Bea Mendez-Gandica
Beatris ("Bea") A. Mendez-Gandica is the founder and chief executive officer of Nuevo Foundation and a security program manager at Microsoft.[1] She was selected as an American Association for the Advancement of Science IF/THEN Ambassadors Program,[2] and appeared in the #IfThenSheCan – The Exhibit, an exhibit of 120 3D printed statues of contemporary women innovators in STEM.[3]
Early life and education[edit]
Mendez-Gandica is from San Cristobal, Venezuela.[4] At age 10 she was inspired to study technology because of her hobby of playing video games.[5] She spent part of high school in Germany,[6] and she started coding during her freshman year of college and continued to study it for the rest of her time in college.[5] She graduated from University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire,[7] in 2013 and returned in 2019 to give the commencement address.[8]
Career[edit]
Mendez-Gandica was hired at Microsoft after applying and connecting with the University of Wisconsin Microsoft recruiter.[9] She worked as a service delivery manager helping migrating Microsoft customers to the companies cloud offerings. She then transitioned to a role in computer security managing a bot platform that performs security checks on source code and binaries.[10]
In 2018 Mendez-Gandica founded the Nuevo Foundation.[11] The goal of the foundation is to expose underrepresented students to coding and role models in the STEM field by holding coding workshops and sending speakers into classrooms.[12][13] Mendez-Gandica describes the origin of her impetus to pay it forward as coming from her grandfather.[14]
In 2018, the alumni association of the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire honored Gandica as an "outstanding recent alumnus".[8] In 2020, Mendez-Gandica gave the keynote lecture at the Latinitas’ Future Chica Conference.[6]
References[edit]
- ↑ "College of Business alumna honored for national leadership in STEM". University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. Retrieved 2022-11-17.
- ↑ Holt, Jo Ann (2022-10-26). ""If Then" Ambassadors Visit Dallas Arboretum". Focus Daily News. Retrieved 2023-01-09.
- ↑ "#IfThenSheCan – The Exhibit". ifthenexhibit.org. Retrieved 2022-11-17.
- ↑ "IF/THEN Collection". www.ifthencollection.org. Retrieved 2022-11-17.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Bea Mendez Gandica". www.umt.edu. Retrieved 2022-11-17.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Villalpando, Nicole (14 July 2020). "Bringing the tech world to all girls". Austin American-Statesman. [Austin, Texas]. p. 1 – via ProQuest.
- ↑ "College of Business alumna honored for national leadership in STEM". University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. Retrieved 2023-01-09.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Commencement speaker: Go forth and give back". Leader-Telegram. 2019-12-22. pp. A3. Retrieved 2023-01-15.
- ↑ Nunez, Vivian. "Beatris Alejandra Mendez Gandica On 4 Lessons She Shares With Latinas Who Want A STEM Career". Forbes. Retrieved 2022-11-17.
- ↑ "Bea Mendez-Gandica". Re.engineer. 2022-05-30. Retrieved 2023-01-09.
- ↑ "Bea Mendez Gandica". www.umt.edu. Retrieved 2022-11-17.
- ↑ "Nuevo Foundation". nuevofoundation.org. Retrieved 2023-01-09.
- ↑ "Beatris Mendez Gandica discusses her vision for STEM". Underhill Training and Development. Retrieved 2023-01-09.
- ↑ "101 Ideas". Marie Claire (US Edition). 27 (3). March 2020.
External links[edit]
- Nuevo Foundation - official website
- Podcast: Un Cafecito With a Woman in STEM: Bea Mendez Gandica September 16, 2021
- Meet AAAS IF/THEN Ambassador Bea Mendez Gandica!
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