Our Team

 


Dr. Giri Narasimhan 
Director and Co-Founder
 
Dr. Kip Irvine 
Co-Founder & Community Liaison
Nimmi (Nirmala) Arunachalam
Associate Director

Facilitators

Doris (Doris Jackson) Jackson-Bonaby, M.Ed

Facilitator of Code.org Computer Science Discoveries Workshops

Valerie Crawford-Meyer

Facilitator of Code.org Computer Science Discoveries Workshops

Carmen L. Garcia

Facilitator of Code.org Computer Science Principles Workshops

Maria Isabel Leeder

Facilitator of Code.org Computer Science Principles Workshops

Vijayshree Sundar

Facilitator of Code.org Computer Science A Workshops and Florida Teacher Certification Exams (FTCE) Workshops

Dr. Peter Clarke
CS
 Education & Software Engineering
Matthew Gross
Facilitator of Florida Teacher Certification Exams (FTCE) Workshops

Dr. Gregory M. Reis 
Robotics Education


Collaborators

  • Ruben Balmaceda (Assurant Solutions, Python)
  • Prof. Leonardo Bobadilla (FIU, Robotics)
  • Prof. Cristy Charters (FIU)
  • Prof. Debra Davis (FIU)
  • Jamie Gant (Ronald Reagan/Doral Sr. High School & Ganttech.com)
  • Prof. Hien Nguyen (Miami-Dade College)
  • Pamela J. Wentworth, Teacher/Trainer, M-DCPS Administrator
  • Prof. Kalai Mathee, MSc, PhD, MPH (FIU, Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine)
  • Prof. Trevor Cickovski, PhD (FIU, Knight Foundation School of Computing and Information Sciences) 

Collaborating Non-Profits

Academy Coordinators

Anne Nguyen
FIU, Graduate Student
academy-admin@cis.fiu.edu

Lorena Quincoso Lugones
FIU, Graduate Student
academy-admin@cis.fiu.edu

Gian Pena
FIU, Graduate Student
academy-admin@cis.fiu.edu