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Marie André Destarac
Marie André Destarac Eguizabal (born 25 February 1981) is a Guatemalans, Guatemalan scientist who specializes in engineering, electronics and robotics. Her goal is to apply her engineering knowledge and expertise in medicine projects. In 2015, Destarac received an Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT award named ''"Innovators under 35 in Central America"'' an acknowledgement by the MIT Technology Review magazine. She was the only woman to get the award. It's an active member of the Organization for Women in Science for the Developing World, Organization For Women In Science For The Developing World, chapter Guatemal(OWSD GT)executing and planning events to decrease the Gender gap in education, gender gap, so girls and women can study careers in Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, STEM. Early life and education Marie André Destarac is daughter of Rodolfo Destarac and María Eguizabal. She studied electronic engineering in Universidad del Valle de Guatemal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guatemala City
Guatemala City (, also known colloquially by the nickname Guate), is the Capital city, national capital and largest city of the Guatemala, Republic of Guatemala. It is also the Municipalities of Guatemala, municipal capital of the Guatemala Department and the most populous urban metropolitan area in Central America. The city is located in a mountain valley called Valle de la Ermita () in the south-central part of the country. Guatemala City is the site of the native Maya civilization, Mayan city of Kaminaljuyu in Mesoamerica, which was occupied primarily between 1500 BCE and 1200 CE. The present city was founded by the Spanish after their colonial capital, now called Antigua Guatemala, was destroyed by the devastating 1773 Guatemala earthquake, 1773 Santa Marta earthquake and its aftershocks. It became the third royal capital of the surrounding Captaincy General of Guatemala; which itself was part of the larger Viceroyalty of New Spain in imperial Spanish America and remained und ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
