Jason Jones

Jason Jones is a full-time disruptor, activist, educator, and software engineer. He is the Remote Instructor Manager for The Last Mile, a nonprofit breaking the cycle of incarceration through in-prison education and post-release mentorship. Jason leads a team of educators that remotes into classrooms across the US to deliver virtual lessons in computer coding. On September 25, 2018, Jason was released after 13 ½ years incarcerated, during which time he graduated from The Last Mile’s inaugural coding class. Three weeks before his release, Jason became the first person from his cohort to sign a work agreement with a tech company as a software engineer. Jason was also the first justice-involved person to be accepted into the Lightspeed fellowship with a team from Stanford and today, he is a participant in the Koch Associate Program. He is passionate about creating more opportunities for representation in tech and mentoring youth, which inspired him to launch a coding program for students at McClymonds High School in Oakland.