Founder
TechActivist.Org
Idalin Bobé is an educator, social justice advocate, and technologist committed to ensuring that technology serves as a tool for liberation rather than oppression. With over two decades of experience in grassroots organizing, nonprofit leadership, and technology ethics, she has built transformative initiatives that empower historically marginalized communities through innovation, strategic action, and a deep commitment to equity and collective power.
She is the founder of TechActivist.Org, a pioneering initiative born from the Ferguson Uprising that provides free technical training and cybersecurity education to activists and working-class communities. She is also the co-founder of Tech Intersections, an annual conference that uplifts women of color in technology and creates space for mentorship, knowledge sharing, and leadership development. A respected leader in the tech and social justice space, Idalin has been behind the scenes of transformative movements, helping launch Black Girls CODE, creating social justice hackathons with #YesWeCode, building computer labs in South India and Ghana, and most recently working with the Dream Machine AI Academy to raise $300,000 to bring AI literacy to public libraries nationwide.
Previously, Idalin served as Vice President of Operations and Compliance at Meroxa, leading equity-driven organizational policies and financial systems that resulted in a workforce that was 42 percent women and 60 percent Black and Latinx employees. She currently serves as Training Institute Manager at The Brotherhood Sister Sol, is a Board Member of Cyber Collective, and is in Board.Dev’s Nonprofit Tech Congress, a national collective advancing technical governance across the nonprofit sector. A proud North Philadelphia native and devoted mother, Idalin earned her MBA in Nonprofit Management with a concentration in Human Centered Design and Technology from Mills College in Oakland, California, and is a proud member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated.
My Sessions
Malcolm X once said, “The most disrespected person in America is the Black woman. The most unprotected person in America is the Black woman. The most neglected person in America is the Black woman.” More than sixty years later, his words still ring true, especially in the digital sphere. Black and Brown women are leading […]