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Willy Orozco

As the South Florida Regional Manager for Technology Education and Literacy in Schools (TEALS), a Microsoft Philanthropies program, I help build sustainable computer science programs in high schools with a focus on serving students excluded from learning CS because of race, gender and geography. I help classroom teachers to learn to teach CS on their own by pairing them with industry volunteers and proven curricula. I helped launch the program in Miami Dade during the 2020-2021 school year and have facilitated the expansion of the program since then by increasing served students and volunteer participation also 150%. Also facilitated expansion of the program into Broward and Palm Beach Counties. I come from the classroom as Chair of the Engineering and Computer Science department at Gulliver prep in Miami, FL. I earned my bachelor in Earth Science Education from Florida International University and have a Level 2 Google Educator Certification. As a member of the Enabling The Future community, I have had