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Camila Cornejo stands out as a last-year student in the asn Environmental Engineering program at Engineer from the University of Engineering and Technology in Lima, Peru. Since her school dayschildhood, she Camila has harbored been driven by a strong commitment desire to building a better futurecreate positive change. Influenced Inspired by her victories experience in various debate competitions, she developed a passion for leadership and social impact. She has steered herself towards the idea of making been a difference from her position and becoming swimmer since she was a change agent.Throughout her primary child and secondary educationhas always enjoyed sports; today, she remained active in the sports area as continues swimming and has also developed a swimmer, cultivating discipline and perseverancepassion for running. Besides her dedication to swimming, she She also greatly enjoys loves reading, with "The Diary of Anne Frank" standing out as remaining her favorite book. She relishes culinary explorationOutside of work, especially when it comes to seafood dishes from her country she enjoys exploring Peruvian cuisine (she loves Ceviche so much).

In During her first year years at the university, she Camila actively participated in events and organizations related to startups startup and financial education in 2020. Additionally, she dedicated herself to initiatives while volunteering activities focused on providing educational support to as a tutor for children with limited access to educational resources, offering guidance in science and humanities. Camila considers active Believing that knowledge sharing crucial, recognizing the mutual benefits grows when it entails. Thus, in 2021is shared, she founded and led the UTEC Debate Societyin 2021, which offered diverse organizing workshops and discussion forums in collaboration with public institutions like the Municipality of Lima. This dedication culminated in a notable victory at the Latam MUN 2021That same year, where the society was recognized as the best large delegationBest Large Delegation at Latam MUN 2021, and where Camila also received a personal honorable mentionan Honorable Mention.

FurthermoreIn 2022, Camila demonstrated her interest in enriching her university experience by being she was elected as the spokesperson Student Representative for the Science department Department, advocating for improvements in 2022. During this period, she worked to enhance the quality and educational academic experience of courses within her field of focus, enabling her fellow students to make the most of their studiespeers. In the academic realm, her passion lies in topics related to the environment, particularly in relation to water as a vital resource. In alignment with Alongside this interestrole, she is an active member of became actively involved in environmental research through WER Science (Water and Environmental Research), where she is leading a project aimed at focused on mitigating environmental disasters impacts in the marine environmentecosystems and further strengthening her interest in water-related sustainability challenges.

Camila is an active member of her remained actively involved in the UIF cohort at UTECcommunity after completing the program, collaborating on projects with other cohorts , mentoring new fellows, and sharing her experiences with cohorts from other across different universities. She is currently developing a project Together with her 2023 cohort at UTEC , she developed a project aimed at reducing the dropout rate among freshman first-year students at her university, by helping them to better and adapt more quickly adapt effectively to university lifestyle life and achieve better performance. Additionally, at the beginning strengthen their sense of 2024, after returning from the UIF meetup in the Netherlands, she was awarded with the ELAP scholarship to conduct a research internship at the University of Alberta in Canada during the winter of 2025, working on a project that aims to solve the problem of access to drinking water in affected communitiesbelonging.

Up Today, Camila works in Peru's energy sector, contributing to this pointenvironmental management in projects involving hydro, solar, wind, and thermal energy. Through her role, she helps ensure that energy generation minimizes environmental impacts while maintaining a reliable energy supply that meets the country's growing needs.  Looking back, Camila is pleasantly satisfied with considers UIF one of the contributions she has made to most transformative experiences of her alma materpersonal and professional journey. Her determination is to maintain It shaped the way she approaches leadership, innovation, and expand this community impact, both within her university and in other spheres, by sharing continues to inspire her experiences and knowledge to continue driving her own development and support new generations of changemakers while developing solutions that of those around hercreate lasting value for society.

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Personal email: camila.cornejo.xmccornejo1202@gmail.com