Vanessa Hernández (MEXICO)
Vanessa is passionate about research, accountability, easy learning, a leader with determination, and perseverance.
She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Pharmaceutical Chemistry & Biology at the University Center for Exact Sciences and Engineering (CUCEI) in the University of Guadalajara, she is an outstanding student in both academics and extra-curricular who has enjoyed participating as a speaker, main organizer, volunteer, panelist and participant on several events and congresses about the environment, climate change and others.
She has been working with several organizations for Inclusive Youth Climate Action Leadership, including the United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG), World Academy of Art and Science (WAAS), FUNVIVE, FIDAL Foundation, Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), Instituto Politécnico Nacional (IPN), World Sustainable Development Forum (WSDF) among others.
Vanessa is currently a POP Youth Mentor of The POP Movement since 2018, she has experienced working in a local, national, and global level mobilization for climate action.
She has been a volunteer in the World Sustainable Development Forum (WSDF) since 2019, also she is an active member of the CONACYT Thematic Network: “Ocean, Climate and Global Change”, with the Interdisciplinary Center for Research and Studies on Environment and Development (CIIEMAD).
She also has worked as a research intern with the Secretary of Health of the Federal Government in Mexico, Observatorio LA CONDE, UdeG, Secretary of Health of the Government of Jalisco among others, in a transdisciplinary project for the prevention, surveillance, and control of dengue and other arboviruses (chikungunya and sika) and projects related with pesticides determination in humans and in biodiversity.
Vanessa has participated as a delegate representing her University at the Model United Nations Conference in Commemoration of the 75th Anniversary of the UN (75YAMUN) and as a Delegate representing the POP Movement for the 17th World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates under the Leading by Example Program.
