By Career Development & Alumni Experience. The Luis Poma Forum at INCAE is the stage where hundreds of professionals have seen their academic goals come to an end. One of them is Valeria Ochoa, who heard her name called and proudly received the title of Master in Analytics, Innovation and Technology (MAIT).
Having this title in her hands is the result of hard work, sacrifices and desire to excel. She left her native Ecuador for Costa Rica with doubts, full of dreams and with the hope that all the effort and plans she had were going to boost her professional career.
After her time in the classrooms of the Walter Kissling Gam campus, she not only acquired new knowledge, but also friendships that will last a lifetime and a new perception of leadership and innovation that will accompany her in all her work challenges.
This proud Ecuadorian recalls that since school she always had access to financial aid; thanks to this, little by little she has been climbing up the professional and labor ladder.
"In my family on both sides I was the first one to have a third level degree and now a master's degree... None of what I am talking about would have been possible if it were not for the help of the scholarships. This time was no exception, although I put all my savings, I had to access credits, but the scholarship issue was transcendental to study at INCAE", she emphasized.
Valeria's career goal was to work in a technology company with international reach. After obtaining her master's degree, she obtained the position of Global Logistics Sourcing Analytics Manager at Hewlett Packard Enterprise, a position she holds from Costa Rica.
Since 2016, the INCAE Giving Dayan opportunity for the graduates, organizations and friends of this business school to make a donation to support new professionals to achieve their academic goals.
For Valeria, this event is very important because it directly contributes to the purpose of INCAE, which is to transform lives through first level education.
"We as graduates, whether we have months or years in the case of many of the donors, know that we go out to make a positive impact, to become agents of change. By contributing to such a noble cause as the INCAE Giving Day, we can contribute to the growth of regional talent and help them achieve their dream of their degree as Incaístas", concluded Valeria.
