<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-afd53e45-c74d-ef34-382d-fe33ab657dab"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Jahannie Torres is a fourth year student at the University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus. She is currently pursuing a bachelor's degree in [[File</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color:JahannieT.jpg|thumb]]rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Computer Engineering </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">with a focus on software and Software, a minor in </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Business Development. She was born </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and raised on a certification in </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Virtual Education</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">at the University of Puerto Rico- Mayaguez Campus.</span></span></p>
She had <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-afd53e45-c74d-ef34-382d-fe33ab657dab"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Before founding and becoming the opportunity CEO of applying her knowledge in different industries such as insurance</span>[https://www.facebook.com/EdvoTech/ <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">edvo</span>]<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, banking and plasticsJahannie was selected by </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Stanford University</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">to become an </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">University Innovation Fellow</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. This program, along with the [https://www. Since she is always looking for learning new things she has been involved on undergraduates researches about educational videogames and entrepreneurial mindsetfacebook. She realized that she wants to contribute to com/eshipnetwork/ UPRM E-ship Network] gave Jahannie the development of her country tools and motivation to co-found the improvement of education through technologyfirst </span>[https://www.facebook. She created the Solidarity Scholarship that aims to help students from disadvantaged communitiescom/EPIC-Makerspace-1961645897209061/ <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">makerspace</span>]<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, like her community0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">[https://www. As part of her goals of impacting communitiesfacebook.com/EPIC-Makerspace-1961645897209061/ at UPRM], she co founded the organization Starting Point</span>[https://www.facebook.com/TechBlastConference/ <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tech Blast Conference</span>]<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0,Inc that is 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and the one in charge of the first Makerspace of her university</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Solidarity Scholarship</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">for disadvantaged communities.</span></span></p>
Jahannie is part of other associations <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-afd53e45-c74d-ef34-382d-fe33ab657dab"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">After developing high impact projects at her campus, and working in several internships and researches, she realised that are part of the innovation and '''her passion lies in combining technology, entrepreneurship network in the campus. She encourages and motivates underrepresented communities education to keep studying and pursue STEM careerscreate a better society'''.</span></span></p>
If <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-afd53e45-c74d-ef34-382d-fe33ab657dab"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Currently she is not workingthe director of </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Achieve</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, programming or studying she enjoys 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, which is the division of internal tourism</span>[https://www.facebook.com/IdeaPlatformPR/ <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Idea Platform</span>]<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, sports0, learning new things 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">that promotes entrepreneurship among the student community at her campus, helping other students to develop or scale their businesses. She uses her experience and helping othersknowledge to guide them.</span></span></p><br/><span classid="ngdocs-internal-guid-scopeafd53e45-c74d-ef34-382d-fe33ab657dab" ><span style="marginfont-size: 0px11pt; paddingfont-family: 0pxArial; color: rgb(510, 510, 510); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Her most recent venture is founding </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'Arial; color: rgb(0, Helvetica0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">edvo</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, a startup that makes designing learning experiences easier. By developing technology with a scientific pedagogical base, </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, sans0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-serifvariant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">edvo </span><span style="font-size: 13px11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; linefont-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-heightspace: 18pxpre-wrap;">She believes that for someone enables educators to be successful is not only about meeting their goals but also work efficiently, effectively and to help others meet theirsfeel more confident.</span></span>
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