Meet the New Chair: Castillo Eyeing a More Regional Approach [Amperes: Current Events From Around the World]

Abstract

As we turn the corner into 2021 and her one-year term begins, Jenifer Castillo is still processing her new role as IEEE Women in Engineering (WIE) Committee chair. "It's a dream," she says, explaining that when she took her first IEEE leadership position as chair of her WIE student Affinity Group (AG) at the University of San Buenaventura, Bogotá, she never imagined she would make it to this level of leadership. "I'm as excited as I am accountable," she continues. "I know this is a big responsibility."