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Tomas Apodaca is a seasoned journalism engineer currently contributing to The Markup, where responsibilities include supporting investigative journalism through data exploration, algorithm reverse-engineering, and custom tool creation, along with story pitching and reporting. Prior experience includes serving as a senior software engineer at Nava, leading engineering projects for government agencies, and a staff engineer at Code for America, focusing on criminal justice reform. Additional roles span software engineering and application development at The Asia Foundation and various interactive design positions at companies like Stamen and Organic. Initiatives as co-founder and director of Smallpower Productions in the Democratic Republic of Congo highlight a commitment to addressing social issues through media. Apodaca holds a BA in English Literature from the University of Colorado Boulder.