Paola Villarreal (born 5 October 1984) is a Mexican computer programmer who developed the Data for Justice app equipped with an interactive map that compares police operations in white dominated areas and minority neighborhoods in Mexico.[1][2] Data from the app helped reversed 20,000 racially unbalanced drugs convictions.[3][4]
Honors[edit]
She was named in the BBC 100 Women (inspiring and influential women from around the world) in 2019 for her work in maternal health.[5]
She was listed in the MIT Innovators Under 35 LATAM for 2018.[6]
References[edit]
- ^ "Mexicanas Yalitza Aparicio y Paola Villarreal, en la lista de las 100 mujeres inspiradoras de la BBC". El Financiero (in Spanish). 16 October 2019. Retrieved 2021-12-18.
- ^ "Greta Thunberg and Dina Asher-Smith among BBC list of 100 most inspiring women". The Independent. 2019-10-16. Archived from the original on 2022-05-24. Retrieved 2021-12-18.
- ^ "BBC 100 Women 2019: Who is on the list this year?". BBC News. 2019-10-16. Retrieved 2021-12-18.
- ^ "2 Mexicans named to list of world's most influential women". Mexico News Daily. 2019-10-17. Retrieved 2021-12-18.
- ^ ""She Thought She Could Find a Better Market"", They Were Her Property, Yale University Press, pp. 81–100, 2019-02-19, doi:10.2307/j.ctvbnm3fz.7, S2CID 243146425, retrieved 2021-12-18
- ^ Staff, Forbes (2019-10-16). "Yalitza Aparicio y Paola Villarreal, entre las 100 mujeres más influyentes del mundo: BBC". Forbes México (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved 2021-12-18.