EP 15 How a college club turned into a 4,000+ member tech nonprofit. empowering underserved communities. The Story of INIT. A conversation with Co-Founder Cesar Villa-Garcia, ex-JPMorgan, Microsoft. Current at American Express
Forward Thinkers Show by Coral Miniel
Episode notes
In this episode of The Forward Thinker Show, we delve into the essence of community building within the tech industry, featuring Cesar Vill-Garcia. Cesar is the co-founder of INIT, a Miami-based edtech nonprofit, aimed to empower underserved communities in technology. He worked at JPMorgan, Microsoft, and currently, American Express.
Cesar Vill-Garcia, born in Lima, Peru, had a substantial impact on Miami's tech community. Over a decade ago, INIT started as a modest chapter of UPE, a computer science honor society, at Florida International University. Despite facing various challenges as the society's president, Cesar successfully overcame them and transformed the club into a noteworthy nonprofit organization.
The nonprofit organized the largest hackathon on the East Coast, Shell Hacks, surpassing even HackMIT. It raised over $1.5 mil ...