Cayden Mak
Publisher at Convergence Magazine
Oakland, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolCayden Mak is a movement technologist, organizer, and writer with 11 years of experience blending digital strategy, civic technology, and editorial leadership from Oakland. As Publisher of Convergence Magazine and former Executive Director and CTO at 18 Million Rising, Cayden has led campaigns and built platforms that amplify social justice narratives and community power. He combines hands-on tech leadership—shaping product and media workflows—with grassroots organizing and teaching experience in higher education. Known for a sharp online presence and wry self-description as a “cat lord” and “social justice ranger,” he brings an unusually public, personality-driven approach to building inclusive digital ecosystems.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
BA, Philosophy, BA, Philosophy at University of MichiganMFA, Media Study, MFA, Media Study at University at Buffalo
Github Skills (2)
elections8
php8
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
18mr/documentation
Sep 2014 - Jun 2021
Documentation for 18MR.org campaigners
Contributions:114 commits, 1 PR, 76 pushes in 6 years 9 months
18mr/call-congress
Apr 2015 - Nov 2017
Contributions:14 PRs, 53 pushes, 3 branches in 2 years 7 months
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