María Teresa Chávez

María Teresa Chávez

Student

TED Translator
Guatemala City, Guatemala
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About María Teresa

I am a…

Brainstormer, Entrepreneur, Idea generator, Scientist, Startup, Student, Technologist

Bio

[as of May 2013] I'm 14 years old, live in Guatemala. Was accepted to med school and trying to decide whether to start the second semester of med school in June or spend a couple of months in Silicon Valley working on projects related to neuroscience and aging. At this point, I dropped out of school, I am alumni of Acton Academy Guatemala, and have spent the past few months doing research about ALS and other brain disorders and age-related diseases.

I'm passionate about

I am passionate about science (specially neuroscience), reading, mathematics and education. I want to cure brain disorders and age-related diseases.

The TED story

TEDMED front line scholar (2013), attendee at TEDxYouth@Guatemala City (2011), speaker at TEDxYouth@UFM (2012), TEDMED live organizer (2013), TED translator (2012-present)