Maribel Lopez

Education for Justice (E4J) Focal Point, UNODC Liaison and Partnership Office in Mexico

Bachelor’s degree in International Studies, master’s degree in Human Rights (in process). Business representative at ProMexico (Ministry of Economy) in Houston, Texas for 6 months. 5 years’ experience at the Consulate General of Mexico in Houston, Texas. Two years’ experience at UNODC Mexico working for a project on the assistance of GBV victims from first responders. Last one year and a half in charge of the dissemination of E4J tools in Mexico. Has completed online courses on child protection, justice and children in humanitarian settings.

https://twitter.com/UNODC_MX | https://twitter.com/lalopezmeza

Andrea Escobedo Lastiri

National Vicepresident of Inclusion and Diversity CANIETI, Representative of ideaTIC

Bachelor’s degree in International Relations and master’s degree in Social Sciences. With over 15 years of experience on government affairs, she’s responsible for supporting the operations and market development of IBM in Mexico. She also promotes a collaborative agenda focused on exponential technologies as enablers of the country's development and for the benefit of people.

https://twitter.com/escolastiri

Daniela González

Founder, Code Party; Mexico

CODE PARTY creates programmes and learning environments for little girls and boys (6 to 12 years old) to understand and use the technology in the funniest way. Her secret: Parties where playing is part of the learning and amusement.

CODE PARTY integrates its own STEAM methodology (science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics) where kids in a didactic way learning how to be creators of technology instead of consumers, contributing to close the child STEAM gap in the places where it has impact.

Before CODE PARTY, Ms. Gonzalez created and directed Epic Queen, the first Mexican NGO for girls and women.

https://twitter.com/danyglz

Lucila Mezzadra

Coordinator, National University of Quilmes (UNQ); Argentina

Bachelor’s degree on Social Sciences and teacher. Currently a PhD student on Social Sciences and Humanities at the National University of Quilmes. She received a grant by the National Scientific Investigation Council of Argentina, working on the study of municipal public policies for the assistance of women in situation of violence. Since 2018, she coordinates UNQ’s university project “Raise Your Hand” (Levanta La Mano), a proposal for the education on human rights on three levels: primary, secondary and tertiary.

https://ddhh.unq.edu.ar/extension/levanta-la-mano/

Rosa Elena Barragan

ITCs General Direction, Ministry of Public Education, Mexico

Holds a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and a master’s degree in Project Administration. She has 15 years’ experience in the public service in charge of technological projects such as software license consolidation.