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While being raised in Buenos Aires, Argentina, her parents encouraged her interests.

After she immigrated to the United States when she was 14, she was able to pursue her career by studying physics and calculus.

She eventually got a summer job at the Jet Propulsion Lab (JPL) during her third year of high school, and held that job throughout her college years.

She had a major in aerospace engineering at the Pasadena City College.

She helped with the Viking mission to Mars as a Imaging Team member.

She worked on the sequence planning and data analysis of Mars images.

She specifically helped planning the observations of the moons Phobos and Deimos and searching for a ring and other satellites around Mars.

This helped in planning the Phobos Russian mission to that moon.

She was later nominated for a nobel prize for her work in promoting peace and human rights in conflict areas.

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Winner of five MTV video Music Awards, two Grammy Awards, eight Latin Grammy Awards.

In 2009, she was honored at the University of Oxford and awarded by the Oxford Union joining the ranks of Albert Einstein, Mother Teresa and the Dalai Lama.

The first lady also leads the humanitarian initiative Colombia Humanitaria, a state institutional strategy that deals with natural and environmental disasters.

She holds a degree in graphic design from Colegio San Patricio University in Bogota.

Maria Angela Holguin Maria Angela Holguin Political scientist and diplomat, Maria Angela Holguin, is currently serving as the Minister of Foreign Affairs.

With nearly two decades of experience in the public and private sector, the minister has developed quite an impressive CV.

The Bogota-born official has been named a key official in maintaining relations between Colombia and neighboring countries.

She also has a Ph.D in Administration with a focus in Finance from Tulane.

The new Chief of Staff is on the board of several international leadership groups including the European Foundation for Leadership Development (EFMD) and the Business Association for Latin American Studies (BALAS).

Facebook Twitter Ruth Marina Diaz Ruth Marina Diaz Ruth Marina Diaz made history as the first female president of Colombias Supreme Court.

She graduated from the University of Santo Tomas with a degree in Law and Political Science.

She has previously taught at several prominent universities, including the University of Santo Tomas.

The judge has vowed to clean up the sometimes corruptive image of the justice system ironically the judge was involved in a controversial scandal after she took a cruise trip with fellow colleagues nearly forcing her to resign.

Blog Clara Lopez Clara Lopez Colombian economist and politician, Clara Lopez, graduated magna cum from Harvard University in 1972 with a degree in Economics then journeyed to Spain to pursue a doctorate.

She studied Tax Law and Finance at the University of Salamanca, the fourth oldest University in Europe.

She has served as the former Bogota Mayor and as the vice presidential candidate under Gustavo Petro.

Her rise to political fame and success is a fascinating combination of fierce academic background, familial ties to politics, a career of being a public servant, and skillfully avoiding scandals and tragedy that appear around every corner.

Facebook Twitter Website Piedad Cordoba Piedad Cordoba Piedad Cordoba is known as one of the countrys most outspoken advocates for a political solution to Colombias armed conflict and a defender of minority groups such as Afro-Colombians, indigenous, women and the GLBT community.

However, she is mostly known for legal troubles shes had in the past over her alleged ties to rebel group FARC.

In 2007, Piedad was the official mediator during the peace talks between the FARC and the Colombian government.

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