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
Genevieve Mossey
Program Coordinator
David Topete
Videographer
Cody Rowland
Curriculum Assistant
Teachers
Alexander Peng
Lead Instructor
Christine Luo
Lead Instructor
Christopher Louie
Lead Instructor
Hunter Rocha
Lead Instructor
Imani Dawson
Lead Instructor
Irvin Guerra
Workforce Development Instructor
Nico Magaña
Lead Instructor
Stephen Yu
Lead Instructor
Student Advisory Board
Alyssa Wu
Lowell High School
Class of 2022
Carmen Li
Galileo High School
Class of 2022
Johnny Lin
Washington High School
Class of 2022
Joshua Pan
Lowell High School
Class of 2022
Lilian Emelife
Burton High School
Class of 2022
Natalie Yingyan Huang
Washington High School
Class of 2021
Tara Tiong
Lowell High School
Class of 2023
Trent Taylor III
Skyline High School
Class of 2022
Board
Christina Ortega
Chief Executive Officer
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
Abhay Kumar
Chief Product Officer, Helium Systems
Saskia Leggett
Learning Experience Designer
Jill McNay
Marketing Professional
Abel Regalado
Mission Bit Alum & Software Engineer, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
Michael Walker
Principal Consultant, BrandGeneering, Inc
Job Openings
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