diff --git a/migrations/versions/de2164c615e8_split_user_to_user_and_profile.py b/migrations/versions/de2164c615e8_split_user_to_user_and_profile.py
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+"""split user to user and profile
+
+Revision ID: de2164c615e8
+Revises: 575a8924eb16
+Create Date: 2021-06-20 14:17:02.102076
+
+"""
+from alembic import op
+import sqlalchemy as sa
+
+
+# revision identifiers, used by Alembic.
+revision = 'de2164c615e8'
+down_revision = '575a8924eb16'
+branch_labels = None
+depends_on = None
+
+
+def upgrade():
+    op.create_table('user_profile',
+    sa.Column('id', sa.Integer(), nullable=False),
+    sa.Column('user_id', sa.Integer(), nullable=True),
+    sa.Column('pronouns', sa.String(length=25), nullable=True),
+    sa.Column('volunteerwork', sa.String(length=4000), nullable=True),
+    sa.Column('freetext', sa.String(length=4000), nullable=True),
+    sa.Column('created', sa.DateTime(), nullable=False),
+    sa.Column('updated', sa.DateTime(), nullable=False),
+    sa.PrimaryKeyConstraint('id'),
+    )
+    sa.ForeignKeyConstraint(['user_id'], ['user.id'], ),
+    sa.PrimaryKeyConstraint('id')
+
+    op.execute("INSERT INTO user_profile (user_id,pronouns,volunteerwork,freetext,created,updated) SELECT id,pronouns,volunteerwork,freetext,created,updated FROM user")
+    op.drop_column("user","pronouns")
+    op.drop_column("user","volunteerwork")
+    op.drop_column("user","freetext")
+    
+def downgrade():
+    op.add_column("user", Column('pronouns', sa.String(length=25), nullable=True))
+    op.add_column("user", Column("volunteerwork",sa.String(length=4000), nullable=True))
+    op.add_column("user", Column("freetext",sa.String(length=4000), nullable=True))
+
+    # tbd update user table fields from user profile fields
+    op.drop_table('user_profile')