#LHMSummit

Wednesday, October 7th to Friday, October 9th, 2020

#LHMSummit was Techqueria’s first ever virtual summit that took place during Latinx Heritage Month (LHM).

It was created to empower Latinx professionals in tech, connect them with companies who are committed to inclusion and to celebrate the thriving Latinx in tech community.

Event Recap

Our mission for #LHM was to increase the visibility and leadership of Latinx professionals in tech by bringing them all together in one place to engage with thought leaders, network and ultimately grow and learn from each other.

We feel the event met our mission goals and exceeded all our expectations!

Celebrate

Let’s honor and recognize our achievements during Latinx Heritage Month

Network

Get the chance to connect with the largest community of Latinx in tech

Learn

Hear the perspectives and advice from different Latinx professionals and leaders in tech

Win

Get the chance to win unique promos from our partners and raffle prizes delivered to you

Adriana Flores-Ragade

Host
Latinx in America Podcast

Alejandra Vasquez

Documentary Filmmaker | Producer
Varsity Oro

Alejandro Jimenez

Graduate Student
Harvard Graduate School of Education

Alexis Lucio

Accessibility and Inclusive Design Lead
Splunk

Amanda Lopez

Manager, Talent Acquisition (Digital Experience)
Adobe

Amber Gonzales-Vargas

Senior Program Manager
Latino Community Foundation

Amelia Garcia

Senior Strategy Associate
Scribd

Andrew Gonzalez

Recruiting Partnerships & Operations Associate
Jam City

Angie Calderon

Talent Specialist
Figma

Annelise Hagar-Preciado

Operations Program Manager
Lyft

Ariele Faber

Fellow
White House Presidential Innovation Fellows (Invited)

Barbara Teyssandier

Recruiter, Operations
Waymo

Brendon Villalobos

Machine Learning Technical Lead
Twilio

Camilo Payan

Web Developer
Residential Elevator Manufacturing, Inc

Cari Perez

Community Manager
General Assembly

Carita Marrow

Diversity & Inclusion Talent Program Manager
Adobe

Cat Martinez

Community Growth Manager
OutSystems

Catalina Peña

Founder & Career Coach
Catalyst Creation

Celina Zamora

Sr. Program Manager, Developer Community
MongoDB

Cesar Manara

Community Manager
Stack Overflow

Christian Arana

Policy Director
Latino Community Foundation

Citalli Solano Leonce

Director of Engineering
Splunk

Claire Miller

Senior Technical Support Engineer
Zendesk

Co-Founder & CTO
Bexi

Co-Founder & CTO
Bexi

Cynthia Maxwell

Studio UI Engineering Manager
Netflix

Damian Gona

Regional Vice President – Latin America & Caribbean
Zendesk

Dia Bondi

Communications Catalyst & Coach
Dia Bondi Communications

Dr. Ricardo Baeza-Yates

Director of Graduate Data Science Programs
Northeastern University

Eddy Monge

Community & Culture Manager
ThankView

Elaine Montilla

Assistant Vice President and CIO
The Graduate Center, CUNY

Eliana Briceno

Senior Customer Success Manager and Team Lead
Phone2Action

Emmanuel Olvera

Founder
EmpleosTI

Erika Galeana-Sanchez

Sr. Creative Producer
Airbnb

Felipe Ventura

Executive Director
Techqueria

Frances Coronel

Executive Director
Techqueria

Francisco Alegria

Recruiter
OkCupid

Francisco Javier Arceo

Founder & CEO
Unidos

Gabrielle Rejouis

Senior Policy Manager
Color of Change

Greg Peters

COO & Chief Product Officer
Netflix

Hillary Mickell

Dean and Regional CEO
Northeastern University

Indira Gutierrez

Senior Software Engineer
Visa

Jessyka Castillo

Agency Partnerships
Cloud.gov (Invited)

John Paul Brammer

Author and Illustrator
¡Hola Papi!

