Summary
Irene R is a seasoned academic and STEM coordinator with over a decade of experience designing and leading technology education and outreach at Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica. She combines classroom teaching in core programming and parallel computing with program coordination—currently directing the RED UNA STEM Phase 2 and multiple extension and vinculación commissions. Her work spans curriculum development, thesis supervision, and organizing industry-academia links and student programming competitions, reflecting a strong commitment to building regional STEM capacity and gender-inclusive research networks. Trained in STEAM pedagogy and research data science through LASPAU-Harvard and CODATA programs, she brings evidence-based teaching methods to institutional policy work, including contributions to the university’s childhood and adolescence policy commission. Colleagues value her practical blend of academic rigor, project management from a MATI background, and hands-on mentorship that cultivates the next generation of Costa Rican technologists.
10 years of coding experience
Programa STEAM, Programa STEAM at Laspau Harvard
Research Data Science network, Research Data Science network at SUMMER SCHOOL CODATA-RDA Schools for Research Data Science
Didactica Universitaria para las Ciencias, tecnología, ingenierías y matemática, Didactica Universitaria para las Ciencias, tecnología, ingenierías y matemática at LASPAU-Harvard
Summer School, CODATA
Maestría en Administración de Tecnología de la Información (MATI), Administración de Proyectos, Maestría en Administración de Tecnología de la Información (MATI), Administración de Proyectos at Universidad Nacional
Módulo de modelo pedagógico CIDE, Módulo de modelo pedagógico CIDE at Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica
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