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Jahannie Torres is a fourth year student at the University of Puerto Rico<span style="font-family:verdana,geneva, Mayaguez Campus. She is pursuing sans-serif;">'''Serving as a bachelorUIF Since'''s degree in [[File:JahannieT.jpg|thumb]]Computer Engineering with focus on software and a minor in Business Development. She was born and raised on Puerto Rico.Fall 2015</span>
She had the opportunity of applying her knowledge in different industries such as insurance<span style="font-family:verdana, banking and plastics. Since she is always looking for learning new things she has been involved on undergraduates researches about educational videogames and entrepreneurial mindset. She realized that she wants to contribute to the development of her country and the improvement of education through technology. She created the Solidarity Scholarship that aims to help students from disadvantaged communitiesgeneva, like her community. As part of her goals of impacting communitiessans-serif;">'''School''':&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: verdana, she co founded the organization Starting Pointgeneva,Inc that is the one in charge of the first Makerspace sans-serif;">University of her university.Puerto Rico - Mayagüez Campus</span>
Jahannie is part of other associations that are part of the innovation and entrepreneurship network in the campus. She encourages and motivates underrepresented communities to keep studying and pursue STEM careers.<span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">'''What she does now''': CEO & Co-Founder, Edvo Tech</span>
If she is not working<span style="font-family:verdana, programming or studying she enjoys of internal tourism, sportsgeneva, sans-serif;">'''What that means''': She aspires to evolve education by developing technology to help educators design better learning new things and helping others.experiences</span>
<br/><span class="ng-scope" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">She believes that for someone to be successful is not only about meeting their goals but also to help others meet theirs.</span>
 <span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">'''Contact she about''': education, entrepreneurship, technology, dancing, Latino culture, coffee & more coffee, helping disadvantaged communities, Harry Potter (& other books, but mostly Harry Potter), beaches & tourism</span> <span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">'''Email''': jahannie.torres@upr.edu</span> <span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">'''Phone''': 787-375-7094</span>   <span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">[[File:Jahannie tr.jpg|center|Jahannie tr.jpg]]</span><div><br/></div><br/><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Jahannie is currently pursuing a bachelor's degree in ''Computer Engineering'' with a focus on Software, a minor in ''Business Development&nbsp;''and a certification in ''Virtual Education'' at the University of Puerto Rico - Mayagüez Campus.</span> <span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Before founding and becoming the CEO of '''[https://www.facebook.com/EdvoTech/ edvo]''', Jahannie was selected to become an University Innovation Fellow. This program, along with the '''[https://www.facebook.com/eshipnetwork/ UPRM E-ship Network]''' gave Jahannie the tools and motivation to co-found the first ''makerspace at UPRM'', the ''Tech Blast Conference&nbsp;''and the ''Solidarity Scholarship&nbsp;''for disadvantaged communities.</span> <span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">After developing high impact projects at her campus, and working in several internships and researches, she realised that <span style="color:#cc0000;">'''her passion lies in combining technology, entrepreneurship and education to create a better society'''</span>.</span> <span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Currently she is the director of ''Achieve'', which is the division of&nbsp;'''[https://www.facebook.com/IdeaPlatformPR/ I][https://www.facebook.com/IdeaPlatformPR/ dea Platform]'''&nbsp;that promotes entrepreneurship among the student community at her campus, helping other students to develop or scale their businesses. She uses her experience and knowledge to guide them.</span> <span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Her most recent venture is founding '''edvo''', a startup that makes designing learning experiences easier. By developing technology with a scientific pedagogical base, '''edvo '''enables educators to work efficiently, effectively and to feel more confident.</span>    <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"></p>== Related Links == [[University of Puerto Rico - Mayaguez|University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez]] [[University of Puerto Rico - Mayaguez Student Priorities|University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez Student Priorities]]   [[Category:Student Contributors|j]][[Category:Student ContributorContributors]]
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