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News, talks, and media appearances.

Oct, 2026Panel

Innovation and Knowledge - Democracies of the Future, IMM

Participation in the “Democracies of the Future” event, organized by the Montevideo City Government, where I took part in the roundtable discussion on Innovation and Knowledge. Together, we reflected on how academia and institutions related to education and knowledge incorporate innovation, what perspectives they bring, and what opportunities we see for public administration.

Oct, 2026Panel

Panel: What narrative do we want to create?

Closing discussion of the event, where we talked and reflected on how to create a personal roadmap for rewriting our narrative with technology in the age of AI/ML.

Oct, 2026Panel

Meetup - What a Homogeneous Team Doesn't See, Xmartlabs

Participation in the panel discussion “What a Homogeneous Team Doesn’t See,” organized by Xmartlabs. Insights into how different perspectives shape the way we build solutions, the biases that arise when everyone thinks alike, and what we can do to turn our differences into a real competitive advantage.

Sep, 2026Panel

Panel on Key AI Skills for Tech Professionals

I moderated the panel discussion on the key AI skills that tech professionals need today at IT Builders Live, held at the Antel Arena in Montevideo.

May, 2026Keynote

Guest session — Master in Strategic Design & Innovation, Universidad ORT

Guest session in the Strategic Leadership & Creative Thinking course (School of Graduate Studies in Communication and Design). A conversation on multicultural leadership, biases and diversity applied to innovation — and the most valuable part came from the group.

Apr, 2026Keynote

OWU Unplugged

Diverse teams, global solutions: diversity as the engine of innovation and a real competitive advantage.

Apr, 2026Milestone

Joined Ceibal as Head of Research, Development & Innovation

New role leading the R&D&I team at Ceibal, Uruguay's national center for educational innovation and digital technologies.

Mar, 2026Press

La Mesa TIC — En Perspectiva

What business opportunities does Uruguay's tech sector have with China?

Mar, 2026Press

Interview with Federica Hanania, Canal 4

On the Break The Pattern event: leadership in IT and the gender gap in Uruguay.

Oct, 2025Event

Santander SW50 Summit — London School of Economics

In-person leadership summit in London (LSE) on innovation and leading high-performance, diverse teams through technological disruption and AI.

Sep, 2025Keynote

AI Week Latam

Your AI is biased: how to build multicultural teams that remove those biases.

Jun, 2025Keynote

Redefine Possible

Strategies to manage cultural diversity in IT teams.

Jun, 2025Keynote

+Equidad Series — CUTI

Strategies to manage cultural diversity in IT teams (Uruguayan Chamber of IT).

Jun, 2025Keynote

Women in IT Webinar

Multiculturalism: strategies to leverage cultural diversity in teams.

May, 2025Event

Google I/O — Mountain View, California

Attended Google's flagship event for early insight into emerging technologies and industry trends.

Apr, 2025Press

Inteligencia Desartificial Podcast

Inclusive leadership, diversity in multicultural teams, and how strategy drives innovation in the AI era.

Apr, 2025Press

Coffee, Mate and Code! Podcast

The gender gap in IT, women's leadership in tech, and community initiatives.

Mar, 2025Press

Women and Technology — Telenoche, Canal 4

The gender gap in IT in Uruguay and the importance of making women in leadership visible.

Feb, 2025Recognition

Selected for Santander SW50 Uruguay

Selected for the Santander SW50 Uruguay program, a recognition of leadership with impact.

Jun, 2023Recognition

Google Women Techmakers Ambassador

Selected by Google to lead initiatives empowering women in tech, reaching 2,000+ people through mentoring and public speaking.

Mar, 2023Publication

Data Profiling in Property Graph Databases

Master's research on data profiling in a Big Data context, published in the Journal of Data and Information Quality (ACM).