<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-e32f8798-6b8e-bb24-6213-7fbde97fefa3"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Matias Menendez </span><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">is an adventurous Industrial Engineering student with strong learning ambitions.</span></span></p>
<span id="docs-internal-guid-e32f8798-6b8e-bb24-6213-7fbde97fefa3"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">He spent his childhood playing in nature or developing handmade inventions that boosted[[File:Matias Menendez.jpg|thumb|left|200x250px|Matias Menendez.jpg]]</span></span>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">both his curiosity and resourcefulness. Outdoors and innovation turned into passions as he grew up.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-e32f8798-6b8e-bb24-6213-7fbde97fefa3"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">His desire to explore has taken him to wonderful backpacking experiences allowing him to learn from other cultures and himself while travelling.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-e32f8798-6b8e-bb24-6213-7fbde97fefa3"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">He developed strong team spirit as the rugby captain of his high school where he also discovered how fascinating is to lead a team through different challenges . He's always amazed by how synergy empowers teams to accomplish amazing things together.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;">He found that as an engineer he could combine does soft skills and passions with analytical skills to empower his potential as a change agent.</span></p>
== Related Links ==
[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Universidad_de_Montevideo Campus Overview]
[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/University_de_Montevideo_Student_Priorities Campus Priorities]
[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1s7TfXDUmsTvVH5I0-6WUpFqgqqJF2FjuP_e6HXTSFqw/edit#gid=0 Landscape Canvas]
University Innovation Fellows:
[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Romina_Dominzain Romina Dominzain]
[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Luis_Gurmendez Luis Gurméndez]
[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Matias_Menendez Matías Menéndez]
[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Cecilia_Tejera C][http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Cecilia_Tejera ecilia Tejera]
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