diff --git a/_config.yml b/_config.yml
index 6791339..60a7028 100644
--- a/_config.yml
+++ b/_config.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ twitter_username: AllHandsActive
 facebook_username: AHA-All-Hands-Active-300100514925
 meetup_username: allhandsactive
 github_username:  allhandsactive
-
+mastodon_username: aha@a2mi.social
 
 # Build settings
 kramdown:
@@ -49,6 +49,9 @@ footer:
     - label: "GitHub"
       icon: "fab fa-fw fa-github-square"
       url: "https://github.com/allhandsactive/"
+    - label: "Mastodon"
+      icon: "fab fa-mastodon"
+      url: "https://a2mi.social/@aha"
 
 
 # Plugins
@@ -66,4 +69,4 @@ timezone: America/Detroit
 safe: true
 
 # add key-value pair to pull GitHub Metadata
-github: [metadata]
\ No newline at end of file
+github: [metadata]
diff --git a/_data/authors.yml b/_data/authors.yml
index fef452f..d7caa42 100644
--- a/_data/authors.yml
+++ b/_data/authors.yml
@@ -13,6 +13,11 @@ AHA:
     - label: "Facebook"
       icon: "fab fa-fw fa-facebook-square"
       url: "https://www.facebook.com/allhandsactivea2/"
+    - label: "Mastodon"
+      icon: "fab fa-mastodon"
+      url: "https://a2mi.social/@aha"
     - label: "GitHub"
       icon: "fab fa-fw fa-github-square"
       url: "https://github.com/allhandsactive/"
+  
+