Elaine Gomez is a prominent figure within the digital works community, and co-founder of Latinx in Gaming. As a Latina, she has lived experience within the games industry, is an independent Unity developer and games educator.

Through her presentation, she plans to connect cultural appreciation and representation in games and other digital works.  In her presentation, she will speak about how gaming has the power to destroy the perpetuation of stereotypical perceptions

and will explain how games can be designed in a powerful and uplifting way. By understanding one another’s experiences, histories, cultural experiences and backgrounds, we can shape creative decision making in games development to be a more inclusive, mindful and authentic place

Elaine has a heart for young developers and a desire to give back to the community. She’s always looking for ways to teach game design and development to encourage the pursuit of STEM fields and mentors developers in her free time for organizations like Code Coven, Cal Marginalized Genders in Gaming, Gameheads, and PRGDA.