AHSC Intern Stories: Yuliana Morales-Galvan
Yuliana Morales-Galvan joined Nurbli with a passion for using technology to make a tangible difference. With a concentration in Software Engineering and hands-on experience in both software development and IT, Yuliana came to the team ready to apply her skills to projects with real impact. Her motivation has always been clear: she wanted to see how her work helps people—and Nurbli and the AHSC Internship program offered the perfect opportunity.
During her internship, Yuliana contributed directly to enhancing Nurbli’s web application. She resolved production issues, improved feature performance, and helped strengthen the platform’s overall reliability. What she enjoyed most was knowing that her work supported a tool designed for indigenous families and multilingual communities—groups whose languages often lack digital resources. Every feature she improved connected back to real people, making the experience both fulfilling and eye-opening. Benefiting both Nurbli and Yuliana.
Nurbli began as an idea in 2023—born from brainstorming sessions between Software Engineer Benito and Interpreter Angelica—and has evolved into a scalable, community-centered language platform. By early 2024, Nurbli partnered with CSUMB to mentor 11 students building a digital dictionary for indigenous languages, reinforcing its commitment to both education and cultural preservation. Yuliana joined this ecosystem of collaboration, contributing to a mission bigger than herself.
Through her internship, she strengthened her debugging skills, gained experience working in a live production environment, and learned how to balance technical decision-making with the needs of a community-focused product. She also saw firsthand how technology, culture, and accessibility come together to create tools that empower families.
Outside of work, Yuliana enjoys baking and learning new languages—recently studying Italian, a personal passion that mirrors Nurbli’s mission of supporting communication across cultures. She recently graduated from California State University, Monterey Bay, where she specialized in Computer Science with a concentration in Software Engineering.
