Mónica Taher

Born in San Salvador, Taher is the Former Technology & Business Innovation Director at InvestSV at the Government of El Salvador. She onboarded a great number of companies that migrated to her country after the Bitcoin Law adoption. She currently serves as VP of Marketing at RockeFuel, a global crypto/ACH payment solution company. In 2022, Bloomberg chose her as one of the most influential people in business in Latin America. She’s a former CNN en Español tech contributor and an advisor where she empowers women to adopt technology as a way to minimize the gender pay gap. Mónica has a B.A. and a Master’s in Cinema and Media Studies from UCLA and is currently getting ready to write her doctoral thesis.

For her work and contributions on behalf of the Latino community in the U.S., she’s been recognized by Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, California Governor Gavin Newsom, Los Angeles Former Mayor Antonio Villarraigosa and several U.S. Senators including Jackie Goldberg and Sheila Kuehl.