-jacobo-dominguez/17525/9 "2026-01-13T22:25:23Z")
update done! 🙂