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+---
+author: catherine
+date: 2022-08-24T00:00:00Z
+title: Announcing August's Linkerd Hero
+description: "We are excited to announce this month's Linkerd Hero: Dani Baeyens. Congrats, Dani!"
+feature: '/uploads/dani-baeyens.png'
+thumbnail: '/uploads/dani-baeyens.png'
+tags:
+  - Community
+items:
+  - 
+keywords: [hero, community]
+---
+
+We are excited to announce this month's Linkerd Hero: Dani Baeyens. Congrats, Dani!
+
+## What are Linkerd Heroes?
+
+Linkerd Heroes are community members who best represent the spirit of the Linkerd
+community. Whether it's helping others, answering questions, sharing their successes
+(and failures!) with the world at large, or contributing code or docs, Linkerd Heroes
+are instrumental in making the Linkerd community the amazing place it is today.
+
+## Congrats, Dani Baeyens!
+
+This month's hero is [Dani Baeyens](http://www.linkedin.com/in/danibaeyens),
+who contributed changes to fully support RSA signatures on Linkerd's trust anchors.
+The trust anchor is the root of authentication in Linkerd, and allowing RSA
+signatures makes it even easier to integrate Linkerd into an existing workflow.
+Thanks, Dani, for helping us make Linkerd 2.12 more awesome!
+
+![Dani Baeyens](/uploads/dani-baeyens.png)
+
+## Nominate next month's Linkerd Hero
+
+Linkerd Heroes take many forms. Perhaps someone has answered your or the community’s
+pressing questions on Slack. Maybe you've read a blog post or watched a conference
+talk that helped spur your decision-making process or advance your Linkerd
+implementation. Or perhaps someone contributed an awesome Linkerd feature or bugfix
+that has made your life a lot easier. Who is your Linkerd Hero?
+[Submit your nomination for next month's hero here](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfNv--UnbbZSzW7J3SbREIMI-HaooyX9im8yLIGB7M_LKT_Fw/viewform?usp=sf_link)!
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 voted:
   badge: "/uploads/credly-badges_voted.svg"
   heroes:
+  - name: Dani Baeyens
+    date: August 2022
+    blurb: Technical contributions
+    hero_type: contributor
+    image: "/uploads/dani-baeyens-portrait.png"
+    alt: Portrait of Dani Baeyens
+    github_url: "https://www.linkedin.com/in/danibaeyens/"
   - name: Dominik Táskai
     date: July 2022
     blurb: Helping community members
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