Born and raised in Long Beach, California,  Nancy Correa is currently a Journalist at Facebook. Correa was previously a Global Content Editor for Google and a Bilingual News Digital Content Producer for Univision Bay Area.

As the daughter of two Mexican immigrants and the first in her family to receive a college degree, she understand the impact and necessity of providing resources to young at-risk students. She proudly serves on the board as a senior advisor for Embracing Latina Leadership Alliances (ELLAS), a non-profit that aims to inspire and empower underprivileged Latina youth by facilitating academic and leadership opportunities for a higher education in their lives.

She also serves as a volunteer for United Friends of the Children, a non-profit dedicated to bettering the lives of foster children, a particularly special passion-point of hers as a former foster youth. Correa strives to empower underrepresented communities through her story.

Andres Cuervo is Emerging Talent Recruiting Program Manager at Facebook, where he is responsible for the operations and management of the company’s North America internship program in the areas of infrastructure, enterprise, and security.

Andres counts with a decade of experience managing workforce and education programs and special initiatives at a variety of institutions, including the Office of Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, UCLA, and the Riverside Chambers of Commerce. Andres earned his B.A. in Political Science with a minor in Sociology from the University of California, Riverside.

He has served on the boards of Urban Teens Exploring Technology, Out in Tech LA, New Leaders Council LA, and the Palms Neighborhood Council. In 2018, he was recognized by LA County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas and the Empowerment Congress as one of 40 under 40 leaders in Los Angeles.

Jackie is a proud first first-generation college graduate currently working as a Project Manager supporting the development of machine learning models across the Facebook Reality Labs (FRL) product org. She was raised in Jalisco, Mexico and migrated with her family to the US when she was 10 years old. Although it was a challenge getting accustomed to a new culture she was blessed with great mentors along the way who instilled in her the importance of higher education. 

Thanks to early advancement programs such as AVID, Early College High School and the NIH STEP-UP program, Jackie gained an interest in engineering and went onto complete an undergrad degree from Stanford University in Symbolic Systems with a concentration in Human-Computer Interaction.  She was recruited into Global Operations through a “Facebook Minorities in Tech” panel her senior year. 

Jackie understands the challenges of pursuing higher education and a career in tech as a minority, and strives to pave the way forward for minority students through mentorship and advocacy.

My name is Eduardo Valarezo aka "ed". I'm a 1st generation Panamanian American who  grew up in SoCal and studied Electronics and Computer Engineering Technology at Cal Poly Pomona. My journey to and through college was heavily reliant on supportive programs like AVID (Advancement Via Individual Determination), MEP (Maximizing Engineering Potential), and EOP (Educational Opportunity Program) to name a few. Throughout college joining teams and building projects like SHPE, NSBE, SCETA,  and Solar Boat  were also key to my success. After graduation I worked in manufacturing at MillerCoors and RainBird. I recognized that I missed the fast paced innovative environment from Solar Boat and took a leap of faith to work for Amazon corporate projects in Seattle leaving everything I knew behind. During my 5 year tenure there I helped develop what today is Amazon Go and the early days of Amazon Prime Air, the 30 minute delivery drone. I’m currently a Hardware Integration Engineer at Facebook Reality Labs. I love it here! This is where we design Quest (VR), Portal, RayBan Stories, and other products focused on future use cases including AR. After 7 years I still live in the PNW with my wife and two children, we love the area.

Joey focuses on strengthening his community and making a positive impact on society, especially for our world’s most important change-makers: learners. His current job working for the Facebook Education Modernization Team gives him the opportunity to support this educational audience and many more individuals across the nation through its many programs and initiatives. Joey always encourages others to follow their passion, and he knows that leading by example will build a stronger world.

Zuraya Tapia-Hadley currently serves as Manager of Public Policy for Facebook. She joined the U.S. Public Policy team three years ago as part of the Federal Government Affairs team, and recently transitioned to the External Affairs team, to be responsible for managing relationships with national advocacy groups.

Prior to Facebook, she served as a Principal at The Raben Group, where she advised U.S. and international clients in the non-profit and private sector on how to navigate the Washington, D.C. political and policy arenas; develop engagement strategies with communities of color; and diversity and inclusion strategies. Previously, she was Vice President, Government Affairs for UPS, where she managed relationships with Members of Congress for the company, advocated on Customs and trade issues in the U.S. and Latin America; and developed outreach strategies with national Latinx organizations.

Zuraya began her career as an attorney in private practice at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, and previous professional experience includes leading national and international Hispanic-serving organizations, including as Executive Director of the Hispanic National Bar Association (HNBA), Director of the Mexican American Leadership Initiative of the U.S. Mexico Foundation, and experience in the U.S. Congress as staff for the House Committee on Small Business. She has been named one of the “Latina Leaders to Watch” by the Congressional news publication “TheHill”, and one of the “Top Latinos Under 40 Impacting Foreign Policy” by the Huffington Post.  She also served on the Governor of Virginia’s Latino Advisory Board under Gov. Tim Kaine and Gov. Terry McAuliffe.

Prior to Facebook, she was also a frequent commentator on issues of politics, justice, and immigration on CNN en Español, Univision, Telemundo, and NTN24.

Jasmine Vallejo is a community engagement and diversity, equity, and inclusion professional with ten years of experience at Fortune 500 companies within the tech, sport entertainment, and education sector.

