
Carlos León
Carlos began his career as a bilingual first grade teacher in Minneapolis. Over the past decade, he has worked as an elementary math instructional coach, autonomous school district administrator, and computer science (CS) curriculum and teacher professional development instructional designer. Most recently, Carlos served as Senior Director of Educational Impact and Learning at Mouse, a STEM education NYC nonprofit. During these four years, Carlos led CS education research projects and worked with CSforALL, NYC DOE, ScratchEd,Code.org, Google, and CSTA to prepare over 10,000 K-12 educators to teach CS using inquiry-based and culturally responsive teaching methods.
Carlos holds an Ed.M. in Technology, Innovation & Education from Harvard University and A.B. in Literature from Georgetown University.
In the wild, you may spot Carlos watching birds, traveling post-Soviet states or contemplating how to stop his cat from breaking nice things.
Our Team

Savita Raj
Chief Executive Officer

Lien Diaz
Interim Executive Director, Board Vice Chair and Director of Educational Innovation and Leadership, Constellations Center for Equity in Computing at Georgia Tech

Abby Funabiki, MPA
Associate Executive Director
Kambria "Kami" Harris
Social Media Strategist/Content Creator

Suzanne B. Carlson, M. Ed.
District Coding Accelerator

Brenda Bass
PD Manager

Carlos Leon
Programs Manager

McKay Perkins, MS
Senior PD Facilitator

Laurie Green
Senior PD Facilitator

Heather Cunningham, EdD
Senior PD Facilitator

Melody Hagaman
Senior PD Facilitator

Ashley Waring
Senior PD Facilitator

Becky Hansen
PD Facilitator

Tenisha Harrington
PD Facilitator

Allison Knight
PD Facilitator

Natalie Varkey
PD Facilitator

Kelly Powers
PD Facilitator

Michael Hanahan
Marketing Consultant
Emilie Martinez
Web Developer

Stacie Mason, PhD
Research and Evaluation