Meet the
Sabio Team
Liliana Aide Monge
Liliana Aide Monge
CEO/Co-Founder
Liliana is a social entrepreneur that believes in the power of the <script> tag. Coming from an economic development background, she found it important to find opportunities that empowered the community. Sabio allows individuals to transform their lives through their careers.
Gregorio is an industry veteran and co-founder of Sabio. Through Sabio, Gregorio provides an opportunity for more people of diverse backgrounds to break into careers in tech as software developers. Since 2013, Gregorio has led over 800 individuals to change their careers.
Claudia Monge
Claudia Monge
Chief Operations Officer
Claudia acts as the engine behind Sabio’s administrative needs. After more than 18 years of experience, Claudia joined Sabio to create an administrative structure that would allow for scalable growth. She enjoys being part of an org that is invested in the livelihood of others.
Kelly Hernandez
Kelly Hernandez
Accounting Manager
Kelly started with Sabio when she was a college student. After graduating and gaining experience in the industry, she came back to Sabio as an Accounting Manager. She thoroughly enjoys Sabio’s mission to empower career changers in tech and is happy to be back at Sabio!
Yadira Ramos
Yadira Ramos
Compliance Officer
Yadira is essential in supporting Sabio’s administrative needs. She helps manage important programs such as the VET TEC, Gi BIll, and the BPPE certification. She also supports fellows through their enrollment journey into Sabio. She is passionate about helping anywhere she can.
Robert Johannes
Robert Johannes
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VP of Admissions
Robert joins Sabio as an experienced professional in academia where he worked several years in admission. He believes education is life-changing and enjoys a role in helping individuals begin a career in Software Development. He finds the relationships he builds rewarding.
Alexa Azinger
Alexa Azinger
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Director of Admissions
Alexa is an advocate for education and investing into students. She finds great power in enabling students to find success through tools and resources. She enjoys working at Sabio as an admission consultant because she can empower students to find successful careers in tech.
Babar Ali
Babar Ali
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Assistant Director of Admissions
Ali is a professional in education with a background working in colleges. He studied psychology in UC Davis because he wanted to help people accomplish life goals. Ali's passion for education is rooted from his experience in college and getting guidance when he needed it most.
Meg Black
Meg Black
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Director of Veteran Admissions and Affairs
Prior to joining Sabio, Meg worked in admissions at Bethany College and worked with veterans at Wounded Warrior Project. She served in the Army as a Military Police Platoon Leader and lived abroad in Germany for 2 years.
Nancy Her
Nancy Her
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Career Counselor
Nancy joins Sabio as a Career Counselor to provide professional career coaching to all students in a student-centric way that will support students to find a career upon completing their program at Sabio. Nancy has been an influential leader in the higher education industry for the last 7 years.
Miguel Ferreira
Miguel Ferreira
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UI/UX Designer
Miguel is a creative who appreciates creating a design that is going to improve an experience. He graduated from the Caracas Design Institute in 2012 and has a Masters Degree in UX/UI App Design. At Sabio, Miguel helps with all designs from the website to marketing materials.
Hector Arias
Hector Arias
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Senior Instructor
Hector serves as a senior instructor at Sabio where he reaps the benefit of watching individuals transform their lives by landing jobs as software developers. Hector had dabbled with coding throughout the years to the extent of writing his thesis in computational astrophysics.
Danny Gonzalez
Danny Gonzalez
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Senior Instructor
Danny is a senior instructor and was part of Sabio’s fourth cohort in 2014. After graduating, he worked for a start-up and developed his skills as a web developer through multiple companies. He decided to circle back to teaching because he enjoys the excitement of educating others.
Brijesh Patel
Brijesh Patel
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Senior Instructor/Engineer
Brijesh has had almost every role under the sun before finding coding. Brijesh joined Sabio because the mission and goals aligned with his values and knew Sabio was where he wanted to grow his career. As a Senior instructor, Brijesh works to find success in all of the cohorts.
Zachary Lynch
Zachary Lynch
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Full Stack Software Engineer/Instructor
Zach is a full stack software engineer and instructor at Sabio. Previous to joining Sabio, he was in the US Army for 8 years serving as Squad Leader and Recon Platoon Sergeant. He enjoys providing values to students who are learning skills and starting their software careers.
Haley Stamp
Haley Stamp
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Full Stack Software Engineer/Instructor
Haley is a career changer who now joins Sabio as a full stack software engineer. Previously, Haley worked in marketing where her creative side was able to flourish. Now, coding has allowed her to merge both logical and creative sides of her through problem-solving.
Rob Rukavina
Rob Rukavina
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Full Stack Software Engineer/Instructor
Rob has been working as an engineer in various capacities for many years. First serving as a steam propulsion engineer for the US NAVY, he is now part of Sabio as a full stack software engineer and instructor. He believes the mind is powerful and anything is within reach.
Yashashri Patel
Yashashri Patel
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Full Stack Software Engineer/Instructor
Yashashri joins Sabio as an experienced technical professional. She was previously a team lead for Data Impact Solutions, now she works on developing scalable web applications and internal tools for Sabio. She loves the working environment and support she receives.
Jacob Bathan
Jacob Bathan
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Full Stack Software Engineer/Instructor
Jacob joins Sabio as a software engineer and instructor. He has worked in many different fields before starting his career in tech. Jacob is a former U.S. Navy Boatswain's Mate and X-Ray Technician. Since making his career change, he has worked mainly developing large scale applications.
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