<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Anibal J. Betancourt <span style="color: rgb(29, 33, 38);">is a University Innovation Fellow and an undergraduate Mechanical Engineering student at the [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/University_of_Puerto_Rico_-_Mayaguez University of Puerto Rico - ]</span>[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/University_of_Puerto_Rico_-_Mayaguez <span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87);">Mayagüez</span>]</span></span><span style="color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/University_of_Puerto_Rico_-_Mayaguez Campus] . With a passion for making and engineering, Anibal considers himself an artist and an engineer. Born in Puerto Rico, he has lived all life on the island and when the time came for choosing a university he decided to stay in his home ground for the love he has of his place of birth.</span>
<span style="color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">At UPRM Anibal got involved with the only makerspace in campus and its main association Idea Platform. There he got involved with the maker community ''Empower3D''(which he now currently directs) and the I&E Ecosystem of the University. Because of his involvement with both communities, it was a natural decision for him to want to join the UIF program when the opportunity appeared. </span>
= <br/> span style= = <br/"color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> = = His passion for the MakerMovement has led him to work tirelessly on Empower3D and the E.P.I.C. MakerSpace in order to create the ideal maker experience that he would have loved to experience in his first year. Currently focused on developing a community and an environment for the makerspace his main goal before graduating is to establish a self-sufficient maker community that runs the MakerSpace and upgrade its current tool offering to enhance their experience when developing projects. <br/span> = = <br/> = = <br/> =
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