Our Management
Our main team consists of employees, interns and extremely dedicated volunteers. They take care of the overall project management, partnerships, teaching methods, communications and social media and other important tasks to keep our program running.
Vincent van Grondelle
Co-Founder, Program Manager & Social Worker
Vincent is the co-founder and current program manager of the MigraCode Barcelona program, and through his experience with this, he has profound knowledge of the tech sector, open education and working with refugees and migrants. He also has a background in social work which he also uses to support MigraCode students. He is responsible for managing more than a 100 volunteers, overseeing the work of the main MigraCode team, maintaining close links with other NGOs in and around Barcelona, organising small to large events, coordinating our European partnerships, and developing and extending Corporate Social Responsibility relationships with partners from the tech sector. With a background in social work, data analysis, nonprofit management, political science and philosophy, his focus has always been on combating structural inequities and bringing people together to make a positive social impact in society.
Yogesh Yadav
Head of Education
With years of experience as a teacher in non-formal schools in India, Yogi started as a volunteer instructor at MigraCode while being a full-time Master’s student himself. He has shown impeccable organizational and student management skills which comes with working hundreds of hours in classrooms with adolescents. He is a graduate of Business Management with a Master in Software Engineering. In March 2021, he started at MigraCode as Head of Education, being responsible for managing all our coding classes, organizing all our technical volunteers, supporting our students on a one-to-one basis, managing our education team, updating and further developing our open-source coding curriculum and implementing new and improved teaching methods. His unique combined experience in Management, Computer Science and Education for underprivileged children and vulnerable communities makes him an extremely important team member.
Carlos Sanchez Heil
Curriculum Manager
While being CTO at WATTABIT, Carlos started as a technical volunteer at MigraCode, having had over 10 years of experience in Technology and Innovation Companies as R&D Engineer, with a background in Software Development and Project Management. He has a Master’s Degree in Computer Engineering and he has worked in various tech companies, giving him tons of knowledge of the tech sector. In March 2020, he started at MigraCode as a Head of Education, being responsible for managing all our coding classes, organizing all our technical volunteers, supporting our students on a one-to-one basis, manage our educational team, updating and further developing our open-source coding curriculum and implementing new and improved teaching methods. His unique combined experience with IT and education for vulnerable communities makes him an extremely important team member.
Marta Hormaechea
Partnerships & Communications
Marta joined MigraCode as a trainee, supporting us with a wide range of tasks to grow and improve our program. She has a wide range of experience in communications and education, and she is a Master’s graduate at the London School of Economics in Culture and Society. From December 2020, Marta is responsible for finding and maintaining new partnerships, both with nonprofits as well as with corporate organisations. She also collaborates closely with volunteers and trainees to manage all our social media and reach out to potential future students and partners via these platforms. Last but not least: as a published writer in La Vanguardia, she also creates content for our website, including interviews with students and volunteers.
Angelo
Zarate
Education
Assistant
Didac
Guillamet
Director of
OCC
Henriette
Hettinga
Project
Manager
Hania
Eid
Communications
Manager
Diana
Dashkovska
Office
Manager
Our Mental Health Care Team
When students need support with other aspects in their lives, we have various professionals – some employed, some volunteering – supporting our students on a practical and psychological level.
Alicia
Reichardt
Professional
Therapist
Luciana
Wachockier
Professional
Therapist
Alex
Duran
Professional
Therapist
Silvia
Bellmunt
Professional
Therapist
Nacho
Ferreiro
Professional
Therapist
Our Technical Volunteers
This is just a selection of a part of our instructor team – in total we have more than 80 instructors from the tech sector involved in the teaching and learning processes of our program! Through different ways they support our students during and in-between classes.
Flaminia
Cavallo
Senior
Software Engineer
at ThoughtWorks
António
Miranda
Senior
Software Engineer
at New Relic
Juan
Londoño
Software
Engineer
at Travelport
Àngel
Fernández
Backend
Engineering Manager at Holaluz.com
Bárbara
Deluchi
Software Consultant Developer at ThoughtWorks
Giorgio
Polvara
Senior
Developer
at TravelPerk
Thomas
Lebeau
Senior
Software Engineer
at New Relic
Nandan
Rao
Data Science
Consultant at
The World Bank
Mattia
Tollari
Software Developer Engineer
at Adaptive
Hannah
Redler
Full Stack
Engineer
at Glovo
Elena Raffay
Iglesias
Software Developer
at
ThoughtWorks
Jay
Nebhwani
Founder
of Agama
Interactive
Jeff
Zinger
Software Development Consultant at ThoughtWorks
Stefanos
Karapatakis
Software Consultant
at
Adaptive
Eduard Bargués
Junyent
Software
Engineer
at Ohpen
Francelice
Sarda
Front-end
Developer
at Adaptive
Daniel
Muñoz Ruiz
Senior Frontend
Developer
at Adevinta
Daniel
Fernández Arias
Senior Front End
Software Engineer
at New Relic
Jordi
Munoz
Frontend
Engineer
at Adevinta
Rafael
Chiti
Software Engineer
at
ClassDojo
Audrey
Fouquier
Back
End Developer
at Adaptive
Thomas
Fenech
Front-end Lead
at Nearby
Computing
David
Lampon
Senior
Software Engineer
at New Relic
Juandiego
Calero
Senior UX/UI
Designer at
ONE Insurance Ltd.
Sergi
Martínez
Senior
Android Developer and Flutter fan
Our Employability Volunteers
While our instructors volunteer to teach coding, our employability volunteers help our students through many other ways. They help students with preparing for job interviews, improving their CV and LinkedIn, understanding the tech sector better and guiding them through their tech career.
Laura
Luengo
HR Specialist
& Mentor
at Webhelp
Benedetta
Malaspina
Tech
Recruiter at
Montreal Associates
Alexander
Ludwick
Senior Tech
Recruiter
at Glovo
Kelly
Melia-Teevan
Associate
Director at
Article One Advisors
Estefania
Ricart Arnaiz
HR Officer at
Adaptive Financial
Consulting
Cristal
Bukler
Tourism Researcher & Hospitality
Specialist
Mirtha
Soto
Product
Owner
at Cotecna Inspection
Zsofia
Thurzo
IT Service
Desk Analyst
at Computacenter
Alejandro
Enguidanos
Sales & Relationship Manager
at Proponent
Henriette
Hettinga
Web
Developer
from IronHack
Our Support Volunteers
We also have volunteers who help through other ways, such as translating, providing feedback, helping us during events, supporting with Google Analytics and other important tasks that help us professionalize and structure our program even better.
Maisara
Tarek Sassi
International
Relations
Student
Lucie
Baborová
Blue Book
Trainee at
Frontex
Panagiotis
Kontaxis
Senior Performance
Marketing
Manager
