Juli Caputo studied Audiovisual Engineering at Universidad Católica del Uruguay (UCU), where she became a fellow in 2017 as the first cohort at UCU. Short after that, she became part of the university's I&E Center where she was in charge of the coordination and execution of awareness and training activities and workshops on I&E, with university and pre-university students. She also started teaching innovation classes for business, law and educational recreation students. It was during her time there that she became Faculty Champion helping 4 cohorts and 20 students become change agents.