About Us

- Challenge
- Despite being the heart of the tech industry, the Bay Area is home to thousands of high school students who lack access to computer science courses. The majority of these students are from backgrounds that are underrepresented in tech (Black, Latinx, female).
- Mission
- Mission Bit is dedicated to inspiring and empowering students to unlock their full potential. We build professional pathways for under resourced high school youth across the SF Bay Area by making computer science more accessible through our free project-based courses.
- Belief
- Mission Bit empowers young innovators who reflect our diversity to become leaders of the global technology revolution, developing solutions that serve our whole community.
Core Values
Social Justice
Community
Love
Accountability
Smart Risks
Our Team

Christina Ortega
Chief Executive Officer

Cora Monokandilos
Director of Curriculum

Cynthia Chin
Director of Programs

Adam Badi
Program Coordinator

David Topete
Videographer

Cody Rowland
Curriculum Assistant
Teachers

Cameron Deputy
Lead Instructor

Hunter Rocha
Lead Instructor

Irvin Guerra
Workforce Development Instructor

Kevin Beltran
Lead Instructor

Shay Yano
Lead Instructor
Student Advisory Board

Alyssa Wu
Lowell High School
Class of 2022

Angelo Ubas
Gateway High School
Class of 2023

Carmen Li
Galileo High School
Class of 2022

Favour Odenyi
Mission High School
Class of 2023

Johnny Lin
Washington High School
Class of 2022

Karina Anders
Lowell High School
Class of 2023

Lilian Emelife
Burton High School
Class of 2022

Natalie Yingyan Huang
Washington High School
Class of 2021

Oswen Martinez
San Francisco University High
Class of 2022

Tara Tiong
Lowell High School
Class of 2023

Trent Taylor III
Skyline High School
Class of 2022
Board

Christina Ortega
Board President
Mission Bit

Sam Purtill
Board Chair
Co-Founder & CTO at Jyve

Jeff Schnitz
Board Treasurer
Founder of Hypothetico, Inc.

Farid Vij
Board Secretary
Head of Corporate Development at Ciitizen
Brian Clark
Engineering Manager at Cruise Automation

Clive Downie
CMO, Unity Technologies

Dan Garon
GM of Emerging Platforms at Zynga

Bob Ippolito
Entrepreneur, Maker of Things

Saskia Leggett
Learning Experience Designer

Jill McNay
Marketing Professional

Abel Regalado
Mission Bit Alum & Software Engineer, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative

Allison Scott, PhD
CEO at Kapor Foundation

Michael Walker
Principal Consultant, BrandGeneering, Inc
Job Openings
We are no longer hiring. Please check back in January!