2024 marks the 10th anniversary of Digital NEST, an organization that aims to empower Latine youth entering into the digital economy.

Networks empower innovation, mentorship, and collective growth in interconnected communities.

Leaders from a wide range of fields will lend their unique perspectives on ways to advance UCSC’s mission, and expand impact.

Digital NEST's founder and CEO, Jacob Martinez, has been selected for a well-deserved sabbatical program!

We invite all Santa Cruz County educators, students, and community members to our Spring ThinkBig event on April 12th. Join us at DigitalNEST in Watsonville and Cruzio Internet in Santa Cruz.

At Santa Cruz Works (“SCWorks”), one of our New Year’s resolutions was to create an energetic new board of directors. The formula we used to select our board included has five (5) values we deemed essential for our community’s vibrant tech ecosystem.

JoeBen Bevirt is set to speak at the Master of Scale Summit on October 18-20th. Other notable speakers include Bill Gates, Brian Chesky (CEO of Airbnb), Greg Brockman (Co-founder of Open Ai), Ted Sarandos (CEO of Netflix) and more.

This celebration showcased some amazing program highlights; plus we heard from four members who shared their personal passions about the future and what it means to them, their families, and their community!

An historic moment for Santa Cruz County: Jacob Martinez / Founder and Executive Director of Digital NEST has been chosen as one of five recipients of this year’s The James Irvine Foundation Leadership Award.