International Speaker
Topics and Engagement
I have been an invited speaker at the U.S. State Department, the Institute of Water Resources of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the World Resource Institute in Washington D.C., and at various institutions and universities in Ecuador, Brazil, and India.
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Talks are geared for a non-technical audience on the challenges and opportunities at the intersection of tech and society. Talks are always tailored to specific audiences and size/theme of events. I also have been asked to speak about my own experience as an immigrant women in tech.
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"Career Futures: Science, Sustainability, and Climate"
The College of St. Scholastica (virutal), Oct, 2020
"Moonshots for advancing the Sustainable Development Goals"
SingularityU Uber Hub, March 2019.
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“Drought Preparedness and Virtual Drought Exercises"
Fernand Braudel Institute of World Economics, Aug 25, 2015.
“Chronicles of a Crisis Foretold: Is Collaboration Possible in São Paulo”
U.S. Department of State, Nov 5, 2014.
“Two Faces of Ecuador; Natural Wealth and Human Poverty”
Columbia University-Earth Institute, Apr 2007.
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