The U.S. Ambassador to Chile, Bernadette Meehan, visited the PUCV. She began her tour at the Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso (PUCV). Among the authorities of the House of Studies who welcomed the North American authority were the dean of the Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism, Rodrigo Saavedra; the secretary of the faculty, Michèle Wilkomirsky; the director of the School of Architecture, Juan Carlos Jeldes; the director of the School of Business, Rodrigo Navia, and the director of the Research Center for Inclusive Education, Verónica López. Also participating in the
meeting the mayor of Villa Alemana, Javiera Toledo, together with other representatives of the municipality. The project - which assumes the urgency of reducing gender gaps in STEM areas (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) - is developed by the Research Center for Inclusive Education, the Cidstem Research Center and Aconcagua Lab of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, together with the Municipal Corporation of Villa Alemana (CMVA) and the Citizen Dialogue Academy, and has international funding through the Office of Naval Research (ONR).
