The lecture offered by Professor Thomas C. Duffy will never leave my heart. Literally, as he taught us how to identify pathologies of the heart, lungs and stomach through sound, while comparing it with the sound of instruments. YYGS truly changed my view towards learning, as it taught me about the importance of interdiscipline and acquiring a global perspective in order to solve the several challenges that humanity faces in the 21st century.
YYGS taught me about the value of working with people interested in different fields and developed my interest in the STEM field. Due to these reasons, I was able to develop and finalize several projects. STEMOA, an organization that I founded several years ago, gained international recognition, and we participated in a competition named ConCausa. I presented the project to UN representatives and expanded the team, recruiting directors from new countries. To this day, we have helped around 1000 people! Secondly, I finished writing an introductory book in biology for low-income students, called Pequeños Científicos. I worked arduously with an international team who helped me by designing the covers and the illustrations for the book. I sought donations to print 100 books and donate them to students. I collected around 60,000 ARG pesos! Additionally, STEMOA worked in coalition with Eureka (a Paraguayan organization) to develop STEM-ACADEMY, a website that provides free resources to learn about STEM. We managed a team to create PDFs of experiments and recorded workshops, and we added Pequeños Científicos in the books section. We made this website public only three days ago but we already have 100 visits.