Graciela Rojas Montemayor

For over 20 years she has championed scientific thinking as a path to sustainable development and social wellbeing. An expert in systemic change and social innovation, she developed a unique framework to generate high impact and influence educational policy.

In 2014 she received the National Entrepreneur Award and in 2015 the National Quality Award. She was named an Ashoka Fellow in 2022 and Mexico’s representative for GWIM in 2025.

She has been recognized for advancing the STEM+ Ecosystem as one of the country’s most outstanding executives by Expansión, Mundo Ejecutivo, Opinión 51 and by Forbes, as one of the 100 most powerful women.

Her commitment to making STEM talent visible led her to be named one of Mexico’s most influential figures by Quién50; Game Changer by the Globant Awards; High-Impact Ally by Dalia Empower and Heraldo Media Group; and one of Quién’s 31 most beloved women.

Distinguished as one of the 100 global women leaders in STEM, her vision and leadership are now a reference for Latin America.

According to the United Nations, the generation between 9 and 19 is the first one that could end extreme poverty and the last that can effectively combat climate change. Failing to influence this generation would mean failing as humanity!

Let’s not forget, we are living in the era of Artificial Intelligence, yet our young talent is not acquiring the essential skills demanded by an increasingly technological world.

In this global context, the world’s greatest bet is STEM Education.