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Sector

Academic
Non Profit

Skills

I ́m very interested to promote education in no-formal places, specially for resolves local problems with technology or teach digital arts as a way to express and create innovative solutions or culture. With this goals I participate in interdisciplinary groups, such as TEDxRíodelaPlata Education (promoting educational use at talks); A.Mo.Ver (where we experiment different technologies to generate encounters between body language expressions and education, especially to help illiterate children to express themselves) and Chicas en Tecnologia (where we work to reduce the gender gap in Technology field). In my free time, I love to read books about differents themes and learn to use new softwares to create new digital artistics expressions, like Vjing. I also have a column about education every week in a radio program (called “Benditos 90” or “Blessed ́90s”) for young people, where we talk about entrepreneurship, innovation, news, politics and solidarity.

Achievements Or Awards

• 2020 - Beiersdorf + Changemakers United Ashoka. Innovation Leadership in COVID-19 Award
• 2020 - Nature Research Award. Science Outreach category
• 2020 - Entrepreneur Of The Year (social category) EY Argentina
• 2019 - Impact of the Global Competitiveness Leadership Program (Georgetown University) Recognition as a social entrepreneur with regional impact 
• 2018 - Ashoka Scholarship 2018. Recognition as a social entrepreneur
• 2018 - UPWARD Argentina. Recognition: Women committed to working for gender equality
• 2016- Declaration of social interest of the city to Programming a Better World developed by Chicas en Tecnología Legislature of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires
• 2011 - Honorary diploma Based on the best career average. College Graduate on Sciences of Education. University of Buenos Aires. Faculty of Philosophy and Literature.

Areas of Expertise

Arts, Education, Entrepreneurship, Gender Issues, Leadership, Social and Inclusion, Technology

Profesion

Social Entrepreneur in education and technology

Hobbies

Dance!

Job Experience

Social Entrepreneur in Education and Technology. Co-founder and Executive Director in Chicas en Tecnología, professor and researcher at Latin American School of Social Sciences (FLACSO); Master degree in Educational Technology (Buenos Aires University) Bachelor in Educational Sciences (UBA) and National Master of Classical Dance. She has been working for more than 11 years in the design, development, evaluation, and research of educational programs with technology with a national and regional scope. She recently completed the US Department of State's International Visitor Program with a focus on Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics in Education. Her work and interests are focused on youth empowerment, gender gap, innovation, creativity, and teaching.