Mariana Rios Palafox

Mariana Rios is the Program Officer at Televisa Foundation, where she leads the TECHNOLOchicas initiative focused on engaging Latina girls and women in the United States into computer science fields.

In her previous role at TF, she lead the re-design of the application process for the entrepreneurship program which doubled program applications in a single year. Additionally managed and implemented the evaluation and selection process of participants. Prior to Televisa Foundation, Ms. Rios was a Director of ATI at Fortune Society a non-profit in New York City focused on empowering and offering skill building to minority youth involved in the criminal justice system.

Her experience working with the Hispanic community in the United States began at Hudson River Healthcare, as coordinator of the health prevention and education programs for minorities. Ms. Rios has over eight years of experience in program implementation, management and overseeing funding, serving organizations to fulfill their missions. Ms. Rios holds a Masters in Science in Social Work from Columbia University in the City of New York.