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'''School:'''''Italic text'' Universidad Católica del Uruguay
Maria Josefina Martinez is a University Innovation Fellow and she is a junior year electronic engineering student at Universidad Católica del Uruguay. Once finished this career, she wants to specialize in the Design Engineering field. She actually lives in Ciudad de la Costa, located on the outskirts of Uruguay's capital. <span style="color: rgb(60, 60, 60); font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span>
Since Maria Josefina Martinez (call her Jose) is a University Innovation Fellow and she was is a little girl, she always came up with crazy ideas to solve common daily problemsjunior year electronic engineering student at Universidad Católica del Uruguay. CurrentlyOnce finished this career, she wants to develop specialize in the Biomedical and carry out these ideasdesign Engineering field. She actually lives in Ciudad de la Costa, inpired by her sister who is 17 years older than her and always supporting her in everything she wants to achieve.located Being crazy for invenntions and her interest to know new people were on the main reasons she decided to postulate for the UIF programoutskirts of Uruguay's capital, Montevideo. <span style="color: rgb(60, 60, 60); font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span>
Josefina feels distinguished by her VitiligoSince she was a little girl, a skin condition that determines her skin she always came up with crazy ideas to have two diferent colourssolve common daily problems. This motivates her to come along with other people with the same condition. Vitiligo also strongly influenced in her major choiceCurrently, considering the possibility she wants to develop a microelectronic investigation to influence in skin behaviourand carry out these ideas, also supported inpired by her sister who has a PhD is 17 years older than her and always supporting her in microbiologyeverything she wants to achieve. Being crazy for invenntions and her interest to know new people were the main reasons she decided to postulate for the UIF program during the first month of her freshman year, and she made it!
During Josefina feels distinguished by her spare timeVitiligo, she loves doing sports and spending time with a skin condition that determines her family. Also, she participates in a community committed in rescuing dogs skin to have two diferent colours in her neighbourhood, and she spends face. This motivates her Saturdays teaching catechesis at to come along with other people with the school “Salesiano de la Costa”same condition. She has always helped in social institutionsActually, nowadays she is a volunteer taking forward an awarness campaign about vitiligo in Teleton Uruguayher country, with another UIF [[Camila massa|Camila Massa]], a rehabilitation center for children with disabilitieswhom she shares the same skin contition.
She firmly believes that daring Inspired in the University innovation fellow program, Josefina discovered her passion for creativity and innovation and participated in hackatons to experiment new things is gain experience in the field. In 2019 her team won the best way "Rally Latinoamericano de Innovacion", an 28hr International hackaton, getting the first national place and the second international place. In this experience, the team, "Laikers 98" developed a [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVIgVxfSWyg&feature=youtu.be security device called SOX] to learn what is best for each of usimprove rescues after a building collapse.
I edited years and tenses. I also added information about two new projects i am into.
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'''What she does nowSchool:'''''Italic text'' Electronic engineering junior Year student & puppy guide dog raiser volunteer (She basically studies all days and when she doesn't she trains a puppy, called Lola, to be a future guide dog which will serve a blind person or a child with autism).Universidad Católica del Uruguay
''Contact her about'What she does now:'''''Bold text''' Teaching design thinking, feeling your major is not the only major you want to study, training puppies and googling (yes, to google is a science)!Junior year electronic engineering student & guide dogs organization volunteer
''Email'Contact her about:'''''Bold text''' josefinamcalero@gmail.comTeaching design thinking, taking studies to the next level, studying abroad, training puppies and googling (yes, to google is a science)!
'''Email:''' josefinamcalero@gmail.com
Last year, The University Innovation fellows cohort of her University impulsed the creation of a new community in her campus called "Comunidad innovadora UCU" ("Innovative community UCU") whith the aim of impulsing the same values and ideas that the program searches for, but extendign beyond it. Now the community counts with almost 30 students, serching to improve their innovation and entrepreneurship skills and also to generate ideas to spread this values through the campus. As a fellow, she had also lead Design Thinking workshops to pre-university students, student representatives and business students and was also named UIF Fab 2020 as her two campus fellows [[Fellow:Victoria_Ferrer|Victoria Ferrer]] and [[Fellow:Julieta_Caputo|Julieta Caputo]].
She firmly believes that daring to experiment new things is the best way to learn what is best for each of us. Walking the talk, she is always looking for new things to do, during 2019 and 2020 she raised a future guide dog puppy as a volunteer. After meeting another girl who did this she got interested and become the [https://ucu.edu.uy/es/los-dias-de-lola-en-el-mullin first student in campus to do it], with a puppy called Lola, form the litter number 12 of the country (yes, it's pretty new in Uruguay!). As its a very new topic, she had to deal with many permitions and she is now pursuing consciousness on this. Nowadays she was given acceses to the "IGNIS convoca" program which gave her the opportunity to produce a documentary film about the importance of guide dogs and the importance of including them in society.
During her spare time, she loves going to the gym, spending time with her family, specially with her two little nephews, Ema and Franscisco. She also considers to be really good googling and she loves spending hours reading about random topics and getting informed, but mostly reading about cities, aiplanes and airports, you can imagine, she also loves traveling. == Related Links ==
[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Universidad_Cat%C3%B3lica_del_Uruguay Universidad Catolica Campus Overview]
