Our team
We're a diverse team with strong personal connections to TalkingPoints’ mission. We're committed to driving student success by building strong partnerships across families, schools, and communities.
Alma Flores-Pérez
Partnerships Associate
Alma is passionate about improving education for multilingual and ELL students in the US. From a bilingual Mexican-American family, Alma and her parents were often called on to be the voice for other parents and students. At TalkingPoints, she hopes to be able to give students and parents their own voice!
Alma is a recent graduate of Stanford University, with a double-major in Linguistics and Iberian and Latin American Cultures, where her senior year thesis was on navigating, language boundaries in a bilingual education environment. Alma has taught in preschools and has led volunteer programs for maths education
Alma Flores-Pérez
Partnerships Associate
Amy Bean
Senior Director of Philanthropy
Amy brings over 15 years of experience to her role as Senior Director of Philanthropy. She has dedicated her career to supporting education and workforce-development focused organizations and has seen first hand the life-trajectory changing power that education can have for young people.
As a fundraising professional, Amy has led annual development efforts, major growth and capital campaigns, and developed multi-tiered corporate partnerships that have raised over $100 million. Amy holds a bachelor’s degree in Philosophy from San Francisco State University and currently serves on the Membership Committee for the Association of Fundraising Professionals’ Orange County Chapter.
Amy Bean
Senior Director of Philanthropy
Annie Danilova
Product Manager, Translations
As an immigrant from Russia and mother of two young children who attend school in one of the most diverse school districts in the US, Annie keeps her finger on the pulse of the communities TalkingPoints serves. Both of her parents were ethnic minorities who did not have a chance to graduate high school themselves but encouraged Annie to pursue education and to dream big.
TalkingPoints’ mission to improve student outcomes by eliminating language barriers and engaging the most vulnerable families resonates strongly with Annie. She brings her extensive experience from the translation and software industries to fulfill the promise of a better life for children in underserved communities.
Annie Danilova
Product Manager, Translations
Aram Gugusian
Software Engineer
Aram is a full stack developer with over 10 years of experience developing software. He has extensive experience on Web infrastructure and Networking and has architected the TalkingPoints web and mobile app. Aram has a master’s degree in Computer Engineering from Catholic University in Uruguay.
Aram Gugusian
Head of Engineering
Anke Weiss
Product Designer
As a parent in the public school system, Anke has experienced first hand the challenges teachers and parents of all backgrounds have to overcome to ensure an equitable education for all kids.
Anke brings almost 20 years of experience as a product designer to her role at TalkingPoints. One of her greatest joys and motivators has been creating products and services that make an actual difference in people’s lives. Anke has always been surrounded by educators and is most excited when helping companies and nonprofits in the education sector. Anke originally studied photography in Berlin before moving to California. In San Francisco she honed her design skills at SFSU Multimedia Studies Program long before UX design was even a profession.
Anke Weiss
Product Designer
Aubrey Worley
Product Manager
Aubrey is passionate about education and how it can empower people to build better lives for themselves, their families and their children, especially in low-income communities. She’s seen how education has improved her own life and is dedicated to helping create technology that can do the same for others.
She has experience in marketing, business management, software design and development. As a Product Manager, she loves how business, design, behavioral science, data and technology work together to create innovative products to help make the world a better place. Aubrey studied software development at General Assembly, Psychology at University of California, Irvine and has an MBA in Information Systems from San Francisco State University.
Aubrey Worley
Product Manager
Cassandra Lin
Product and Data Fellow
Cassandra is passionate about improving access to education for multilingual families. Her direct service work with Latinx communities led her to TalkingPoints, which she embraced as an innovative, much-needed solution to improve communication between teachers and ELL families.
Cassandra is a recent graduate of Stanford University, where she earned her master’s and bachelor’s degree in Sociology and a minor in Computer Science. She is incredibly excited to utilize her technical skills for good and serve as part of a mission-driven nonprofit team.
Cassandra Lin
Product and Data Fellow
Claudine Ryan
COO and Head of Product
As a first-generation college go-er, Claudine personally experienced how invaluable education can be. As a parent and community member, Claudine believes that parents, regardless of their own backgrounds, can be tremendous champions in their children’s educational success.
Claudine has worked in technology her entire career, primarily focused on consumer digital media, in business development, product and general management roles. More recently, Claudine has turned to building technology for social good, supporting nonprofit education organizations. Claudine studied information technology at University of Virginia and has an MBA from UCLA Anderson School of Business.
Claudine Ryan
COO and Head of Product
Dimetri Duckrey
Partner Success Associate
Dimetri is passionate about improving outcomes for all students – regardless of what languages they speak at home or the zip code in which they live. During his time as a secondary teacher and in the ed tech space, he has seen what is possible when families are engaged and advocating for their scholars. He enjoys bringing families and schools closer together through his work with TalkingPoints.
Dimetri graduated from Rutgers University with a double major in Political Science and Spanish Linguistics and later earned his master’s degree from the University of North Carolina Charlotte in Foreign Language Education. He is a Fulbright scholar and had the opportunity to teach English at a Brazilian university before teaching high school Spanish in Charlotte, NC and Camden, NJ.
