Mariana is one of Laboratoria’s graduates who had
a University degree but was not able to find a job.
She studied Communications and worked a few months
for the Benito Juarez Airport in Mexico City. She was then
dismissed because of budget cuts and had to alternate
between different temporary jobs with very poor
working conditions. She heard about Laboratoria, was
admitted, and after the 6 months of training, was hired
by Walmart’s Digital Factory as a web developer. One of
her most important recognitions, was a public post from
her boss at Linkedin: “Mariana was one of the best hires
of my life! Thank you for being part of this adventure!”.
Susana Opazo works at Thoughtworks Pilar Figueroa, works remotely for a
and soon after being hired she software company in Berkeley, California
represented Thoughtworks Andes at the and she shared her experience at the
Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Mobile Learning Week 2018 in Paris
Computing in 2017
Meet Mariana Muñoz,
an example for the industry
The industry will only benefit from having more
women like Mariana.
“Both Orianna and Jocelin have grown in their technical skills (user research,
management of UX projects, respectively) and in soft skills (mainly leadership).
“Before joining Laboratoria, I was looking for “I’m Pilar Figueroa, I graduated from Laboratoria
change, trying to be someone better, and in 2017 and I am currently working as a Front-
Laboratoria came to reinforce that change in end Engineer in Crowdbotics, a software
my life. They told me, “you have to be better development company in Berkeley, California.
everyday, not for others, for yourself”. I have been working here for more than a year
They urged me to move forward, not allowing and I always thought it was one of the most
me to stay behind because of fears, shame, rewarding and enriching experiences Laboratoria
or insecurities. I learned to code, almost had given me, until I was selected to represent all
quadrupled my income at Thoughtworks, but the students and graduates in UNESCO, in Paris,
most importantly, I acquired the self-confidence at the Mobile Learning Week 2018. For the first
I needed. There is a before and after, and time in my life I didn’t feel nervous in front of
important changes came after Laboratoria. such a large audience. I think it was because
Looking back, now I feel capable of many more I was sharing a real testimony of what
things, I consider that everything is possible now. “ Laboratoria has meant to me. That is when I
They have been key for the development of new products (strategic alliances,
savings plans, etc.) and for the team. I believe that both will continue to
develop these strengths in such a way that they will lead teams within the
company by the end of 2019, beginning of 2020.”
- Alan Lazalde, Head of UX & Innovation Research, Kubo Financiero
“Mariana has extremely strong Agile concepts and she took interesting
leadership roles in many situations at work, so we decided to promote her
as Team Scrum Master only three months after we had hired her. She is an
excellent professional who developed a deep understanding of our core
projects in a very short time. I really enjoy seeing how much she is growing.”
- Douglas Parisotto, Delivery Leader. Agile Specialist Consultant, IBM
realized everything I had achieved in two years, “Finding talent in technology is very difficult and Laboratoria has became
how much I had changed and what is still to be an excellent tech talent provider for us. The profile of their graduates is
done. Although we all have different stories, very aligned with the values of our company. The concepts of coherence,
we share a common goal: to grow transparency, responsibility and autonomy are part of their DNA, and also
professionally and personally. “ constitute our core values. I believe they are incredibly well prepared to enter
our industry.”
- Verónica Pacheco, People Director at Everis Perú
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