The Visionaries Behind the Compass
Meet the architects and navigators who will help you lay the groundwork for your future. At Breakthrough Silicon Valley, our team assembles the tools, charts the courses, and clears the path, but the destination? That's all you.
Staff
Click on a photo to learn more about each member of Breakthrough Silicon Valley’s team.
Rebecca Duran
Executive Director
Wes Cheung
Dir. of Admissions & Middle School Program
Thao Nguyen
Director of College Access Program
Eduardo Arellanes Loeza
VP of Programs and Instruction
Susana Duran
College Advising Coordinator
Javier Ortega
Family and Community Engagement Manager
Tony Alvarez
AmeriCorps Program Director
Emily Gutierrez
College Advising Manager
Marisol Ponce
Development Events Manager
Sophia Bruno
Middle School Program Coordinator
Rebeca Lopez
College Advising Coach
Sergio Quinones
Middle School Program Manager
Christa Salazar
Associate Director of Operations
Joshua Salazar
Operations Manager
Priyanka Subramaniam
Director of Development
Vanessa Valdez Cruz
College Access Program Manager
Aylin Velazco
College Access Program Coordinator
INTERNS
Destiny Anguiano
Program Intern
Donna Garcia
Admissions Intern
Khanh Le
Middle School Program Intern
Christina Tra
Marketing and Communications Intern
Board of Directors
Christina Lai (Chair)
VP, Deputy General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, Robinhood
Liza Smyth (Vice Chair)
Customer Experience Executive
Bianca Fischli (Secretary)
Community Volunteer, Customer Success Advocate
Ramón Garcia Gomez (Finance & Treasurer)
Go to Market Strategy and Operations, Google
Carol Tinsley (Development)
Community Volunteer
Jocelyne Cardona (Governance)
Talent Development Professional and Facilitator
Neeraj Goel
Senior Engineering Manager, Adobe
Roneeta Guha
Principal, Education First Consulting
Uyen Nguyen
Community Volunteer
Griselda Panozo
Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers
Allison Railo
Art Historian and Curator
Antonio Romero
Director of Medicinal Chemistry, Cytokinetics
Michele Wyman
Director, Communications, Google Workspace