2025 Speakers
Elaine Gómez, President, Latinx in Gaming
Elaine Gómez is a Borikua (Puerto Rican) and Quisqueyan (Dominican) seasoned game designer of indigenous Borikua Taíno heritage with nearly a decade of experience, with previous design roles at E-line Media, Brass Lion Entertainment and Worlds Untold. In January 2023, she founded independent game studio, Midnight Hour Games, and went on to develop and direct the award-winning mobile game, Blink Land, in collaboration with the American Optometric Association. Elaine is co-founder and President of Latinx in Gaming, an award-winning 501c3 non-profit organization dedicated to increasing representation, building community and providing resources to Latine game developers, creators and students across the US, Latin America and the Caribbean. For her work, she has been recognized by The Game Awards, being inducted into The Game Awards Future Class 2020 and was most recently selected as part of the BAFTA Breakthrough 2024-2025 US cohort.
