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<span id="docs-internal-guid-8d4b2727-dc4e-0697-4ee2-e2f54a80a4e3"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">[[File:Carolina Vassallucci.jpeg|thumb|Carolina Vassallucci.jpeg]]Carolina Vas</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">sallucci is a University Innovation Fellow since Spring 2018. She is a 22-year-old U</span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;">ruguayan </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">student, who lives in Montevideo. At the age of 9, she was recognized by her school as a good communicator. That was the first time she recognized herself as an agent of change, as someone who is capable to potenciate her skills. That is why she is now studying Communication at the Universidad de Montevideo (UM). She has been in the university for the last 3 years, which has allowed her to know it thoroughly. Here, she was exposed to the University Innovation Fellows Program.</span>
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">In addition, she is passionate about sports and playing in teams. She has been playing hockey since she was 6 years old and was also part of the national team.</span>
<span id="docs-internal-guid-8d4b2727-dc4e-0697-4ee2-e2f54a80a4e3"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Another of her passions is writing; and also helping others in this. That is why she is the responsible of communication of Repórter. This is a magazine that seeks to <span style="font-size:medium;">promote </span>the writing of students and professors at UM. Moreover, in August 2018 together with other 40 Uruguayan students Carolina organized LOOP, the Innovation week, in Montevideo, Uruguay. She was one of the Communication's responsible. More than 500 people from different ages</span></span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">participated of a five-day event on innovation, inclusion and impact.</span>
<span id="docs-internal-guid-8d4b2727-dc4e-0697-4ee2-e2f54a80a4e3"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Last but not least, entrepreneurship and education are also areas of her interest. Therefore, in February 2017 she launched CANARO, an organization that provides tutoring to high school and university students by other university students. When she graduates, she is planning to continue her studies at the Universidad de Montevideo through the entrepreneurship and innovation diploma.</span></span>