National Coordinator - Ecuador
Andrea is a medical student. Currently, she’s taking the last year of Medical School at Central University of Ecuador. She works in the pharmacology department as a Professor Assistant. The main reason she joined UAEM is to help her community by finding out which kind of medicine is not available to certain groups of people depending on their location, comorbidities and social status. She believes findings can be used by Public Institutions to improve distribution and access to those medicines. She also gives speeches on neglected tropical diseases and antibacterial resistance to improve awareness of people for prevention and disease control. Her main goal is to achieve fair public policies for her country. For this reason, she also leads a foundation for people with disabilities called “Creating Smiles”. Finally, but not the least. She likes being an activist, empowering people and creating equity and social justice.
