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Leonardo Graterol is a Latin American software engineer, born and raised in Caracas, Venezuela, now living in Chile. He’s worked in web and software development jobs in several industries like digital marketing, e-commerce, GIS and airlines. Leonardo is also experienced in teaching and public speaking, he has taught several programming courses and has delivered talks […]

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Leonardo Graterol is a Latin American software engineer, born and raised in Caracas, Venezuela, now living in Chile.He's worked in web and software development jobs in several industries like digital marketing, e-commerce, GIS and airlines.Leonardo is also experienced in teaching and public speaking, he has taught several programming courses and has delivered talks at Meetups and conferences, and is currently working on developing a mentoring program for junior developers with no formal college education.He is a believer in the power of cryptocurrencies as a mean to take back financial power from governments and institutions and return it to individuals.

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Nina is the Co-Founder &CEO of ersity, a startup focused on creating an equitable, diverse and inclusive tech industry.  They are building a platform that’s the “Glassdoor for diversity” where companies can highlight what they’re doing to create inclusive environments for people of all backgrounds, and diverse coders, developers and engineers can share their […]

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Nina Baliga is the Co-Founder & CEO of div-ersity, a startup focused on creating an equitable, diverse and inclusive tech industry.  They are building a platform that's the "Glassdoor for diversity" where companies can highlight what they're doing to create inclusive environments for people of all backgrounds, and diverse coders, developers and engineers can share their experiences in the workplace. As a child of immigrants, Nina has always been passionate about social justice and improving the lives of marginalized people. She began her career in the non-profit world working to empower underrepresented communities, then went on to get an MBA before she decided to teach herself front-end web development and user experience design.  With nearly twenty years of experience in non-profit and for-profit organizations, she decided to dive into the startup world combining her community organizing, business, and app development skills. 

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Cory Foy is a software developer and organizational consultant based out of North Carolina who has seen his share of garbage practices over the past 20 years and tries to help fix that in any way he can.

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Cory Foy is a software developer and organizational consultant based out of North Carolina who has seen his share of garbage practices over the past 20 years and tries to help fix that in any way he can

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DOER OF THINGS, DREAMER OF DREAMSMelanie Crutchfield is an obsessive learner. She drinks far too much coffee. She thinks being creative is about the best thing you can do with your time, which is why she does what she does.Melanie has a background in Fine Art Photographic Printing, and she's had the pleasure of collaborating with some off-the-charts talented photographers. Creative teamwork: it’s awesome.She loves Python and Django, with special emphasis on the amazing people she's been lucky enough to meet through her pursuit of learning. Super sparkles.Recently Melanie developed, coded, and launched FiveUp, a service that sends you random happy texts throughout your day. Creativity + happiness = win.Melanie believes in hope, kindness, Ben and Jerry’s Salted Carmel Core ice cream, and spunk. And you. 

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DOER OF THINGS, DREAMER OF DREAMS Melanie is an obsessive learner. She drinks far too much coffee. She thinks being creative is about the best thing you can do with your time, which is why she does what she does.