Dalinda Gonzalez-Alcantar

Dalinda Gonzalez-Alcantar is a mom, wife, social entrepreneur and CEO of the Boys & Girls Club of McAllen. She is the cofounder of Border Kids Code, a startup in the Rio Grande Valley dedicated to creating access to technology learning opportunities for kids on the South Texas border. Her technology startup, eJucomm, was acquired by CampusOrb, a victory Latinas everywhere.
Gonzalez-Alcantar was born and raised in McAllen, TX and has over 10 years of teaching experience. She received her Bachelor’s of Fine Arts in Communication Design from Texas State University, San Marcos and her Masters in Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Texas Pan American.
Creating access to school information for minority communities through mobile apps led her to receive the McAllen Chamber of Commerce Innovation Grant for eJucomm. She was selected as the 2012 Parenting Magazine’s Mom Congress Texas Delegate where she represented Texas in Washington D.C. and highlighted by Secretary of Education Arne Duncan. As the founder & primary coder for the company, she later received The United States Small Business Administration’s 2013 Innovation Through Technology Business of the Year for the south region. In 2016 she represented Latina leaders at Georgetown University's OWNIT Summit.
In 2016 she launched Alablanca Apparel, an ecommerce clothing company inspired by humanity living on the South Texas border. Her designs are worn by people across the country! She serves her community at BT Church in McAllen & advocates for equal access to the internet through TECHBUS, a mobile lab in partnership with Hidalgo County Commissioner Eduardo Cantu. Gonzalez-Alcantar dedicates her community service through technology to her children, families living on the border, & the thousands of children she serves at the Boys & Girls Club of McAllen.

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