Team
Norma E. Fernandez
Chief Executive Officer
(Los Angeles, CA)
Julissa Alvarez-Marin
Program Manager, Central Valley
(Bakersfield, CA)
Nate Antoccia
Director of Operations
(Berkeley, CA)
Paulina Chavez Director of Programs
(Los Angeles, CA)
Russell Hartley
Digital Content Associate
(Newark, DE)
Thami Hastings
Senior Programs Manager, Milwaukee
(Milwaukee, WI)
Robert Leyton Jr.
Program Manager, Bay Area
(Pleasanton, CA)
Oscar Magaña
Senior Programs Manager, Los Angeles
(Los Angeles, CA)
Matthew Peel
Program Operations Coordinator
(Bellingham, WA)
Jay Reynolds
Interim Director of Finance
(Queen Anne, MD)
Diana Rodriguez
Vice President, Programs + Strategy
(Portland, OR)
Jessica Scadron
Vice President, Strategic Partnerships + Communications
(San Francisco, CA)
Kiara Winters
Staff Accountant
(Ponchatoula, LA)
Anisa Abeytia
Digital Skills Instructor
(Los Angeles, CA)
Joanna Aceves
Digital Skills Instructor
(Calimesa, CA)
Tatiana Alvarado
Digital Skills Instructor
(Boston, MA)
Fernando Amador II
Digital Skills Instructor
(Los Angeles, CA)
Ina Avdaha
Digital Skills Instructor
(Santa Cruz, CA)
Michelle Ayala
Digital Skills Instructor
(Los Angeles, CA)
Roxanna Barboza
Digital Skills Instructor
(Spring, TX)
Daisy Bonilla
Digital Skills Instructor
(Garland, TX)
Salvador Contreras
Digital Skills Instructor
(Bakersfield, CA)
Daniel Cruz
Digital Skills Instructor
(DeSoto, TX)
Alizé Keanu Evans
Digital Skills Instructor
(Temecula, CA)
Rimona Eskayo
Digital Skills Instructor
(Portland, OR)
Daniella Espinoza
Digital Skills Instructor
(Berkeley, CA)
Diana Figueroa
Digital Skills Instructor
(Visalia, CA)
Abigail Flores
Digital Skills Instructor
(Santa Clarita, CA)
Damaris T. Flores
Digital Skills Instructor
(Panorama City, CA)
David Emmanuel Flores
Digital Skills Instructor
(Panorama City, CA)
Jocelyne Flores
Digital Skills Instructor
(Commerce, CA)
Carlos Galeana
Curriculum Developer/Digital Skills Instructor
(Federal Way, WA)
Chris Guillen
Digital Skills Instructor
(Bakersfield, CA)
Michael Harris
Digital Skills Instructor
(Lithonia, GA)
Alex Henriquez
Digital Skills Instructor
(Reseda, CA)
Cindy Mendez Hernandez
Digital Skills Instructor
(Kingwood, TX)
Nandini Jain
Digital Skills Instructor
(Oakland, CA)
Paulina Justiniani
Digital Skills Instructor
(San Antonio, TX)
Kavanpreet Kaur
Digital Skills Instructor
(Delano, CA)
Sumit Lal
Digital Skills Instructor
(Sacramento, CA)
Rosa Lopez
Digital Skills Instructor
(Long Beach, CA)
Ruth Abigail Madrigal
Digital Skills Instructor
(Fresno, CA)
Melissa Morales
Digital Skills Instructor
(Los Angeles, CA)
Mercy Ndon
Digital Skills Instructor
(Milwaukee, WI)
Alexis Nicholas
Digital Skills Instructor
(New Rochelle, NY)
Kevin Orihuela
Digital Skills Instructor
(Bakersfield, CA)
Evelyn Pacas
Digital Skills Instructor
(Los Angeles, CA)
Natalie Reyes
Digital Skills Instructor
(Milwaukee, WI)
Gabriela Rivera
Digital Skills Instructor
(Berkeley, CA)
Has Rizvi
Digital Skills Instructor
(Katy, TX)
Monica Rodriguez
Digital Skills Instructor
(Hercules, CA)
Anthony Root
Digital Skills Instructor
(Hayward, CA)
Ana Rosas
Digital Skills Instructor
(San Jose, CA)
David Scurlock
Digital Skills Instructor
(Milwaukee, WI)
Natasha Simmons
Digital Skills Instructor
(Milwaukee, WI)
Angela Street
Digital Skills Instructor
(Baltimore, MD)
Rosio Suchil
Digital Skills Instructor
(Milwaukee, WI)
Leia Ferrari Traner
Digital Skills Instructor
(Milwaukee, WI)
Leslie C. Tsang
Digital Skills Instructor
(Berkeley, CA)
Guadalupe Fonseca Vasquez
Digital Skills Instructor
(Bakersfield, CA)
Rodrigo Ventura
Digital Skills Instructor
(San Jose, CA)
Consultants
Aneta Thomas Lee
Curriculum Developer
(Atlanta, GA)
Marco Ramirez
Measurement & Evaluation
(El Centro, CA)
Board of Directors and Advisers
Jovan C. Hicks
Executive Chair
(Palmdale, CA)
Zach Leverenz
Founding Board Member
(Cabin John, MD)
Bianca Shaw
Board Member
(Milwaukee, WI)
Erica Swanson
Board Member
(Sunnyvale, CA)
Jordan Usdan
Adviser
(Pittsburgh, PA)
Shaun Williams
Adviser
(San Antonio, TX)
Founding Board of Directors + Advisers
Carlos Slim Helú, Investor + Entrepreneur
Paula Ellis, Former Vice President for Strategic Initiatives, John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
Josh Gottheimer, U.S. Representative
Ben Hecht, President + CEO, Living Cities
Jed Katz, Managing Partner, Javelin Venture Partners
Marco Lopez, Founder, Intermestic Capital
Jorge A. Martinez, VP/Chief Technology Officer, Knight Foundation