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Maria Theresa Villatoro

Nacionalidad: United States of America
Nombre de la Organización: STEM in a box
Región de Impacto: Latin America
Sobre el Negocio Social: STEM IN A BOX is a didactic kit that allows at-risk youth to build robots from electrical trash. Our intervention combines math with the assembly of robots, introducing principles of electricity, robotics, and coding. Moreover, the combination of theory followed by its practical application increases students' understanding of mathematics, improving their positive perception of the subject. This initiative increases students' interest to pursue a university degree in STEM by 66% and aiming at long-term decent employment.
Sobre el Y&Y Fellow: Maria Theresa Villatoro graduated cum laude from ESCP Business School, where she studied Management in London, Turin, and Berlin. She currently works in financial controlling at Universidad Francisco Gavidia where she specializes in digital transformation and student development. She is a Yunus & Youth Fellow, a UNITE 2030 Youth Delegate, and Global Changemakers Alumni. As a social entrepreneur, she strongly believes that a tech-driven education is our best bet for empowerment while striving for national development. Through her initiative STEM IN A BOX, her team is committed to distributing robots assembled from electrical trash and cardboard in Latin America and Africa.

Maria Theresa Villatoro

Nacionalidad: United States of America
Nombre de la Organización: STEM in a box
Región de Impacto: Latin America
Sobre el Negocio Social: STEM IN A BOX is a didactic kit that allows at-risk youth to build robots from electrical trash. Our intervention combines math with the assembly of robots, introducing principles of electricity, robotics, and coding. Moreover, the combination of theory followed by its practical application increases students' understanding of mathematics, improving their positive perception of the subject. This initiative increases students' interest to pursue a university degree in STEM by 66% and aiming at long-term decent employment.
Sobre el Y&Y Fellow: Maria Theresa Villatoro graduated cum laude from ESCP Business School, where she studied Management in London, Turin, and Berlin. She currently works in financial controlling at Universidad Francisco Gavidia where she specializes in digital transformation and student development. She is a Yunus & Youth Fellow, a UNITE 2030 Youth Delegate, and Global Changemakers Alumni. As a social entrepreneur, she strongly believes that a tech-driven education is our best bet for empowerment while striving for national development. Through her initiative STEM IN A BOX, her team is committed to distributing robots assembled from electrical trash and cardboard in Latin America and Africa.
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