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Stephanie Valencia is a national leader and innovator at the nexus of politics, technology, and leadership development. She is the co-founder of Equis, a set of organizations working to create a better understanding of Latino voters and investing in new approaches to reach and engage them while building the infrastructure and leadership bench to advance this important work.

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She has spent her career working in Congress, the White House, Google, and advised entrepreneurs like Reid Hoffman and Penny Pritzker.

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She serves on the boards of Planned Parenthood for America Action, Community Change Action, and is a founding member of Poderistas, with Eva Longoria & America Ferrera.

Carlos oversees the research and overall strategy for Equis.‍

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Previously, Carlos an advisor to progressive funders on strategies around civic engagement, advocacy and politics. For more than five years, he acted as Executive Director for the Florida Alliance, a state donor collaborative that fund campaigns for democracy reform, civic participation, and legislative accountability, among others.

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Formerly, he was Director of Special Projects for New Organizing Institute, leading experiments on candidate recruitment and online campaign training. He was a member of the DNC Platform Drafting Committee in 2012.

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Carlos served in the White House Office of Political Affairs, acting as a liaison for Latino leaders and an advisor on political issues in the southern and western regions, after working as Deputy Latino Vote Director for the 2008 presidential campaign.

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Before joining the campaign, he managed communications for AlleyCorp, a group of New York-based internet start-ups that included Business Insider and Gilt Groupe, and GALA, an arts non-profit in DC.

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At American University, he majored in Spanish studies, focusing on Latin American literature. Carlos is from Miami, FL and currently resides in West New York, NJ with his wife and two daughters.

Nick Ahamed joins Equis as Managing Director, bringing more than a decade of experience leading high‑impact teams at the intersection of progressive politics, strategy, and data. Most recently, he served as Deputy Executive Director at Priorities USA, where he oversaw analytics, research and political partnerships, supported organizational strategy, and managed large interdisciplinary teams and multi‑million‑dollar budgets.

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Nick has a strong track record of mentoring diverse teams, forging strategic partnerships, and developing innovative tools used across the digital movement. A Gates Cambridge Scholar with an MPhil from the University of Cambridge and an Honors BA from Stanford University, his academic research examined voter access, Islamophobia, and mixed‑race politics. Nick is deeply committed to building power in communities of color and translating that into electoral impact.