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Mirella is a an Electronic Engineering junior at Universidad de Ingenieria Ingeniería y Tecnologia Tecnología (UTEC). Her motto in life: "''Whatever you decide to do, make sure it makes you happy"- Paulo Coelho''. This is why she decided to study to her career and add some of her passions into it: creativity and teaching. Ever since she was little, she has been interested in the Robotics field, and growing up, education and mental health became other interests in her life.  During her first years as an Electronic Engineering student, she has been involved in the development of different projects. In her first semester, she participated in developing a UV-Band, a wearable bracelet that measures the daily exposure to UV-levels, to create consciousness of the ultraviolet irradiation increase in Peru and its purpose is to help people protect themselves avoiding skin cancer. The same year their team was selected to participate at a University contest “Buscamos Cómplices UTEC” were they participated and finished in third place. Since then, she started collaborating and gaining experience in different projects. In 2018, she participated in the Global Startup Labs from MIT where she teamed up with people from different majors from around the country to learn how to create a startup and develop them. Their team was awarded at the DemoDay as the got into the top three projects.  Given that she is interested in robotics and mental health, ever since in late 2018 she has been leading a team that has developed a robot named A.R.C.A, that will contribute to improve elderly mental health by making them feel accompanied at home, helping reduce their depression rate. In 2019 the participated at the Demo Day fair at UTEC, were they won two awards.  Finally, one of the things Mirella is most passionate about is education, and in a special way, to get students to reach their full potential. At UTEC, Mirella gives tutoring and lab lessons in the course of Thermodynamics. This has helped her being aware of student’s different learning abilities and work on different ways to strengthen their potential.