Dimetri Duckrey
Partner Success Associate
Elle Thomas
Product Design Intern
Elle Thomas believes in using her user research abilities to empower ESL families and educators. Helping her mother, an elementary school teacher, develop materials for multilingual students and ESL families sparked her interest in Linguistics. Driven by the mission, Elle joined TalkingPoints to assist in the development of web and mobile applications.
Elle Thomas earned a bachelor’s degree in Linguistics with a concentration in computational linguistics from San Jose State University. She has two certificates in UX and UI studies which she uses to advocate for students and their families. Advocacy, accessibility and empathy are the foundation of user experiences.
Elle Thomas
Product Design Intern
Em Gregory
Vice President of Sales
After spending 5 years in education at both the classroom and district level, Emily transitioned into the field of educational technology to positively affect students, nationwide. She comes to TalkingPoints with over a dozen years of experience in leading and coaching highly successful sales teams in the K-12 space, both in startups and well established corporations. She is passionate about the impact technology has on educators, parents, and most importantly, students.
In her experience as a Sales leader, she has had the opportunity to see the bigger picture, organize the details to bring it into better focus, and collaborate cross functionally to knit systems together. Emily holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Education from Oakland University and is thrilled to be able to bridge her love of education with a company so driven by engagement and success.
Em Gregory
Vice President of Sales
Emily Wilkinson
Senior Finance Manager
Emily is passionate about education’s ability to open doors, open minds, and spark curiosity. She is excited by the endless possibilities that exist at the intersection of technology and social impact. At TalkingPoints, she manages finance and administration functions to help the team and its impact grow and thrive.
Emily has led financial strategy and operations across an array of organizations, industries, and teams. She is fulfilled by using her organizational management, business development, and financial operations background to make a difference in the world, particularly in the lives of children and youth. She studied Psychology at Virginia Tech, where she also received her MBA.
Emily Wilkinson
Senior Finance Manager
Emma Berry
Partner Success Manager
Emma is driven by student success — and knows that starts when schools and families work as a team. As a former English teacher in rural and urban multilingual communities, she grounded her instruction in the power of language and voice. Emma sees her role at TalkingPoints as a natural extension of her classroom experience to ensure all families and teachers have access to the tools to communicate effectively.
In addition to her time in the classroom, Emma is a graduate of the University of Richmond and worked as an instructional coach and learning experience designer for teachers. She is thrilled to be a Partner Success Manager at TalkingPoints to increase family engagement in service of students.
Emma Berry
Partner Success Manager
Gabriel Castiglioni
Software Engineer
Gabriel is our lead iOS developer and designer with extensive experience in both areas. He studied Computer Science at Republic University in Uruguay and is passionate about building products that address social problems.
Gabriel Castiglioni
Senior Software Engineer
Guillermo Siriani
Software Engineer
Guillermo is passionate about using technology to improve education and helping parents stay engaged in their children’s education. After years working for financial institutions, he felt the need to move to a more fulfilling path and joined TalkingPoints so that he could use his skills to support teachers, families and students.
As our lead AI software engineer, Guillermo works on improving our machine translations and natural language processing capabilities. He is a first generation college graduate and has a degree in Computer Science at Republic University in Uruguay with a focus on Artificial Intelligence and Natural Language Processing.
Guillermo Siriani
Software Engineer
Heather Dooley
Head of Marketing
Heather is inspired by how education can empower students to reach their potential and help build productive healthy communities. As a public school parent in a diverse district, she’s seen how fostering positive connections between schools and families can make a big difference in student learning and the important role that access and inclusion play in building these relationships.
She has spent most of her career in digital marketing, including nearly a decade working in the nonprofit education sector to advance the adoption of effective school practices and help parents understand and use education data. Heather is a graduate of Claremont McKenna College, where she studied history and French.
Heather Dooley
Head of Marketing
Heejae Lim
Founder and CEO
Heejae Lim
Founder and CEO
Ivan Solomon
Partnership Development Associate
At a young age, Ivan’s mother, a middle school ESL teacher, instilled in him the value of education. Since then, he has viewed academics as a means for social advancement, and worked to include others in that vision. During college, he served as director of Young Men’s Circle, Pomona College’s only youth mentorship program, and founded an annual scholarship for the mentees. At TalkingPoints, he supports educators on a national scale.
Ivan earned a bachelor of arts in international relations and Middle Eastern studies from Pomona College before serving as a Fulbright English teacher in Rabat, Morocco. He is an Arabic speaker and is fascinated by intercultural communication.
Ivan Solomon
Partnership Development Associate
Kevin Chavez
Customer Success Associate
Kevin is passionate about giving a voice to families who speak English as a second language. As a child of two immigrants, Kevin grew up acting as an interpreter for his parents and teachers.
As a Customer Success Associate, Kevin brings over six years of experience and is dedicated to helping teachers and families connect with one another. Kevin is finishing his bachelor’s degree from San Francisco State University where he is majoring in liberal studies and minoring in marketing.
