Hi, I am Clarissa Rios, a Peruvian scientist (Molecular Biologist) and also the founder and director of the social enterprise "Ekpapalek" ( www.ekpapalek.com). Ekpapalek empowers Latin American students by offering programs of mentorship, internships and women empowerment for promoting their professional development ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8J0EqV1ISI).
I am also an advocate for gender equality as a recently selected "UN Women Global champion for women's economic empowerment" by Empower Women. Moreover, I am the director of "Ekpapalek Women", a project that empowers women in Latin-America through talks, workshops and online campaigns that aim to show new women's role models ( http://www.ekpapalek.com/programa-mujeres)
As a scientist, I have been educated in Peru, Finland, Sweden, Germany and Australia. I have more than 12 years of experience in conducting and planning multilateral scientific projects. As a woman in science, I have represented different universities at scientific meetings all over the world. Moreover, I am a committee member at the life-sciences chapter of Women in Technology in Australia where I promote and organize events for reducing the gender gap in science.
I am joining Wikipedia as part of the team of #HERstory of Empower Women from UN Women. I am happy to contribute writing stories of women for Wikipedia.
Hi, I am Clarissa Rios, a Peruvian scientist (Molecular Biologist) and also the founder and director of the social enterprise "Ekpapalek" ( www.ekpapalek.com). Ekpapalek empowers Latin American students by offering programs of mentorship, internships and women empowerment for promoting their professional development ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8J0EqV1ISI).
I am also an advocate for gender equality as a recently selected "UN Women Global champion for women's economic empowerment" by Empower Women. Moreover, I am the director of "Ekpapalek Women", a project that empowers women in Latin-America through talks, workshops and online campaigns that aim to show new women's role models ( http://www.ekpapalek.com/programa-mujeres)
As a scientist, I have been educated in Peru, Finland, Sweden, Germany and Australia. I have more than 12 years of experience in conducting and planning multilateral scientific projects. As a woman in science, I have represented different universities at scientific meetings all over the world. Moreover, I am a committee member at the life-sciences chapter of Women in Technology in Australia where I promote and organize events for reducing the gender gap in science.
I am joining Wikipedia as part of the team of #HERstory of Empower Women from UN Women. I am happy to contribute writing stories of women for Wikipedia.