About us
SOMOS.tech is a nonprofit organization committed to fostering an inclusive community for Hispanic Latinx individuals and allies in the technology sector. We bridge the gap between aspiration and reality, providing resources, mentorship, scholarships and networking opportunities to support a lifelong journey in tech.
We officially launched on 9/15/22 with the idea of making it easier for those in tech to build a community that transcends across companies and economic barriers, in-person and virtually. We are a proud veteran and minority volunteer led 501(c)(3) nonprofit. All our members are volunteers, and donations go straight to the community and its programs, as we have no paid employees.
EIN 92-0398538
Why the name SOMOS.tech?
The word SOMOS is Spanish and Portuguese for "we are" and tech to represent that we are tech. This idea came from having a conversation with Nathalia Dunlap, who co-founded SOMOS early in career network in the Employee Resource Group at Microsoft where she led the creation of a community for Hispanic and Latinx employees.
Our Team
Our team comes from varying backgrounds - from U.S. military veterans to skilled Developers, Designers, Product Managers, and Startup professionals and are all un-paid volunteers.
Our board members
Joey Cruz
CEO & Co-founder
Principal Product Manager at Microsoft
U.S. Marine Corps Veteran
Nathalia Dunlap
COO & Co-founder
Senior Product Manager at Tanium
Maho Pacheco
Chief Technology Officer
Senior Software Engineer at Microsoft
Liliana Santos
Strategic Advisor
Principal Software Engineering Manager at Microsoft
Lili Gangas
Strategic Advisor
Chief Technology Community Officer at Kapor Center
Danny Chung
Strategic Advisor
Head of WW GTM Customer Communications at Amazon Web Services
U.S. Marine Corps Veteran
Our strategic advisors
Our engineering team
Juliana Destro
Director of Data Science
Senior Data & Applied Scientist at Microsoft
Fernando Serna
Director of Engineering
Senior Software Engineer at Microsoft
Alejandra Villavicencio
Product Marketing Manager
Product Ops at TikTok
Daniela Alonso Sanchez
Software Engineer
Software Engineer at Microsoft
Magaly Belmontes
Software Engineer
Marcelo Rondon
Design Engineer
Design Lead at Asheville Dispensary
Caio Silva
Data Scientist
Networking Support Engineer at Microsoft
Jorge Ramon Vazquez
Data Scientist
Support Engineer at Microsoft
Derek Gomez
Software Engineer
Freelance Web Developer
Erica Medina
Product Designer
Psychiatric Technician at U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Valeria Lee
Product Designer
Open to Network
Lesley Lopez
Product Marketing Manager
Freelance Youtube Thumbnail Artist
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Gina Castromonte
Software Engineer
Software Engineer at Code the Dream
Our operations team
Leslie Gonzalez
Director of Marketing
Market Analyst at LOTA USA
Judy Pacheco
Director of Communities
Business Operations Project Manager at Fetch Pet Insurance
Erika Oviedo
Director of Analytics
Business Development Associate at Qdeck
Faby Zuñiga
Los Angeles Chapter Co-lead
Emerging Talent Recruiter at Netflix
Kevin Palma
Chicago Chapter Co-Lead
Brenda Leyva
Chicago Chapter Lead
Tanya Garcia
Houston Chapter Co-Lead
Bryan Lliguicota
New York Chapter Lead
Data Scientist at TIFIN
Justin Ridings
Responsible AI Lead
Software Engineer at Microsoft
U.S. Army Veteran
Fernando Morales
New York Chapter Co-Lead
Research Engineer at U.S. Department of Defense
Joey Hernandez-Ramos
Houston Chapter Lead
Business Intelligence at Comcast NBCUniversal
Ivan Salazar
Los Angeles Community Program Manager
Manager of Talent Programs at LA-Tech.org
Thank you to our contributors!
We want to acknowledge everyone that has helped us get to where we are today. We couldn't have done it without your contribution.