Dana Okafor, lead instructor
Nine years in payments engineering. Runs the back-end weeks and reviews every capstone schema herself.
About the campus
Taught by engineers who still ship on Fridays.
Every Stackforge instructor splits their week between the classroom and a client project, so the lessons change when the industry does. Lead instructor Dana Okafor spent nine years building payments software before she started the school in a rented warehouse.
Who teaches you
Mateo Ruiz, front-end instructor
Former design-systems engineer at a Texas retailer. Teaches React, accessibility and why your buttons need focus states.
Priya Menon, career studio lead
Ran engineering recruiting for a mid-size startup. Coaches interviews, offers and the awkward salary conversation.
Alumni, a year later
“I was a restaurant manager. Eleven months after graduating I am a junior developer on a team that ships twice a week.”
“The capstone client was a real clinic with a real deadline. I talked about that project in every interview.”