Sobre Ashoka Mexico

o Country Director for Ashoka México, Centroamérica y el Caribe.
o Ashoka Fellow since 2004.
o Co-Founder and President of the Board for Saber para la Vida ac, a civic association committed to empower vulnerable women through development of their own micro-businesses.
o Co-Founder and President of the Board for Somos Vía, a B Corporation who connects vulnerable artisans with designers and enterprises, with the purpose of creating a fair and equitable marketplace.
o Ontological Design at Logonet Inc. California, with Dr. Fernando Flores, specializaing in consulting and executive training.
o Co-Founder of Mujeres y Punto, a political organization to enhance participation of women as citizens and politicians.
o Co-Founder of Todamujer.com the first website for women in México, connecting a community of 50,000 spanish speaking women.
o Speaker on leadership, communication for action, entrepreneurship and gender equality, among other subjects.

Angelika cuenta con experiencia de trabajo en diferentes organizaciones sociales y en proyectos de cooperación internacional en Argentina, Ecuador, Brasil y Alemania. Angelika estudió Economía y Estudios Latinoamericanos en la Universidad de Passau en Alemania y Relaciones Internacionales en la Universidad Católica de Córdoba en Argentina. Desde el 2011 está trabajando para Ashoka y actualmente está dirigiendo Venture y Fellowship - la búsqueda y el apoyo de Emprendedores Sociales en Ashoka México y Centroamérica. La preocupación por las desigualdades que enfrentan las personas en países en desarrollo, motivaba a Angelika, que originalmente es de Alemania, a involucrarse en temas de cambio social.

Brenda leads the Children and Youth initiative for Ashoka Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean, she is Co-founder and Director of Conciencias Unidas A.C. and is part of the global youth network “Global Changemakers”. She has a degree in Marketing and is a Master in Educational Innovation for Sustainability. Brenda has represented the voice of youth in different organizations, movements in national and international events, she is a facilitator of learning experiences to promote changemaking and her dream is a world where we have more spaces of hope that allow us to recognize ourselves and act as changemakers.

Working to promote multi-stakeholder collaboration to create ecosystems of Changemaking and Social Entrepreurship in México, Central America and the Carribean.

(He / Him)

Social Intrapreneur. Passionate about connecting with Changemakers and alliances for a positive impact.

I am a social Intrapreneur and changemaker.

I have been working in the Ecosystem of Social Innovation since 2015 and I currently collaborate as Leader of Partnerships for Ashoka Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean and as a Consultant in Entrepreneurship and Social Innovation, Geomarketing and Market Research.

Maria is currently the Venture and Fellowship Coordinator at Ashoka Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean. She is also Latin America Consultant at the Global Fund For Women and a Young Associate at the Mexican Council on Foreign Relations (COMEXI), a foreign policy think tank. Prior to Ashoka, Maria worked in social impact consulting with Nosotrikos where she designed strategies for environmental and social impact management for the energy sector in Mexico. In addition, Maria was a Public Information intern at the UN in Mexico and a Research Assistant at the LSE United States Centre. Maria holds a BSc in Social Anthropology from the London School of Economics. She has conducted field work in 3 continents researching issues on gender, education, migration, and sustainable development.

Erick O'Connor, licenciado en turismo por la Universidad de Guadalajara.

Ha dedicado su carrera profesional al impulso del emprendimiento y la innovación social

I´m an administrator, I have been working in the administrative area for four years. Currently support in the area of finance, legal issues, accounting, talent.

Decidí perseguir mi pasión por el desarrollo de software y la web y al mismo tiempo dedicarme al sector social, para conciliar el area de tecnologia con el emprendimiento social y el cambio sistemico. Creador aplicaciones, lider de comunidades Js, partidario del codigo abierto y el blockchain.
 

She been working with young people for 10 years, promoting their citizen and political participation through different actions and as Vice President of JuventudEs, a NGO that she co-founded in 2017.

Mariana studied in Centro a master's degree in Business, innovation and creativity, a postgraduate program in Editorial Design and a Bachelor of Design, she has certifications in Design for change and Design thinking from IDEO and is He has trained in service design, strategic design, behavioral economics and futures design.

International human rights advocate, with an deep and inherent curiosity about innovative solutions to foster social change, I have been working in the field of social policies, while writing a PhD thesis on the need to overcome the gap existing between the international legal protection of liberal rights vs social rights. My current work at Ashoka Venture & Fellowship, is giving me the opportunity to consolidate my profile and to get in contact with people who see social challenges as also offering exciting possibilities for improving our ability to meet global needs.