Our Team

Benito grew up in Oaxaca speaking Triqui Bajo, learned Spanish in school, and moved to California at ten — where he often became the interpreter for his own parents, translating conversations about his own education he didn't fully understand. That experience never left him. After earning a CS degree through the CSin3 program and six years at Uber, he watched the 2023 Pajaro floods leave indigenous families cut off from emergency information in their own languages. He left Uber to build Nurbli.
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Angelica holds an Associate Degree and has completed medical interpreter training. With over 5 years of experience serving indigenous families in K-12 school settings, she leads Nurbli's interpretation team — overseeing interpreter vetting, training, and quality standards.

Alejandra keeps Nurbli's Spanish interpretation running — both as an interpreter herself and as the right hand to our Language Services Manager. She's in IEPs, SSTs, and parent workshops, and behind the scenes she's the one coordinating schedules and triaging incoming requests. Trained through Cross-Cultural Communications' 40-hour program, she's equally comfortable with consecutive, simultaneous, and over-the-phone work.

Claudia interprets in English, Spanish, and Mixteco — a combination that's rare and genuinely hard to find. She shows up for IEPs, SSTs, parent-teacher conferences, and back-to-school nights, and is trained in both consecutive and simultaneous interpretation, plus on-demand over-the-phone support. She has completed 40 hours of professional training through Cross-Cultural Communications (CCC).

Gabriela brings English, Spanish, and Triqui to families who are too often left out of the conversation. You'll find her interpreting at parent interviews, parent-teacher conferences, and back-to-school nights, and stepping in at school front offices when a family walks in needing their native language on the spot.

Rob has worked with numerous startups over the years. He is currently an advisor with the Small Business Development Center (SBDC) and a mentor with SCORE. In 1993, he started his own marketing and investor relations agency. His last position was VP of marketing for MoCA, a home networking licensing firm, which he helped grow from a startup to capturing 95% market share in the U.S.

Teresa Matsui's entrepreneurial roots run deep. She bootstrapped her first business at age 24. Since then, she has founded and operated companies in real estate investment, hotel management, and online travel services. Currently, Teresa is CEO of Matsui Nursery, the Salinas CA-based grower of premium orchids for the mass market. Teresa joins Nurbli's Advisory Board with an established track record as a business mentor and trusted advisor. Her personal experience as a founder and owner gives her well-developed perspectives on growth initiatives, strategic planning, and operational excellence. Teresa and Benito met when he became a recipient of a Matsui Foundation scholarship, helping to fund his BS in Computer Science. Teresa is also a Trustee of the James Irvine Foundation, which supports economic empowerment initiatives in the Salinas Valley. She is also a director of Pacific Valley Bancorp, the only commercial bank headquartered in Monterey County.

Noé's journey from Mexico to the US at age 11 instilled in him a profound appreciation for the transformative power of technology. He channels this passion into building impactful projects and is committed to paying it forward. As a proud graduate of the innovative CS-in-3 partnership between Hartnell College and CSUMB, he finds special fulfillment in mentoring students from his alma maters and neighboring UCSC.