Director, Digital Equity
[email protected]Liliana Aide Monge is a nationally recognized digital equity and workforce development leader dedicated to advancing equitable economic mobility across Los Angeles County and beyond. She currently serves as Director of Digital Equity at UNITE-LA, where she leads regional strategies to close the digital divide and expand broadband access, affordability, adoption and workforce pathways across all 88 cities and unincorporated communities in Los Angeles County.
In her role at UNITE-LA, Monge directs digital equity initiatives that align infrastructure investment with education, workforce development and economic opportunity. She works across public, private and nonprofit sectors to design and implement broadband strategies that ensure residents have access to reliable, affordable high-speed internet, devices, digital literacy training and career-connected pathways into high-growth digital and broadband occupations.
Monge convenes elected officials, County departments, municipalities, academic institutions, community-based organizations, philanthropy and private-sector partners to advance large-scale broadband deployment and digital inclusion initiatives. She leads strategic planning, coalition-building and funding development efforts tied to major state and federal programs—including CASF, Middle Mile Broadband Initiative, BEAD and other infrastructure and digital equity funding streams—while ensuring that investments prioritize underserved communities.
In addition to her leadership at UNITE-LA, Monge was the co-founder of Sabio Enterprises Inc., a nationally recognized tech education company she founded in 2013 with just $2,500 in startup capital. Under her leadership, Sabio grew into a $6 million+ enterprise that has transformed the lives of more than 3,000 aspiring software engineers through rigorous technical training and career development programs.
She designed KPI-driven performance models to ensure student success, secured more than $500,000 in capital, and pioneered equitable tuition models—including Income Share Agreements and pay-for-success structures—to expand access for underrepresented communities.
A national advocate for tech inclusion, Monge has been featured as a speaker at major convenings, including Google Techmakers, where she champions inclusive innovation, digital equity and workforce transformation.
Together, her leadership at UNITE-LA and Sabio reflects a career dedicated to building systems that connect broadband infrastructure, digital skills and high-quality career pathways—ensuring that communities not only get connected, but thrive.