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Jonathan Puerta

Co-Founder, Design Your Nation and TASKME

Young leader and social innovator passionate for the power of science, technology and innovation to transform societies. Co-founder of Design Your Nation and TASKME, two initiatives in Colombia working in youth entrepreneurship and employment, respectively. He has also worked in innovation management and policy for both the non-profit and the private sector in Colombia (for the National Industry Association of Colombia and ENCONCRETO, a strategy and innovation consulting firm). He was recognised as "Young 2020" by the Medellin City Council, was awarded the National Young Talent Prize 2019 by the First Lady and the Presidential Youth Counsellor of Colombia. He is a One Young World Ambassador since 2019 and member of the World Economic Forum's Global Shapers community. He is a Chevening Scholar 2021 and is currently pursuing a MSc in Science & Technology Policy at the University of Sussex in the UK.