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.
When Mariana Costa Checa was bootstrapping a software development start-up with partners in Lima several years ago, finding the right talent for the team was a challenge. There simply weren’t…