Emerge Career

Gabriel Saruhashi

Co-founder. In 2020, Gabe and Zo co-founded Ameelio, a tech nonprofit that builds education and communication tools for prisons. While scaling Ameelio, they stumbled upon the issue of unemployment post-incarceration which Emerge Career seeks to address. Previously, he was a YC intern and the first product manager at Zippi (YC19). Gabe is a Yale grad, where he co-founded an organization connecting refugees with their new communities, and built an app to assist homeless communities in New Haven.

Uzoma "Zo" Orchingwa

Co-founder. In 2022, Zo and Gabe co-founded Ameelio, a tech nonprofit that builds education and communication products for prisons. While scaling Ameelio, they stumbled upon the issue of unemployment post-incarceration which Emerge seeks to address. Zo holds a Masters degree in Criminology from the University of Cambridge, and a JD-MBA from Yale Law School and Yale School of Management.

Gabriel Saruhashi

Co-founder. In 2020, Gabe and Zo co-founded Ameelio, a tech nonprofit that builds education and communication tools for prisons. While scaling Ameelio, they stumbled upon the issue of unemployment post-incarceration which Emerge Career seeks to address. Previously, he was a YC intern and the first product manager at Zippi (YC19). Gabe is a Yale grad, where he co-founded an organization connecting refugees with their new communities, and built an app to assist homeless communities in New Haven.