Advocate & Engineer

Code that
moves people
forward.

Humanitarian technologist building offline-first infrastructure, testifying before the California Legislature, and engineering systems that reach the people mainstream tech overlooks.

Impact so far

My work has reached 700+ macOS endpoints audited, informed systems connecting 75+ global organizations, and carried me across three continents.

Pitzil Avila-Castellanos at the Linux Foundation Open Source Summit

About

Building systems that
widen access.

I work at the intersection of advocacy and technology because I believe the systems we build determine who gets access to opportunity.

At 7, I started advocating for education equity in California, first through Bithiah's Family Services and eventually by testifying before the California Senate and Assembly Education Committees on SB 897, the bill that made California's District of Choice program permanent, working alongside Senator Josh Newman and advocates from more than fifteen school districts statewide.

"Tradition. Transformed. isn't a slogan. It's the method: take what advocacy already taught me, and build it into a system that reaches further."

At 18, I began building offline-first infrastructure in Uganda with Watoto, Intl., so students without reliable power or internet can build a resume. Most recently, as a Systems, Intelligence, and Monitoring Intern at the International Youth Alliance for Peace, I designed stakeholder intelligence systems that connected partner organizations across four countries in South Asia and Africa.

I'm currently pursuing a B.S. in Computer Science with a Minor in Data Science at Azusa Pacific University (expected December 2028), and working toward a Master's Degree in Machine Learning.

The journey2014 → present
2014Advocacy beginsEducation equity, plastic reduction in LA County, Bithiah's Family Services
2024Senate & Assembly testimonySB 897 — District of Choice
2025Azusa Pacific UniversityB.S. CS + Minor in Data Science, expected December 2028
2026IYAP & Watoto internshipsSri Lanka & Uganda

B.S. Computer Science, Minor in Data ScienceAzusa Pacific University · expected December 2028