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
(Hercules, CA)
Kiara Winters
Staff Accountant
(Ponchatoula, LA)
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)
Anisa Abeytia
Digital Skills Instructor
(Los Angeles, CA)
Ina Avdaha
Digital Skills Instructor
(Santa Cruz, CA)
Daniel Cruz
Digital Skills Instructor
(DeSoto, TX)
Carlos Galeana
Curriculum Developer/Digital Skills Instructor
(Federal Way, WA)
Cindy Mendez Hernandez
Digital Skills Instructor
(Kingwood, TX)
Sumit Lal
Digital Skills Instructor
(Sacramento, CA)
Marco Ramirez
Measurement & Evaluation
(El Centro, CA)
David Scurlock
Digital Skills Instructor
(Milwaukee, WI)
Rodrigo Ventura
Digital Skills Instructor
(San Jose, CA)
Joanna Aceves
Digital Skills Instructor
(Calimesa, CA)
Michelle Ayala
Digital Skills Instructor
(Los Angeles, CA)
Rimona Eskayo
Digital Skills Instructor
(Portland, OR)
Chris Guillen
Digital Skills Instructor
(Bakersfield, CA)
Nandini Jain
Digital Skills Instructor
(Oakland, CA)
Aneta Thomas Lee
Curriculum Developer
(Atlanta, GA)
Natalie Reyes
Digital Skills Instructor
(Milwaukee, WI)
Natasha Simmons
Digital Skills Instructor
(Milwaukee, WI)
Graydon Wetzler
Digital Skills Instructor
(La Jolla, CA)
Tatiana Alvarado
Digital Skills Instructor
(Boston, MA)
Roxanna Barboza
Digital Skills Instructor
(Spring, TX)
Abigail Flores
Digital Skills Instructor
(Santa Clarita, CA)
Michael Harris
Digital Skills Instructor
(Lithonia, GA)
Rosa Jimenez
Digital Skills Instructor
(Los Angeles, CA)
Alexis Nicholas
Digital Skills Instructor
(New Rochelle, NY)
Monica Rodriguez
Digital Skills Instructor
(Hercules, CA)
Angela Street
Digital Skills Instructor
(Baltimore, MD)
Fernando Amador II
Digital Skills Instructor
(Los Angeles, CA)
Daisy Bonilla
Digital Skills Instructor
(Garland, TX)
Jocelyne Flores
Digital Skills Instructor
(Commerce, CA)
Alex Henriquez
Digital Skills Instructor
(Reseda, CA)
Paulina Justiniani
Digital Skills Instructor
(San Antonio, TX)
Evelyn Pacas
Digital Skills Instructor
(Los Angeles, CA)
Anthony Root
Digital Skills Instructor
(Hayward, CA)
Guadalupe Fonseca Vasquez
Digital Skills Instructor
(Bakersfield, CA)
Board of Directors and Advisers
Jovan C. Hicks
Executive Chair
(Palmdale, CA)
Zach Leverenz
Founding Board Member
(Cabin John, MD)
Bobby Coulter
Board Secretary
(Clovis, CA)
Matt Joyce
Board Treasurer
(Brooklyn, NY)
Vin Menon
Board Member
(McLean, VA)
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