ABOUT
TEC Leimert is a black owned and operated non-profit organization in service of underserved communities.

Our mission is simple, we want to bridge the growing digital divide facing communities of color. TEC Leimert's founders created a platform for South Central Los Angeles to thrive in a technology-driven digital economy.

Our amazing team recognizes the paradigm shift brought on by tech and our vision is to create equitable outcomes for black and brown communities that are economically empowering and sustainable.

TEAM

Paris McCoy

Executive Director

"Which me will survive all these liberations."   -Audre Lorde

Charles Babb
Technology Advisor
“Don't ask what the world needs. What the world needs is more people who have come alive.” - Howard Thurman

Sunny Jones

Creative Brand Strategist
"We gone be alright."   -Kendrick Lamar 
Eric Elder
Director - Game Wizards
“Use your skills, your knowledge, your instincts to serve – to go change the world in the way that only you can.”   
- Robert F. Smith
Business Development
Terry Hart
"Surround yourself with people that push you to do better.  No drama or negativity.  Just higher goals  good times and positive energy. Simply bringing out the absolute best in each other."   

-Warren Buffet
Events Advisor
Khrissy Briscoe
"Being self-made means never making an excuse as to why you can't take steps toward watever your goal is."   
-Nipsey Hussle
Romondo Locke
Public Relations
      "You never know how strong you are, until being strong is your only choice."   

-Bob Marley
Terry Scott
Community Engagement
"Sometimes I feel discriminated against, but it does not make me angry.  It merely astonishes me.  How can any deny themselves the pleasure of my company? It's beyond me."   -Zora Neale Hurston
La Juan Morris
Advisor
"Just do it" 
Tyler Jenee
Special Projects
"An LA girl's motto: don't just live your life, star in it."
Trissa Rene
Creative Talent Advisor
"You already have the gift. God will create the opportunity."   -Biggs Burke
Austin Epting-Davis
Multimedia & Digital Talent Lead
"Necessity is the mother of invention."   -Plato 
Camille Davis
Director - Audio Affect
"A little sand, but not the beach"   
- Dave "Trugoy" Jude Jolicoeur
Duane Cobb
Curriculum Advisor
“The reasonable man adapts himself to the world: the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man”
-George Bernard Shaw
Antoinette Anderson
College Outreach
In a world where you can be anything,
BE KIND.
Karla Reyes
Technology Advisor - Game Development
The purpose of life is a life with a purpose. So I'd rather die for a cause than live a life that is worthless.   - Immortal Technique
Themba Nelson
Board Member & Legal Advisor
"Be like water making its way through cracks. "   - Bruce Lee
Rashidi Jones
Board Chair
"I'm not saying I'm gonna change the world, but I guarantee that I will spark the brain that will change the world."   
- Tupac Shakur
Vusisizwe Azania
Board President
"Hearts are the strongest when they beat in response to noble ideals."  
-Ralph J. Bunche
Diana Simmons
Board Member
"Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek."  -Obama
DâM Funk
Board Member
"My goal is not to be better than anyone else, but better than I used to be."
- Wayne W. Dyer
Byron Mobley
Board Member
“There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work and learning from failure”.  - Colin Powell
Antonio McFadden
Board Member
"Dream Big"
Julie Van
Board Member
"I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel."
- Maya Angelou

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