Currently, she leads Community Engagement for the Southwest region at Facebook, working to keep the local neighborhoods strong through partnerships with nonprofits, organizations, and schools by providing STEM and economic opportunity programs. She is also Board Member of Latinas in Tech, a non-profit that is focused on empowering and connecting Latinas in the technology industry and co-founded Latinos in Tech, an organization that brings together Latinos and allies for community and connections. 

Previously, her past work has included multicultural marketing at SXSW, building strategic marketing programs at ESPN, and delivering in-depth data and analysis on Facebook and Instagram’s product user experience to help develop products that are inclusive for all.

Jasmine’s work has been fueled by her passion for advocating for underrepresented communities by holding spaces that foster community, intersectionality, and the rights of marginalized people. Coming from a family of migrant farm workers and growing up in an underserved community on the southside of San Antonio, it’s important to Jasmine to shine light on the lack of representation in technology and empower communities that shaped her as a young Latina. Jasmine is a graduate from The University of Texas at Austin with degrees in Government and Communications.

Lauryn Hale Ogbechie leads Facebook's Global Community Partnerships team, which is focused on empowering community leaders to start, grow and sustain meaningful and engaging communities through programs, products and partnerships. She is committed to building a world where everyone feels supported through equitable, safe and inclusive communities.

Throughout her career, Lauryn has focused her efforts on uplifting diverse communities through education, partnerships and marketing, including supporting many different communities - such as students, small business owners, mobile developers and underrepresented communities.

Born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, Lauryn earned a B.B.A. from the University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business and her M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. She currently resides Oakland, CA with her husband and three children.

Born and raised in Long Beach, California,  Nancy Correa is currently a Journalist at Facebook. Correa was previously a Global Content Editor for Google and a Bilingual News Digital Content Producer for Univision Bay Area.

As the daughter of two Mexican immigrants and the first in her family to receive a college degree, she understand the impact and necessity of providing resources to young at-risk students. She proudly serves on the board as a senior advisor for Embracing Latina Leadership Alliances (ELLAS), a non-profit that aims to inspire and empower underprivileged Latina youth by facilitating academic and leadership opportunities for a higher education in their lives.

She also serves as a volunteer for United Friends of the Children, a non-profit dedicated to bettering the lives of foster children, a particularly special passion-point of hers as a former foster youth. Correa strives to empower underrepresented communities through her story.

Jennifer Chen is a Program Manager at Facebook, where she oversees Engineer for the Week, a STEM program that introduces historically underrepresented learners to engineering. She has over 10 years of experience managing global education programs and products: prior to Facebook, she created a virtual exchange program connecting students from the US and MENA, built educational games and apps, and is a proud former high school history teacher. She is passionate about leveraging technology to support students in reaching their fullest potential.

Raised by hard-working immigrant parents, Tony Cárdenas was brought up with simple ideals – that integrity and dedication were the keys to success. These are the qualities that he has brought to his career as a public servant, and he continues to offer that today as a United States Congressman.

Rep. Cárdenas was first elected to the United States House of Representatives in 2013 for the 113th Congress and has represented California’s 29th district since. Now in the 116th Congress, Rep. Cárdenas sits on the prestigious House Committee on Energy and Commerce, where he is fighting for hard-working American families. Rep. Cárdenas is committed to bringing awareness and change to the issues most important to the San Fernando Valley and its families. A passionate advocate for justice, Cárdenas’s work on common-sense gun safety, immigration reform, juvenile justice, and championing solutions that will make the U.S. economy even stronger has been recognized and praised both locally and nationally.

Community-oriented education programs have been key to transform my life as a Bay Area, CA native and a first-generation Latinx high school and college graduate. I am driven by my personal and professional journey in building and directing educational programs for youth and young professionals with a racial equity lens and leading community-oriented initiatives. From the K-12 Classroom, to nonprofits, and now at Facebook, I have been able to gather best practices to build program solutions that create urgent pathways to opportunities in computer science education and overall digital skills training for historically underrepresented communities. My strengths combine designing & facilitating meaningful learning experiences and training, establishing strong and mutually beneficial partnerships, and scaling ideas into new campaigns, programmatic investments, and for product adoption. In my down time you will find me volunteering in classrooms, hiking the Bay Area, taking a dance class, or enjoying some down time with my husband and our yorkie, Frida.

Adderlyn Lora is a University Recruiter for Facebook’s Software Engineering Intern and New Grad programs. The University (Emerging Talent) Recruiting team’s mission is to hire builders that shape the future and diversity of Facebook.

In his 3 years at Facebook, Adderlyn has brought this mission to life by providing each candidate with a positive recruiting experience, providing career development guidance, and keeping diversity and equitable recruiting at the heart of each step along the way.

Born in the Dominican Republic, Adderlyn is the youngest of 6 and, when he received his Bachelor’s in Human Resource Management in 2013, he became the first (but not the last!) member of his family to graduate from college.

Eduardo Mantilla is an Instructional Designer for the Education Modernization team at Facebook, where he supports Engineer for the Week, a STEM program that introduces historically underrepresented students to engineering. He has over five years of experience working as an Instructional Designer for different industries, creating learning experiences and ensuring organizations are training efficiently and making an impact. Prior to Instructional Design, Eduardo worked as an Industrial and Reliability Engineer. He is passionate about social projects and being an agent of change.