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, 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
Vanessa Morales
Chief Strategy Officer
Associate Cyber Security Engineer at NBCUniversal
U.S. Army Veteran
Frank Perez
Chief Financial Officer
Consultant at 8020 Consulting
Maho Pacheco
Chief Technology Officer
Senior Software Engineer at Microsoft
Erika Oviedo
Director of Analytics
Business Development Associate at Qdeck
Isadora Fernandes
Director of Communications
Senior Program Manager at Quora
Our strategic advisors
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 engineering team
Daniela Alonso Sanchez
Software Engineer
Software Engineer at Microsoft
Fernando Serna
Software Engineering Lead
Senior Software Engineer at Microsoft
Juliana Destro
Data Science Lead
Senior Data & Applied Scientist at Microsoft
Magaly Belmontes
Software Engineer
Marcelo Rondon
Design Engineer
Design Lead at Asheville Dispensary
Macarena Morelli
Product Designer
Open to Network
Liz Torres-Ramirez
Product Manager
Partner Enablement Strategy Lead at Microsoft
Caio Silva
Data Scientist
Networking Support Engineer at Microsoft
Jorge Ramon Vazquez
Data Scientist
Support Engineer at Microsoft
Erica Medina
Product Designer
Psychiatric Technician at U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Valeria Lee
Product Designer
Open to Network
Gina Castromonte
Software Engineer
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Software Engineer at Code the Dream
Flo Mangini
Data Scientist
Data Consultant at Golden Gate University
Martin Alvarez
Software Engineer
Security Support Engineer at Amazon
Julio Toscano
Software Security Engineer
Senior Security Engineer, Product at PitchBook
Our operations team
Kevin Palma
Chicago Network Co-Lead
Ivan Salazar
Los Angeles Community Program Manager
Manager of Talent Programs at LA-Tech.org
Vanessa León Guerrero
Marketing Director
Digital Marketing Specialist at Adaptive Digital
Joey Hernandez-Ramos
Houston Local Network Lead
Business Intelligence at Comcast NBCUniversal
Tatiana Santos
Community engagement
Software Engineer at Amazon
Iris Azzam
Program Manager - Scholarships
Senior Finance Manager at Microsoft
Ruby Cisneros
Los Angeles Co-lead
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Senior Manager of Talent at LA-Tech.org
Justin Ridings
Responsible AI Lead
Software Engineer at Microsoft
U.S. Army Veteran
Bryan Lliguicota
New York Network Co-Lead
Data Scientist at TIFIN
Tanya Garcia
Houston Network Co-Lead
Evelyn Benavides
New York Network Lead
Director of Partnerships at Blueprint Apps
Brenda Leyva
Chicago Network Lead
Want to help the community? Find open roles in the nonprofit or consider donating. We are a volunteer led nonprofit, so all donations go straight to the community. 🫶🏽
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.