Summary
Joliz Cedeño is an Executive Director and community-driven nonprofit leader with a decade of experience building pathways for Latiné and underrepresented professionals in tech. Currently leading Techqueria’s growth, fundraising, and program strategy, she expanded membership by over 2,500 in a year and launched the organization’s first individual donor campaign. Her background spans program design, corporate partnerships, and staff development from roles at Code Nation and Global Kids, where she scaled youth-serving programs and pioneered equity and inclusion initiatives. A South Bronx-born Puerto Rican and survivor, she brings lived experience to trauma-informed board work with The Breathe Network and a relentless focus on access, healing, and joy in community-building. Known for blending strategic rigor with cultural fluency, she also channels creativity into playlists, game nights, and pop-culture trivia, reflecting a leadership style that is both strategic and deeply human.
10 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
Executive Education, Developing Leaders Program for Nonprofit Professionals, Executive Education, Developing Leaders Program for Nonprofit Professionals at Columbia Business School
Certification, Online and Social Media Marketing, Certification, Online and Social Media Marketing at Pratt Institute
Harvard Kennedy School Executive Education: Strategic Fundraising for Nonprofit Leaders Program, Harvard Kennedy School Executive Education: Strategic Fundraising for Nonprofit Leaders Program at Harvard University
SUNY New Paltz
Certificate in Nonprofit Management, Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management, Certificate in Nonprofit Management, Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management at Georgetown University McCourt School of Public Policy
Spanish, French