Nico Cruz (he/him)

Education Officer

Nico is a Junior at Carlmont. He has been a member of BAYCSC since 2022. He enjoys math, computer science, and playing the drums and tennis.

Talia Ye (she/her)

Communications Officer

Talia Ye is a Freshman at Mills. She has been with BAYCSC since 2022, and has tried CS occasionally since she was little. In her free time, she enjoys art, skiing, and spending time with friends.

Katelyn Chan (she/her)

Junior Officer

Katelyn Chan is currently a junior at Saint Mary's College High school. She likes to listen to music, play video games, and bake in her freetimes and plans to major in Computer Science!

Adrian Grantz (he/him)

Junior Data Officer

Adrian Grantz is a junior at Saint Francis High School. He is currently enrolled in CS classes, and plans to major in it in college. He likes skiing, skateboarding, and watching shows.

Emily Thomforde (she/her)

CS Program Advisor, California County Boards of Education

Dr. Em is a freelance CS curriculum developer and CS education advocate. She previously served as the Maker Education and Computer Science Coordinator at the San Mateo County Office of Education. She advocates for equity in K-12 Computer Science and supports teachers and districts in building rigorous pathways to deliver the California K-12 CS Standards. Emily is a BAFTA-winning video game developer, and has five years of experience teaching computer programming, software development and engineering at libraries, prisons, museums, and public schools locally and abroad. Her curriculum development credits include Vidcode, Hopscotch, Code.org, Code Combat, and BrainPOP. Emily holds a PhD in Artificial Intelligence from the University of Edinburgh in Scotland, UK.

Ryan Lay (he/him)

Research And Development Engineer, Swartz Center for Computational Neuroscience

Ryan Lay is a research assistant working at the intersection of Spatial Computing and Education. He specializes in bringing students from no-code to low-code and from low-code to building projects. He graduated from UC San Diego with a degree in Computer Science Engineering in 2023.