diff --git a/events/elections/2018/krisnova.md b/events/elections/2018/krisnova.md
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--- a/events/elections/2018/krisnova.md
+++ b/events/elections/2018/krisnova.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ More about [me](https://github.com/kris-nova/me)
 
 I have been steadily contributing to Kubernetes since 2016, and have had a lot of success with contributing to the project.
 I help organize sig-aws, founded the cluster API working group with sig-cluster-lifecycle, and have have helped usher in 20+ contributors to the project via mentoring and technical guidance.
-I am a software engineer by trade, who has spent years building production systems and keeping them online. Which honestly is why I fell in love with Kubernetes - finally some folks doing it right.
+I am a software engineer by trade, who has spent years building production systems and keeping them online. That is why I fell in love with Kubernetes - finally some folks doing it right.
 Being in the steering committee would be an honor for me because it would encapsulate my 3 natural ways I contribute to the project already for my day job:
 
 1) Project management
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ I won't come up with some long list of things that I hope to accomplish because
 If I am elected to the steering committee there are 3 things (or words) I hope to adhere to during my time on the committee:
 
 - Calm
-   - I hope to keep the project productive, and peaceful. I have yet to find any situation in software that can't be managed by level headed thinking and finding a positive spin on things.
+   - I hope to keep the project productive and peaceful. I have yet to find any situation in software that can't be managed by level headed thinking and finding a positive spin on things.
 - Clever
    - Regardless of the constraints, I love solving problems -- and finding new ways to approach them. It gives me energy, and probably explains why I love mountaineering as much as I do.
 - Caring