Yawri Carr Quirós

Affiliation:	University of Costa Rica
Country:	Costa Rica

Biographical Information

Yawri studied Law at the University of Costa Rica and International Business and Trade at the National University of Costa Rica and has a great interest in leadership, communities and social entrepreneurship.

ICANN & Internet Governance

Yawri attended first an ICANN meeting as a NextGen at the ICANN 62 Policy Forum for Latin America, held in Panama City, Panama from 25th to 28th June 2018. She's currently working at IPANDETEC, as a Costa Rica representative, an organization that promotes the use and regulation of ICT and the defense of Human Rights in the digital environment, through analysis, advocacy, research, and legislative monitoring of Internet public policies in Central America.

She is also a member of ISOC (Internet Society) Costa Rica Chapter and has done online courses regarding Internet Governance.

Work Experience

She has also worked in her city's local government as part of the Youth Council and has also worked as a volunteer at TECHO Costa Rica, TETO Brasil, and NGOs in Brazil teaching English and ICT's usage.

She has worked at the University of Sao Paulo's ENACTUS team. ENACTUS is the biggest organization for social entrepreneurship worldwide. Guided by educators and supported by business leaders, the students take the kind of entrepreneurial approach that empowers people to be a part of their own success. Enactus work transforms both the lives of the people served and in turn, the lives of the students as they develop into more effective, values-driven leaders.