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Mariana Costa Checa

Co-founder & CEOLaboratoria

Biography

Mariana is the co-founder and CEO at Laboratoria, an organization enabling women in search of better professional opportunities to start and grow careers in technology. With learning centers across Latin America, Laboratoria is working to ensure women are part of building a more diverse, inclusive and competitive digital economy in the region that can create opportunities for all people. For her work as a social entrepreneur Mariana has been named one of Peru's leading innovators by the MIT, and had the honor of sharing a panel with President Obama at the 2016 Global Entrepreneurship Summit. She holds a BSc in International Relations from the London School of Economics and a Masters Degree in Public Administration from Columbia University in New York.

Regional Focus

North America, South America

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Mariana Costa Checa - Laboratoria, October 30, 2019
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