December hero blog (kubernetes#1253)

* December hero blog

* update: add thumbnail and publication date

Signed-off-by: Christian Mejlak <[email protected]>

* chore: remove trailing white space

Signed-off-by: Christian Mejlak <[email protected]>

Co-authored-by: Christian Mejlak <[email protected]>

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+author: catherine
+date: 2021-12-09T00:00:00Z
+title: Announcing December's Linkerd Hero
+feature: "/uploads/aleksandr-tarasov.jpeg"
+thumbnail: "/uploads/aleksandr-tarasov.jpeg"
+tags:
+  - Community
+description: 'Aleksandr is Director of Engineering at ANNA Money and recently wrote three great Linkerd blog posts.'
+keywords: [hero, meetup, community meeting]
+---
+If you attended this month's Linkerd Community meeting, you've already heard
+the news: this month's Linkerd Hero is Aleksandr Tarasov. Congrats,
+Aleksandr!
+
+## 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, Aleksandr!
+
+This month's hero is [Aleksandr Tarasov](https://github.com/aatarasoff).
+Aleksandr is Director of Engineering at ANNA Money and recently wrote three
+great Linkerd blog posts. In his first blog, he shares his team's
+decision-making process when
+[selecting Linkerd as their service mesh](https://aatarasoff.medium.com/the-journey-to-service-mesh-part-2-how-we-met-linkerd-cd32a6e9fa63).
+His next blog covers
+[three ways to use Linkerd with Kubernetes jobs](https://itnext.io/three-ways-to-use-linkerd-with-kubernetes-jobs-c12ccc6d4c7c).
+And his latest blog is
+[a practical guide to Linkerd authorization policies](https://itnext.io/a-practical-guide-for-linkerd-authorization-policies-6cfdb50392e9).
+These are all great reads, keep them coming Aleksandr! Sharing your
+experience with the community is one of the most valuable ways to
+contribute to Linkerd! Thank you, Aleksandr, for sharing your journey
+so others can learn from it!
+
+![Aleksandr Tarasov](/uploads/aleksandr-tarasov.jpeg)
+
+## 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)!
+
+For those who nominated someone, thank you for participating, and
+remember to join our
+[next community meeting on Thursday](https://community.cncf.io/events/details/cncf-linkerd-community-presents-january-linkerd-online-community-meetup/), January 22 at 9 am PT!