Fellow:Valeria Aguayo


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. She is part of PuppyLab. 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.

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.