Mexico City, March 23, 2023.- Within the university community there are many Pan American women who contribute to the transformation of a better Mexico from their different fields of specialization and study. Here are some of them:
Isabel Joaquina Niembro
Research Professor at the School of Engineering, SNI candidate level.
Dr. Isabel works as a researcher and interdisciplinary consultant to link the country's productive fabric with academia in order to contribute to the solution of the country's environmental and social problems. "Working and being a researcher at UP is something that allows me to help my country," she says.
However, she acknowledges: "It is a fact that women have a slightly more complicated path than our male colleagues in the area of research and professional development; policies are in place to ensure equality in our country, but it is not something you can say you experience all thetime," she says.
That is why he advises: "I believe that the solution is to work hard, make a double effort, do it right the first time and if it didn't work out, because it is also possible to make a mistake, do it again until it is perfect (...)".
Learn more about her here:
Teresa Bourlon
Alumni of the Faculty of Health Sciences.
Teresa is a specialist in internal medicine, medical oncology and urologic oncology. She currently directs the genitourinary tumor care clinic at the National Institute of Medical Sciences and Nutrition. She, through research, seeks to improve the lives of testicular cancer survivors.
As a woman who encourages the participation of others in science, Teresa states, "I think the most important thing is to recognize that there is no limit to our professional development and that our intellect and ideas are just as welcome as those of the other gender and can lead to equally important results."
Erika Plata
Alumni of the Faculty of Health Sciences.
While living in Barcelona, Erika was offered a job opportunity in Qatar, which she accepted and is currently the first Mexican doctor in the Arab country. She admits that, when she accepted the vacancy for which she was called, she thought that when she arrived she would find a totally different nation from the one she ended up in, so she calls on other alumni to break with their prejudices.
She also states that her time at Panamericana was what encouraged her to embark on an international career, as she explains that the training she received at our university helps her students to developin other areas that are not only those taught at the university.
Similarly, she states, "I think empowerment is not being afraid, not being prejudiced, like skipping what you've been taught that you know is limiting you in your thinking and knowing, beforehand, that in any corner of the world, most things are good."
Learn more here:
Fernanda Talayero
Alumni of the School of Nursing, School of Health Sciences.
Fer has learned valuable life lessons in the intensive care unit, not only as a professional, but also as a patient. Although some health problems have made it impossible for her to continue her career, this has not been a limitation for her to continue fulfilling her life mission: to care for others.
"The truth is that I am a nurse, not only at the time when I was practicing my career, I am a nurse now as a mom, I am a nurse as a wife. My career is practically my life mission and it is what I do, I am a nurse at heart," she says.
Fer affirms that there are four very important points that can help us to be better people and better professionals: "(...) the first is to learn to communicate and, with this, to learn to listen; the second is to be empathetic; the third is to return to those ideals we had when we wanted to study our career; and the fourth is to re-humanize ourselves, because we have quite lost it".
Listen to her inspiring story here.
Ximena Giron
Mechanical Engineering student, member of the UP-ACMW student group.
Despite being very young, Ximena is a reference in the STEM areas (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics), as she has achieved very important international achievements that inspire new generations of girls and young scientists. Currently, she is co-leader of the Thermal Subsystem of the space laboratory of Universidad Panamericana, Misión Colibrí, and works in the maintenance area of L'Oréal's Mexico City plant.
Although she admits that engineering today still seems to be a "men's club", she says about her occupations: "I feel very proud because I know that at the end of the day this will allow me to move forward with all the dreams I have: academic, personal, work and, to tell the truth, I am very excited to see what's next for me in the future".
Get to know her here:
Vania Aldrete
D. in Psychology and research professor at Universidad Panamericana.
Dr. Vania conducted a study on the risks of SARS-CoV-2 in infants. Her research focuses on whether the children of mothers infected with COVID-19 could be affected in their neurodevelopment.
For the doctor, part of what the pandemic taught us is "the need to evaluate and care for babies from their first days of life in the hospital, not only those exposed to SARS-CoV-2, but all babies with risk factors that could compromise their neurodevelopment," she explains.
"Parents, doctors and teachers should stop waiting until the school stage to detect neurodevelopmental difficulties in children (...). Taking care of babies is taking care of our country, since they are our future generations", he concludes.
Read about his research here:
#WomenTransformingTheWorld