Kevin Chavez
Customer Success Associate
Martín Calcagno
Software Engineer
Martin leads Android app development and works with AI that are integral to TalkingPoints 2.0. He studied Computer Science at Republic University in Uruguay and is passionate about mathematics.
Martín Calcagno
Software Engineer
Nancy Lee Bromberger
Head of Partnerships
Nancy brings over fifteen years of experience in education to her role as Head of Partnerships. As a classroom teacher in Anacostia, Washington DC and head of a literacy program for low-income students in San Francisco, she witnessed the power of partnering with parents in their children’s education to support student success.
At TalkingPoints, Nancy oversees all school and district partnerships nation-wide to support improving outcomes for students, especially in under-resourced communities. Nancy earned a master’s degree in Education with a concentration in Policy, Organization, and Leadership Studies (POLS) from Stanford University and a bachelor’s degree in East Asian Studies from Boston University.
Nancy Lee Bromberger
Head of Partnerships
Nelson Campos
Software Engineer
Nelson is our lead backend developer. He has extensive knowledge on SQL and Mongo databases and has worked on TalkingPoints SMS infrastructure and push notifications. He studied Computer Science at Republic University in Uruguay.
Nelson Campos
Senior Software Engineer
Pablo Márquez
Software Engineer
Pablo is passionate about using his technology background to improve education. Pablo studied Biochemistry at the Science University of Uruguay and computer science in the private sector. His academic work included combining biology and programming as a bioinformatician, and he tried to find key genes that help combat diseases caused by parasites, like Toxoplasmosis.
In addition to his academic work, he has worked as a game developer in several educational and children-oriented projects. Pablo joined TalkingPoints to collaborate on the development of the web and mobile apps, working on adding new features and improving the experience and accessibility for parents and teachers alike.
Pablo Márquez
Software Engineer
Paige DeLozier
Marketing and Community Associate
Paige has a passion for education that ranges from classroom instruction to student and family engagement and teacher advocacy. She finds great purpose and satisfaction in participating in the development and distribution of resources that benefit all stakeholders in the world of education.
She is a graduate of Middle Tennessee State University with a BS in Interdisciplinary Studies with a K-6 focus and is a licensed educator in the state of Tennessee with an ESOL endorsement. As Marketing and Community Associate, she gets to use her teaching experience, passion for communicating and building relationships, and belief in TalkingPoints mission to help teachers, students, and families find success.
Paige DeLozier
Marketing and Community Associate
Rina Park
Director of Research
Rina is passionate about aligning education technology to improving student learning. Rina is a quantitative education researcher who specializes in using data-driven methods to answer causal inference questions. At TalkingPoints, Rina helps teachers and parents communicate better and collaboratively work towards effective student learning.
Rina received a Ph.D in Economics and Education from Columbia University (Teachers College), M.S in Statistics from Stanford University, and B.S in both Economics and Applied Mathematics from UC Berkeley with distinction in general scholarship. Prior to joining TalkingPoints, Rina worked as a postdoctoral scholar at Golub Capital Social Impact Lab, Stanford GSB and a Research Associate from Community College Research Center, Teachers College Columbia University
Rina Park
Director of Research
Veronica Tappe
Philanthropy and Operations Manager
Veronica cares deeply about improving education and student outcomes in America. Education played a positive role in Veronica’s life and she has dedicated her career to working on mission-driven nonprofit teams.
Veronica has experience in operations, human resources, and development. Veronica studied Sociology at Southern Oregon University and received a certificate in Human Resources from California State University, East Bay.
Veronica Tappe
Philanthropy and Operations Manager
Board of directors
Heejae Lim
Founder and CEO
Heejae Lim
Founder and CEO
Dan Braga
Interim Board Chair
Dan Braga is a Partner at The Zaf Group, a family office investment firm. He leads the direct investing activities and serves on the Board of all Zaf Group companies. Previously, Dan was with McKinsey & Company for 17 years, serving as Partner in the Chicago Office. He holds a BA from the University of Michigan, an MBA from MIT, and an MPA from Harvard.
Dan Braga
Interim Board Chair
Tyler Coats
Treasurer and board member
Tyler Coats
Treasurer and board member
Join us to make a difference,
to change lives
Our team
Our fast-growing team is focused on the best experiences for our teachers and families.
At TalkingPoints, we are passionate about changing our education system for the better, and we believe deeply in the value of what we do. We bring an empathetic, entrepreneurial spirit to our work—and we have fun while we’re at it!
What we offer
- An incredible opportunity to build a mission-driven, rapidly growing startup tech nonprofit
- Competitive salary, full coverage health insurance, unlimited vacation, 401K, commuter and flexible spending benefits
- Casual work environment in San Francisco Bay Area; supporting flexible/remote
Our organizational values
User & mission orientation
We are devoted to our mission with empathy towards the communities we serve.
All in together
We go above and beyond the job description, working together as a team.
Agile & action-oriented
We get things done, knowing that our progress is urgent to our communities.
Always learning
We are always learning, with a growth mindset, to reach our our full potential.
Boldly courageous
We take risks in order to achieve big things.
Resourceful
We are creative, solution-oriented, and "Uruguayo" (which means "scrappy" in Spanish).
