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<span style="font-size:medium;">Felipe Alfonzo is a 3rd generation UIF in the University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez. He is a&nbsp;Marketing Undergrad with a passion for helping innovations come to market. His has been able to put his marketing knowledge to use in very different work experiences from developing commercialization programs to web development. Further interest include macroeconomics, small business development,and&nbsp;entrepreneurship.&nbsp;</span>

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<span style="font-size:medium;">This is a committed group of students led communities able to contribute to their community through</span>

<span style="font-size:medium;">Communities in idea platform grow by finding a common innovative topic they're passionate about.</span>

<span style="font-size:medium;">Communities in Idea Platform make up what we call our innovation pipeline that has as ultimate goal to promote hands-on innovation and increase the number of startups developed by students.</span>

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<li><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Technical knowledge - Resourcer and tool to enable innovation(Making and coding)</span></span></li>

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<li><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">E.P.I.C. Makespace - We developed and currently manage the first Makerspace in the UPR system. This makes space is accessible to students of all disciplines with resources and equipment for students interested in anything from making to startup ideation.</span></span></li>

<span style="font-size:medium;">I'm currently developing a community related to the field of Fintech, UPRM Fintech.</span>

<span style="font-size:medium;">'''<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Fintech UPRM is an initiative run by a student community, whose primary goal is to expose students to the industry of fintech. We wish for this industry to be seen by students through the lens of experts and of well-established companies such as international investment banks, established fintech companies such as Evertec and fintech startups such as Aseguratec.</span>'''</span>

<span style="font-size:medium;">'''<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Expose students to the Fintech field through project-based programs/curriculum aimed at creating experts at identifying opportunities and implementing innovative solutions applied to this industry?</span>'''</span>

<span style="font-size:medium;">'''<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Directly impact the number of mature, innovative tech-based projects developed by students in the financial field, resulting in the emergence of UPRM as a hub for financial innovation.</span>'''</span>

<span style="font-size:medium;">'''<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">This developing community was started by a student who is part of Stanford’s d.school UIF program. The University Innovation Fellowship objective is for students to develop high impact initiatives relating to topics of innovation and entrepreneurship (I&E). While developing a landscape study of the I&E ecosystem of the UPRM we saw a necessity for communities, programs, and events that promote industry-focused innovation.</span>'''</span>