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Valeria is an Industrial Engineering sophomore at UTEC.  
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Valeria is an Industrial Engineering sophomore at UTEC. Since she started college she was very interested in participating in projects focused on social impact.  
 
 
Since she started college she was very interested in participating in projects focused on social impact.  
 
  
 
Valeria is part of PuppyLab and is a student organization at UTEC. Their mission is to improve mental health and wellness through canine interaction. Her role is to plan events and be in charge of marketing campaigns.
 
Valeria is part of PuppyLab and is a student organization at UTEC. Their mission is to improve mental health and wellness through canine interaction. Her role is to plan events and be in charge of marketing campaigns.

Revision as of 23:54, 1 September 2020

Name
Valeria Aguayo Alfaro
School (Cohort)
Universidad de Ingenieria & Tecnologia (2020 cohort)
Majoring in
Industrial Engineering
Country
Peru
Email
Special:EmailUser/Valeria.aguayo

Bio

Valeria is an Industrial Engineering sophomore at UTEC. Since she started college she was very interested in participating in projects focused on social impact.

Valeria is part of PuppyLab and is a student organization at UTEC. Their mission is to improve mental health and wellness through canine interaction. Her role is to plan events and be in charge of marketing campaigns.

Her goal in life is to improve K12 education in Peru. Therefore, she is working on an educational project focused on empowering children to believe in themselves through creative workshops about science and design.

Achievements

  • Finalist of the Hult Prize at UTEC contest with the Fungi project to create biomaterials using plant residues.
  • Finalist for IncUva (UTEC Ventures Business Incubator) with the Fungi project to create biomaterials using plant residues.
  • Finalist of the UTEC Interdisciplinary Projects fair: Publibus: educate yourself while you transport yourself. A free medium was created that allows the user of the means of transport to access Wi-Fi without using a data plan.


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