Jose Fermoso

Founder
Points of Presence Media

Jose Rodriguez Salinas

Senior Software Engineer
Humu Inc

José Vadi

Contributing Producer
Pop-Up Magazine

Josh Torres

Chief of Staff
Out in Tech

Zainab Ebrahimi

Software Engineering Consultant
Tall Poppy

Julieta Dasilva

Recruiter
Zapier

Justin Kitagawa

Senior Director, Software Engineering
Twilio

Karina Macias Sandoval

Recruiting and Talent Operations
Nova Credit

Kelly Kitagawa

Senior Solutions Engineer
Splunk

Kendra Morales

VP of Client Engagement
Betts Recruiting

Kendra Ritterhern

Product Manager
Blend

Krys Flores

Senior Software Engineer
Lob

Laura Dominguez

Career Services Manager
Flockjay

Liliana Hu Wu

Co-Lead
Dreamers in Tech

Lisa Del Sol

Director of Community
MyHealthTeams

Lorena Villeges

Director of Operations
Illumix

Luis Curiel

Engineering Recruiter
Twitter

Maria Del Carmen Saenz

Senior DevOps Engineer
PEAK6 Investments

Marley Pulido-Vargas

Director, Worker Resources and Training
Coworker.org

Maxeme Tuchman

CEO & Co-Founder
Caribu

Mica Alaniz

Senior Software Engineer, Tech Lead
DNC (Democratic National Committee)

Michael Anthony Urbina

Executive Recruiter
Box

Michael Orozco

Program Manager, Inclusion Recruiting Programs
Netflix

Michael Tristan

Head of Sales & Customer Success Enablement
KeepTruckin

Michelle Gomez

Life & Career Coach
Michelle Gomez Coaching

Mina Rabideaux

Senior Analyst, Data & Analytics
Avanade

Mo Ramos

Program Manager, Diversity Talent Acquisition (University Talent)
Adobe

Noel Claudio

Consultant
Slalom

Odalys Jasmine Garcia Arce

Host & Creator
Hella Latin@ Podcast

Pablo Colunga

Candidate for Masters in Computer Science
Northeastern University

Paola Mariselli

Product Design Manager
Facebook

Paola Quevedo

Graduate Student in Computer Science
Northeastern University

Pia Zaragoza

VP of Accessibility Research and Insights
JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Rachael Olasunkanmi

Student Finance Account Manager
We can Code IT

Rachel Smith

Founder
Design to Combat COVID-19

Ramona Robles

Learning & Development Manager
Unite Us

Red Avila

Senior Technical Recruiter
OpenAI

Renee Ramirez

Executive Advisor
Google

Sofia Rodriguez

Senior Community Manager
Salesforce

Stephanie Rivera

Full Stack Bureaucrat
18F (Invited)

Tonatiuh Ramos

Co-Lead
Dreamers in Tech

Victoria Bitzer-Wales

Strategic Engagement and Communications, IT Modernization Centers of Excellence
GSA (Invited)

