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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Vicezar and the second or maternal family name is Torres.

Diana Vicezar
Vicezar in 2022
Born2001 (age 23–24)
Asunción, Paraguay
EducationPitzer College
University College Cork
Occupation(s)Digital entrepreneur, community activist
AwardsDiana Award Roll of Honour (2020)
Outstanding Young People of Paraguay Awards (2023)
Websitedianavicezar.com Edit this at Wikidata

Diana Monserrat Vicezar Torres (born 2001) is a Paraguayan community activist and entrepreneur. She founded an animal welfare organization as a teenager, before founding an online platform and a podcast. In 2020, she was added to the Diana Award Roll of Honour for her work.

Career

In 2017, aged 16, Vicezar established Mymba Rayhu, a community-based organisation in Paraguay focusing on sustainability and animal welfare.[1][2] Paraguay has a large issue with feral or abandoned dogs, as well as with plastic pollution. Vicezar established Mymba Rayhu to build shelter for these free-ranging dogs using wholly recycled materials, especially plastics.[2] In 2018, she received the Asunción Youth Excellence Award.[3] By 2019, the organisation had three international chapters;[1] in the same year Vicezar was the recipient of a Global Teen Leader Award for the project.[4] In 2020 she was added to the Diana Award Roll of Honour for her volunteer work.[5]

While a student at Pitzer College, Vicezar established Mapis, an online career platform.[6][7] The platform aimed to support international students by helping them to access career opportunities in the United States.[8] Its beta version launched in 2022.[6][9] The same year she became the first Paraguayan to work as a product design intern at Meta.[7][10] In 2023, whilst studying at University College Cork (Ireland), Vicezar launched a podcast, 'La Sociedad', the first podcast to record and share the experiences of Hispanic and Latin-American students in Ireland.[11]

In 2021, she represented Paraguay at the #Youth4Climate conference.[12] In 2023, she was a recipient of an Outstanding Young People of Paraguay Award from the Junior Chamber International of Asunción.[13]

Personal life

Vicezar is originally from Asunción.[7] She has credited much of her success abroad due to an early opportunity to study English in the United States.[14]

References

  1. ^ a b "Diana Monserrat Vicezar Torres". Global Peace Chain. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
  2. ^ a b Redaktion (31 January 2019). "Paraguayerin unter den einflussreichsten Menschen der Welt". Wochenblatt (in German). Retrieved 11 January 2025.
  3. ^ "Diana Vicezar". Vital Voices. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
  4. ^ "Three Dot Dash - Global Teen Leaders 2019". We Are Family Foundation. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
  5. ^ "The Diana Award - Roll of Honour 2020". diana-award.org.uk. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
  6. ^ a b Griffin, Jill. "International Student Builds Unique Platform To Help Her Peers Thrive". Forbes. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
  7. ^ a b c González Mazo, José (1 October 2022). "Una joven paraguaya entre gigantes informáticos". www.abc.com.py (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 January 2025.
  8. ^ "International Student Launches Career Networking Site Mapis". Voice of America. 23 July 2022. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
  9. ^ "Forbes Features Pitzer student Diana Vicezar '24, who developed a career platform tailored to international students like her | Pitzer College". www.pitzer.edu. 20 June 2022. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
  10. ^ "Diana Vicezar. Últimas noticias de Diana Vicezar en ABC Color". www.abc.com.py (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 January 2025.
  11. ^ "Podcast sheds light on Hispanic and Latino students in Ireland". Cork Independent. 14 April 2023. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
  12. ^ Krishnan, Anuradha (1 October 2021). "Q&A: Diana Vicezar PZ '24 represents Paraguay at global climate change conference". The Student Life. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
  13. ^ Vicesar, Brian (17 November 2023). "Diario HOY | Destacan a jóvenes sobresalientes de diversas áreas". Diario HOY (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 January 2025.
  14. ^ "Joven paraguaya logró accedera pasantía en Microsoft de EEUU". Última Hora (in Spanish). 6 August 2023. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
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