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==Bio==
Macarena is a '''Computer Science''' student at graduate from Universidad de Ingeniería y Tecnología, currently in the 5th year. She started studying Engineering, but she fell in love with coding during the first year’s year's introductory courses. Although she really liked what she would be capable of doing studying CS, ''she thought it was a major for more intelligent people''. That is the reason why she explore explored a little more by doing extracurricular and interdisciplinary activities, in order to meet new people and learn about their experiences. Doing so, ''she got a realization that she was all the time around a computational way of thinking to solve problems, and also around software systems to help with that''. She changed her major to CS at the in her 3rd year and she is happy with the decision.
She is an optimistic person and she is always with a smile in on her face trying to help every person that crosses paths with her. It began when she realized that, '''<u>although some people had hurt your confidence, there will be someone who can help you to get it back and trust in yourself</u>'''. She fell feels lucky because she learned from amazing people from her university different points of view to create her own. She admires how this these people lead and '''wants to help people gain their confidence''' in the positive way that she could do it, learning that each idea is important to create a final solution and to consider each point of view, despite it doesn't match whit not matching with her own..
Since the beginning of her journey, Macarena has been enjoying every meeting with new faces to learn something about them. '''Her career interests are related to algorithms Algorithms and data structuresData Structures, but she also has a strong passion for how maths can impact Theoretical Computer Science and Computational Linguistics. She aspires to do a Masters degree in an artistic good designthat areas.'''
==ActivitiesUniversity Student Life==
Macarena has done different extracurricular activities around social work, science and innovation. If you need help with something similar or you want to have a conversation about any of them, she will be there for you, you only need to send a message!
*Academic mentor of Math
*Teacher Assistant in the area of Science
*[[Organization:AIESEC|AIESEC]] member: in the area of Incoming Global Volunteers
*[[SpinOut]] member: attended to design thinking workshops and a workshop of on innovation methodologies
*Teacher Assistant in the course Innovation and Development of Products
*Global Volunteer in Blumenau, Brasil with AIESEC: teacher of environmental awareness workshops
*Member of the [[Organization:TEDx|TEDx]]UTEC team
*Student council member
*IncUVa: incubation summer program of UTEC Ventures to learn to develop a startup
*IEEE Computer Society member and vice chair of UTEC
2022
*UIF: created a scavenger hunt for freshmen, a career fair (experiences around industry, startup, research) and an unconference
==Graduate Life==
After graduating, Macarena has continued to pursue her passion for computer science and helping others. She remains active in the tech community and is applying her skills and knowledge in professional settings.
2023-2025
*SWE at Fitia: support the app via the backend services; created an internal tool to manage the creation of the database items; suggested new features for the product
2025
*SDE at Amazon: supported the creation of AWD in a new region and new country
*Socrates Member at Amazon: organized workshops about career development, Amazon culture and Amazon tools and frameworks
==Social media profiles==
*IG: https://www.instagram.com/macarena.oyague/
*GH: [https://github.com/macarenaoyague?tab=repositories https://github.com/macarenaoyague]
*LinkedIn: [https://linkedin.com/in/macarena-oyague-santolalla]
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