I founded Teaching.com with the simple goal of helping kids learn proper touch typing skills. I never expected we would end up helping so many students and teachers around the world. We might not be able to call ourselves a start-up anymore, but we still foster the same excitement and drive to change the future of education.

It’s really cool to be able to say “I love what I do!“, but it’s even cooler knowing that every day I’m helping countless teachers and children. Along with a really great team, my day to day is building the absolute best in educational technology. In my free time, I’m heavily involved with musical education, especially composition. Living in the Colorado Rockies, I spend my weekends in the mountains rock climbing and hiking with my absurdly cute puppy named Nitro.

I taught myself how to make websites in middle school and “became a designer” while making custom MySpace templates for my friends and websites for my Starcraft clan. I live in Houston with my wife and son, though I’ll never stop thirsting for the mountains of the Pacific Northwest.

At the dawn of high school a little game called Red Alert was released and, as I’ve come to realize, was the spark that ignited my joy, creative passions and drive for coding. It’s been many years since I wrote my first line of code - languages, libraries and IDEs have come and gone - but the joy I experience now is the same I felt when I saw those infamous words for the first time over a decade ago: “Hello World”

I am passionate about design and the way it affects people's everyday lives. Ever since I've had the incredible opportunity to witness the massive impact that design can have through developing learning resources with my wife who teaches students with autism, I have been completely hooked. When I'm not designing, you can find me biking through the river valley in Edmonton, Alberta, perfecting my home brew recipes, or dancing in the living room with my daughter.

I've worn the Linux Admin/System Admin/DevOps hats for about seven years now, but my love for computers goes far back into my childhood. I took a self-directed and self-educated hobby and turned it into a career, and I'm proud to be working for a company that champions these ideals. When I'm not automating my own job away, I can be found homebrewing beer, cooking, playing guitar, or being chased around the house by my two kids.

I studied Business Management and Finance at the University of Puerto Rico and worked in London for four years after graduation. Although I loved living in the UK, I missed my beautiful island, Puerto Rico. Since I moved back, I’ve worked for executives in multiple companies. I’ve always dreamed of owning my own company someday, so being close to business leaders is the perfect learning opportunity. When I’m not at work, I love everything that has to do with street fashion. I can make my own clothes and maybe, one day, I’ll have my own boutique! I love traveling, cooking and taking my boxer, Nugget, wherever I can take her.

I moved from Ecuador to NYC at the age of 18 and quickly became a valued member of one of the largest catering companies in Manhattan while putting myself through college. Upon graduation, I secured a spot at a rapidly expanding healthcare company. Fast forward to 2016 I was ready to leave my position in favor of getting married and moving to Puerto Rico to enjoy a life of sun, sand, surf and working from home in the fields of Digital Marketing and Customer Service.

I have been working in education for over a decade as an educator, program manager, and game-based curriculum and assessment designer. My passion is working with amazing teams to make learning experiences as engaging and fun as we all know they can be for students and teachers alike. My fiance and I live in Los Angeles where we love exploring this crazy city, eating great food and drinking great wine, and convincing our friends to play obscure board games with us.

I have been programming for the last 38 years starting with a math game for my baby brother. Being part of the Teaching.com family and encouraging education feels like coming full circle. When I am not coding you can find me on stage at the local community theater, playing D&D, out camping or more than likely playing Nitro Type.

I was born and raised in Los Angeles, CA. After studying Communications in college, I started a career in Yellow Pages Print Advertising. As the industry became obsolete, I left to join a small start-up called Teaching.com. I spent years helping teachers and students in Customer Service. Then, I put my career on hold to become a stay at home mom. Fast forward four years and I’m back! I’m grateful to be part of the Teaching.com team once again. When I am not working, you can find me in the gym or on the beach with my family.

Born and raised in Bayamón, Puerto Rico. I studied Accounting at the University of Puerto Rico at Bayamón and became a CPA in 2013. I worked in Public Accounting for five years. I live with my husband, two children and a Schnauzer. When I'm not working, I love to spend quality time with my family, discover new restaurants and plan family trips.

After many years I've realized that my attention is just naturally drawn to art, science and the balance between the two. Whether it be designing or coding software, reading non-fiction or Dr. Suess, creating fine art or children’s picture books. At teaching.com I get to combine so much of what I love to do in my spare time.

When I was a young I got my first glimpse at computer programming using a Commodore 64. Ever since then I’ve been interested in computer programming and creating games. I’ve been lucky that I get to do something that I love as a career. Now, I have an opportunity to create games and software that are used by millions of students all over the world!

Growing up around video games - my father wrote games for first-generation video game consoles - I knew that I wanted to follow that path and create games that I wanted to play. In the first portion of my career, I designed and programmed four pinball machines and was a part of a team that created some very successful sport-based coin-op games. In the middle of my career, I joined a start-up and developed software for a SaaS based e-marketing platform. After ten years on the business side, I returned to video games and shipped a turn-based strategy game, a toy-companion app, and two video slot machine games. When I’m not working, I’m working on my honeydue list, enjoying weather-related activities and working on my video game passion project.

Originally from New York, I left the Big Apple to bounce across oceans from Melbourne in Oz to Barcelona, Spain—where I’ve been failing miserably at learning Spanish for the last 5 years. I’ve been in marketing for as long as I’ve been seriously working (that stuff in college doesn’t count, right?) and have had the absolute privilege of being part of the growth at startups like Trello (acquired) and Noom (Sequoia, Series D). I’m a super amateur snowboarder, die-hard Trekkie, and wanna-be expert gin lover.

I grew up building backyard forts, playing computer games, and creating RISK, Monopoly or Choose Your Own Adventure rip-offs in my abundant free time. And while I don't build backyard forts much anymore, I still make games - just for more people. I parent my own five kids as I was raised: encouraging free play, risk taking, and self-directed learning. Outside of work, I advocate for housing & transit, while writing and speaking on raising independent kids in a city.

I have enjoyed drawing for as long as I can remember. Even when I was sick and couldn’t attend school, drawing was my best medicine. Although I completed an MBA, I still couldn’t get away from my attraction to art and design. Design and illustration eventually turned into a career and has become an integral part of my life. Outside of work, I can typically be found playing with my daughter and little puppy, too.

Nitro is a Golden Retriever -- he’s our “virtual office” dog and the Nitro Type mascot. While he can’t exactly play Nitro Type, he has an honorary “Golden” Membership and lives up to his name by sprinting around as fast as he can! A native of Colorado, he lives with Travis and loves hiking and exploring the outdoors. His hobbies include playing with new toys and being a rawhide connoisseur!