Who Are We
We're the digital marketing and cybersecurity team inside We Love Philly's Digital Agency. We're the people your project actually works with.
We Love Philly is a Philadelphia nonprofit that gives teens hands-on career experience in digital marketing and cybersecurity. The Digital Agency is where that training becomes real client work. Every project is led by our staff and reviewed by an industry professional before it ships.
Our Executive Team

Carlos Aponte
Founder & Executive Director
Carlos is a lifelong Philadelphian with a background in secondary education, concentrating in African American and American History. After nearly a decade in the classroom, Carlos founded We Love Philly to teach volunteerism, entrepreneurship, and content creation to Philadelphia teens left behind by mainstream institutions, including the Digital Marketing and Cybersecurity programs this agency is built on.

Jason Peters
Director of Business Development
Jason is a writer, producer, and creative with a background in journalism and project management, previously Head of Podcasts for HOT 97 and WBLS in New York. Jason leads We Love Philly's Digital Agency, working directly with the Digital Marketing team on client strategy and growth.
Our Team

Andrea Santiago
Digital Marketing Coordinator
Andrea joined We Love Philly's Digital Marketing program in 2021 and is now the agency's first Digital Marketing Coordinator, helping run client projects and mentor the rest of the team.

Tyreek Haynes
Security Engineer
Tyreek is a cybersecurity engineer and offensive security researcher focused on cloud-native security, vulnerability research, and threat modeling. He leads client-facing security engagements for the agency's Cybersecurity practice.

Jymir Fayall
Digital Marketing Team
Jymir is a Philadelphia-born creative with a hand for design and an eye for cinema, working across digital marketing projects while also building his own fashion brand, Rentry Collective.

Tashae Cherry
Digital Marketing Team
Tashae came to We Love Philly's Digital Marketing program looking for a new creative direction, and has grown into a confident client-facing team member with a strong interest in client consultation.

Brielle Bartley
Digital Marketing Team
Brielle is a Philadelphia creative with a fast eye for design, channeling bold, original visual work into client projects and her own growing brand, Tr4ns4bstract.