MECATE First Generation

Darienne Hunziker Alemania Equality North West and Results UK Dari was born in the late 80ies in Germany to a Mexican mother and a Belgium raised father, grew up in Mexico, Germany and Switzerland and studied international relations and later her MSc in Globalisation and Development in the UK. Before studying she used to work

José Molina México HN Limited Jose Molina is the Founder / CEO of HN Limited, a startup exploring sharing economy models based in the UK. In Latin America, he collaborates with the innovation firm Ideas for Change in the social innovation and smart city arena. Prior to HN, Jose was the Business Development Manager for

Aylin Tschoepe Alemania Harvard University Dr Aylin Yildirim Tschoepe is an architect, anthropologist and instructor. Since 2004, she has worked as an architect on public and private projects. Since 2009, she began her career as educator. Interested in the social agency of architecture and the reciprocal relationship between people and places, she continued her academic career

Nazanin Karimi Iran Kodakane “I believe in humans, in empowerment and in art; my saviors.” Nazanin has worked as the manager and consultant in some Iranian businesses and institutes after having earned her BS in Industrial Engineering and her MBA from Sharif University of Technology in Iran. However, her main interest was to change the

Sanju Soman India SARSAS Sanju us a post Graduate student of Climate Change and Sustainability Studies at Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai. Founder and current working Secretary of ‘SAVE A RUPEE SPREAD A SMILE’ (SARSAS), which works in the areas of education, health and hygiene, nutrition and environment. Hobbies include travelling, photography, martial arts,

Rosanna Lopez Filipinas Sparkle Lab Rossana tiene un BS Servicio Extranjero por la Universidad de Georgetown, un MFA en Artes Digitales por la Universidad Pompeu Fabra y un MA en el Desarrollo Educativo Internacional, Teachers College, Columbia University. Ella es una diseñadora, investigadora, técnica y educadora, cuyos intereses se encuentran en la intersección de los

Ricardo Moncada México Quanax Automotive, Consultant Ricardo was born in Puebla and raised in Leon, Mexico.  He finished his studies in ITESM Campus Leon and obtained a Degree in Business specialized in Entrepreneurship.  As a professional, he wants to concentrate his career in entrepreneurship by helping other entrepreneurs to grow and better their chances to

Antonio Petz México Antonio Petz, de Monterrey, México, tiene un título de postgrado en Economía del ITESM y actualmente se encuentra cursando una maestría en Administración y Políticas Públicas en la Escuela de Graduados de Gobierno y Transformación Pública. Sus intereses incluyen temas de seguridad y desarrollo local, además de las actividades empresariales. Ha colaborado

Santiago Siri Argentina DemocracyOS Founder and president of DemocracyOS, a Y Combinator backed non-profit doing the largest global effort to deliver an open source solution to online voting. Founding peer of Partido de la Red (The Net Party), a political party that aims to improve representation with candidates committed to citizens requests online. An advocate

Sofía Fernández del Castillo México México Conectado- Ministry of Communications  Sofía ha desempeñado diversos cargos en el sector público que incluyen Directora General de Vinculación de la Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes (SCT), en la Secretaría de Hacienda y Crédito Público (SHCP) como Secretaria Particular del Subsecretario de Egresos y en la Presidencia de la