Ximena Cervantes

Senior Technical Recruiter
Vouch Insurance

Yeimi Andrea Fuquen Moreno

Senior Software Engineer
Twilio

Yesenia Rosales

Insurance Customer Care/QC Manager
Blend

Yoselin Gonzalez-Mendez

Community Engagement Manager
First Graduate

Yvette Ramirez

Recruiter
Databricks

Chulita Vinyl Club

Utilizing music and vinyl as a form of resistance against the erasure of culture

Karol Posadas

Selena Tribute Band

Mariachi Arcoiris de Los Angeles

First and only LGBTQ Mariachi in the world

Alán Hensley

PluralMusic DJ & Co-Owner

Sally Limon

Oakland’s own bearded bilingual baby drag thing

Day 1

Wednesday, October 7th

Getting Hired

9 AM-11 AM PT // 11 AM-1 PM CT // 12 PM-2 PM ET

Before Hours
Networking & Expo

11 AM PT // 1 PM CT // 2 PM ET

Welcome from Techqueria with the Executive Directors, Frances & Felipe

11:45 AM PT // 1:45 PM CT // 2:45 PM ET

12:30 PM PT // 2:30 PM CT // 3:30 PM ET

1:15 PM PT // 3:15 PM CT // 4:15 PM ET

During Hours
Performers, Networking & Expo

2 PM PT // 4 PM CT // 5 PM ET

2:45 PM PT // 4:45 PM CT // 5:45 PM ET

3:30 PM PT // 5:30 PM CT // 6:30 PM ET

4:15 PM-5 PM PT // 6:15 PM CT-7 PM CT // 7:15 PM PT-8 PM ET

After Hours
Performers, Networking & Expo

Day 2

Thursday, October 8th

Career Growth

9 AM-11 AM PT // 11 AM-1 PM CT // 12 PM-2 PM ET

Before Hours
Networking & Expo

11 AM PT // 1 PM CT // 2 PM ET

Keynote with Max Tuchman, Latinx CEO + Co-Founder of Caribu

11:45 AM PT // 1:45 PM CT // 2:45 PM ET

12:30 PM PT // 2:30 PM CT // 3:30 PM ET

1:15 PM PT // 3:15 PM CT // 4:15 PM ET

During Hours
Performers, Networking & Expo

2 PM PT // 4 PM CT // 5 PM ET

2:45 PM PT // 4:45 PM CT // 5:45 PM ET

3:30 PM PT // 5:30 PM CT // 6:30 PM ET

4:15 PM-5 PM PT // 6:15 PM CT-7 PM CT // 7:15 PM PT-8 PM ET

After Hours
Performers, Networking & Expo

Day 3

Friday, October 9th

Celebrating Community

9 AM-11 AM PT // 11 AM-1 PM CT // 12 PM-2 PM ET

Before Hours
Networking & Expo

11 AM PT // 1 PM CT // 2 PM ET

Fireside Chat with Product Leadership from Netflix

11:45 AM PT // 1:45 PM CT // 2:45 PM ET

12:30 PM PT // 2:30 PM CT // 3:30 PM ET

1:15 PM PT // 3:15 PM CT // 4:15 PM ET

During Hours
Performers, Networking & Expo

2 PM PT // 4 PM CT // 5 PM ET

2:45 PM PT // 4:45 PM CT // 5:45 PM ET

3:30 PM PT // 5:30 PM CT // 6:30 PM ET

Pop Up Magazine — Stories for Latinx Heritage Month

4:15 PM-5 PM PT // 6:15 PM CT-7 PM CT // 7:15 PM PT-8 PM ET

After Hours
Performers, Networking & Expo

Hosted on Hopin.to

We’ll be using Hopin.to to host #LHM Summit which comes packed with a lot of great features!

• Join hands-on sessions
• Visit expo booths
• Network 1-on-1

Headspace Subscriptions

Live a healthier, happier, more well-rested life in just a few minutes a day with the Headspace app.

2 subscriptions available, $95 value each.

Coffee Shift Connoisseur Kits

Coffee Shift is co-owned by the participating growers and was created to share greater benefit with the very farmers who produce our coffee- coffee that is more fair than fair trade.

4 kits available, $30 value each.

General Assembly
Scholarships & Gift Cards

Master new skills in design, marketing, technology, and data — online or at GA’s campuses around the world.

12-Week On Demand Course — 5 scholarships available, $850 value each.

Workshop Gift Card – 5 gift cards, $250 value each.

Interviewing.io Practice Interviews

Practice interviewing with engineers from Google, Facebook, and more… anonymously.

3 interviews available, $100 value each.

Join us on Slack

If you’re part of Techqueria’s Slack community, you can join us in #meta-conference where you can receive updates and ask us any questions.

Felipe Ventura

Executive Director, Techqueria

Frances Coronel

Executive Director, Techqueria

Mary Ramirez

Partnerships Lead, Techqueria

Francisco Cruz-Mendoza

Social Media Lead, Techqueria

Cari Perez

Chapter Director for Miami, Techqueria

Sal Ramirez

Volunteer — Speakers, Promos & Raffle Prizes

Michael Urbina

Volunteer — Influencers, Comms

Cat Martinez

Volunteer — Sessions, Hopin.to

Maria Jose Rios

Volunteer — Social Media

Yazeli Cruz

Volunteer — Influencers, Promos & Raffle Prizes

Roberto Salcido

Volunteer — Comms

Irene Rivera

Volunteer — Social Media