I was born in México and raised in the heart of Silicon Valley, and I am a seasoned tech leader and advocate.

My journey in the tech industry is unique to an undocumented youth, starting with a software engineering internship at Hewlett-Packard at the age of seventeen. I continued to carve my path, working at pioneering companies like YouTube and Twitter in the 2000s.

My early experiences positioned me as a pioneer, breaking barriers as one of the first Latinas in consumer web tech. In 2014, I founded Atipica, a predictive AI platform for talent acquisition, raising a seed round of $4M - the largest for a solo Latinx founder in Silicon Valley.

As a vocal proponent for Latinx representation in tech, I co-founded Project Include in 2016, championing true inclusion in tech. I remain a founding advisor, continuing my mission to foster diversity in the tech sector.

As an early speaker on responsible and ethical AI, I have had the privilege of speaking at prestigious events. This includes being the opening keynote speaker at the most prominent AI conference, NeurIPS, in 2018. I also shared the stage at the Women in the World annual summit at New York’s Lincoln Center, alongside influential figures like Oprah Winfrey and Diane von Furstenberg.

Amidst the pandemic in 2020, I founded a nonprofit, Proyecto Sol, to create safe spaces for Latinx people and allies. Most recently, I founded Cepanoa Health, a health tech startup tackling the $14 trillion costs of childhood adversity and trauma in the United States health system. I also serve on the Behavioral Health Commission and the Suicide Prevention Committee for San Mateo County. My thought leadership is recognized with speaking invitations to LULAC (Summer 2024), Grace Hopper (Fall 2024), and attendance at Rock Health's Digital Health CEO Summit (Spring 2024).

My experience has been highlighted in books such as Reset by Ellen Pao (2017), Inclusion on Purpose by Ruchika Tulshyan (2022), and the upcoming book by Greg Epstein, Harvard Chaplain, Tech Agnostic: How Technology Became the World's Most Powerful Religion, and Why It Desperately Needs a Reformation (2024). I have also been featured in publications like WIRED, The New York Times, and Forbes México.

Based in Redwood City, California, my hometown, I enjoy cooking, hiking, reading, and spending time with my husband, two dogs, Cosme and Coco, a cat named Milky…and soon a turtle to be called Torta la Tortuga.