Hector Mujica

About Hector

• I’m originally from Venezuela—my family immigrated to the U.S. when I was very young.
• In high school, I thought I was going to become an architect—I went to a technical school where I studied architectural drafting but I came to realize that it just wasn’t my passion.
• In college, I discovered an interest in politics and studied international business, interned for a member of Congress, and did a fellowship with the U.S. Department of State.
• I ended up stumbling into tech when an opportunity opened up at Google.
• I started at Google in a business function role but felt like that wasn’t the right fit for me, so I started trying to figure out where else I could go in the company—that led me to social impact.
• I spent some time doing social impact work at Google and then decided to go back to school for public policy.
• I thought I was going to pivot out of Google and into public service, but decided to go back to Google because I was excited about their goals to open up more equitable economic pathways into tech.
• I’m currently serving as head of economic opportunity for the Americas at Google.org.