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International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
© Catalina Kulczar-Marin
© Catalina Kulczar-Marin
Mariana Costa Checa
Mariana Costa Checa is the co-founder and CEO of Laboratoria, an organization that trains women across Latin America to become programmers and software developers. Almost 2,000 women have graduated from Laboratoria’s bootcamps in six years. In 2020, 81% of them began jobs in tech within six months of graduation and earned 2.4 times more than prior to graduation.
“At Laboratoria we dream of a Latin America where women are no longer the hardest hit by every crisis due to the underlying inequalities. We want economies where the benefits of thriving sectors, such as tech, are equally shared by women. It won’t be easy, but we will be here every step of the way to shape that goal.”
“At Laboratoria we dream of a Latin America where women are no longer the hardest hit by every crisis due to the underlying inequalities. We want economies where the benefits of thriving sectors, such as tech, are equally shared by women. It won’t be easy, but we will be here every step of the way to shape that goal.”