Fuentes-Valdez, Ramona

Ramona is a Computer Engineer from the Autonomous University of Baja California and has a Master in Computer Science from the Tecnológico de Monterrey. She currently works as an associate professor in the Computer Science Department of the School of Engineering and Sciences in Querétaro. Her areas of interest are: Analysis and Design of Algorithms, Computational Mathematics, Data Science and Information Technologies. She has participated as a proposal reviewer for the Xignux Challenge, SmarTec Digital Manufacturing Congress, SIGCSE, EDUCON, IVEC, CleanTech Challenge México, the NOVUS project proposal evaluation committee and the CIIE Educational Innovation Congress evaluation committee. She has been involved in NOVUS projects, as manager and associate, from the first call in 2012 to date. She has been distinguished with the recognition of the Circle of Outstanding Professors, Professors Who Leave a Mark within the framework of the 80th anniversary of the TEC of Monterrey, also as Inspiring Professor and as Best Evaluated Professor. He obtained second place nationally in the teaching excellence award and first place in the Educational Technology Innovation Contest at the Tecnológico de Monterrey. She has been recognized in the event: "Women who write: the expression of an EXATEC", in the "Gran Mujer México 2020" event and participated in the "Family Album" exhibition of the MUSEA call. She is a speaker at the 4th Congress of the Latin American COIL Network: "COIL and diversity, equity and inclusion", also at the International Virtual Exchange Conference 2023, in addition to the Educational Innovation Congress, as well as at the Virtual Collaboration and Training Conferences of the University of Zaragoza, Spain. Participated in the Inspire Next Generation of Innovators event of the Association of Pacific Coast Universities. She is a volunteer in the training process for prepanet tutors, she is a mentor in the leaders of tomorrow program, a mentor in the accompaniment program for new teachers, as well as in the mentoring program: Women Leaders in STEAM. Since 2019, she has coordinated the development and implementation of the "Patrones Hermosos" linkage project, first at the Cuernavaca headquarters, now at the Querétaro Campus headquarters, whose objective is to empower middle and high school girls, developing their knowledge and computational thinking skills. . Likewise, she participates as a mentor for engineering students who accompany the group of girls who attend the camp throughout the week. Since 2022, he has also been part of the National Operations Committee of said program. Additionally, she coordinated the SAEP competency evaluation project for the IIS major, and was the representative of the Faculty of Engineering on the Professor Classification Committee for Campus Cuernavaca. She served as Professional Academic Senator, Coordinator of the Science area for the subjects of physics and mathematics, Certifications Coordinator, Director of the Department of Information Technologies and Mechatronics, Generation Director of the bilingual high school on Campus Cuernavaca. He participated in the social validation process of the professional profile of the General Examination for the Graduation of the Bachelor's Degree in Computer Engineering, CENEVAL, 2008. He served as a professor and researcher, Coordinator of the area and of the Master of Science in Systems Engineering of the Institute of Engineering from the Autonomous University of Baja California (UABC).