Erin Jerri Malonzo Pañgilinan is a leading voice spanning a career across the industries of technology, entertainment, and civic engagement. She is an entrepreneur, educator, and author working as a hybrid software engineer and computational designer.

Pañgilinan is Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer of Salamat, a television and film studio and startup focused on bringing storytelling to emerging tech. She is an internationally acclaimed author of "Creating Augmented and Virtual Realities: Theory and Practice for Next-Generation of Spatial Computing," and her work spans the fields of Artificial Intelligence (AI), Metaverse, Web 3, Blockchain, and Cryptocurrency.

Pañgilinan was selected in fellowships: GitCoin Kernel (2021), Alley (Verizon Ventures 2019), Oculus Launch Pad (2018), and University of San Francisco Data Institute - Deep Learning Program (2017-2018), Data Ethics Inaugural Class (2020).

Early in her career, Pañgilinan worked for over 5 years in civic engagement and was official paid electoral campaign staff for Ro Khanna for Congress (2014) and Obama for America (2012). She is a proud Silicon Valley native born and raised, and UC Berkeley alumnus.

Pañgilinan is a sought-after activist having served for over a decade on numerous non-profit organization boards. In 2015, she co-founded Filipinx Americans in STEAM - Science Technology Engineering Arts and Mathematics (FASTER) and ARVR Academy, focused on women and underrepresented communities in AR VR."

Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Virtual Reality, Metaverse Modern Media, Software, STEM, STEM Education, Non-Profit, Innovation, Futurism, Virtual Worlds,