Our Staff

Gabriela Kane Guardia
Executive Director

Salwa Yordi
Communications Director

TC Waugh
Development Director

Antonio Delgado
Executive in Residence – Technologist and Innovation Strategist

Beatriz Castillo
Senior Program Manager

EstefanÃa Romero
Development Manager

Alondra Adame
Communications & Social Media Manager

Camila Dejesus
Media & Magazine Editor

Ali Riegel
Grant Coordinador

Gabriela Rios Rodriguez
San Antonio Program Coordinator

Salette Rios
Development Coordinator

Alexandria Garza
Program Leader

Roxanna Sanchez
Program Leader

Karina Torre
Multi-Gen Programs and Curriculum Specialist

Mariana Mendez-Hale
Code Chica Instructor
Austin Board of Directors

Ricky Murray Ramos
Latinitas Board President, Senior Director of Social Strategy, Doer/Maker

Karen Mariela Siles
Latinitas Immediate Past President, Delivery Manager for Security Encryption, IBM Cloud

Allen Bowers
Finance Executive, Ford Motor Company

Ana Villegas
Cisco Marketing VicePresident

Veronica Peñaloza Wolfermann
New Products at Meta

Leanny Simo Kovacs
Global Human Resources Business Partner, AMD

Asif Ali
Solution Staff Consultant, Oracle Netsuite

Melissa Ushakov
Group Manager, Product Management at GitLab

Natalie Ramos
Customer Success Manager, Amplify Education

Johnana Bustillos
Global Tax Director, Q2

Mandy Plante
Data Engineering and Analytics globally for GlobalFoundries

Cristina Garcia-Chappell
Personal Injury Lawyer at Pastrana y GarcÃa