POP Venezuela Biographies - The POP Movement

Photo	Name and Designation	Biographies
	Dra. Verónica González Landaeta	Verónica González Landaeta, born in Valencia, Venezuela, isa lawyer by profession.She received a Doctorate in Law at the University of Salamanca, Spain, where she also obtained three other degrees. She received the title of Teacher Training from the University of Carabobo, Venezuela and has been a professor in the postgraduate area at the José Antonio Páez University, Extension Center, CEUJAP, Venezuela, which has also granted her recognition for her stellar contribution to teaching and education. She is known for her work in “Los Amigos de la Salle”, directing primary school children, since she was 15 years old. She has volunteered in the Central Hospital of Valencia for years helping patients and also had the opportunity to work alongside Father José María Rivolta Chávez for 14 years at “Hogares Crea de Venezuela”. Verónica González is currently the Coordinator of POP Movement in Venezuela where she inspires and guides young people to help them catalyze their leadership potential and take action to tackle the climate challenge. She wants to be remembered as a proactive, empowered, enterprising, and fair woman.
	Gabriela Madrid González	Gabriela Madrid González is a 17-year-old high school student at the U.E. Colegio San Gabriel Arcángel. She has been a member of the Model United Nations of the E.U. Colegio San Gabriel Arcángel (GAMUN) since 2018 and is the Staff Member and Academic Secretary of GAMUN, 2019/2020. She has received numerous awards including MD, UNEP Committee, theme “Thawing of the Arctic Circle”, CAMUN 2018; 1st Honorable Mention, NATO Committee, theme “Russian Presence in the Black Sea”, SACMUN 2019; Honorable Mention, Panel of Experts Committee, topic “The Legalization of Abortion”, SSORIMUN 2019; Verbal Mention, Panel of Experts Committee, topic “Stigmatization of Women”, LAFEMUN 2019; and, Ciudadana Verde, 2020. She is the Founding member of Movimiento POP Venezuela and a member of the POP Global team, representing the young Venezuelans. “From an early age, I have been interested in issues where I can help and contribute to achieving a better world, especially the rights of not only humans, but also of nature and animals. My life’s purpose is to change the world and reach the hearts of people, improving their habits by being a positive leader. Thanks to the POP Movement, I have managed to meet many people from different cultures, ethnic groups, countries, and languages. Being able to learn and nurture myself through them has been most enriching. Each activity has given me knowledge, which I then impart to society. There is no better legacy than setting an example and never giving up, being a light to the world that acclaims our conscience and action. I, Gabriela Madrid González, have faith that every little action becomes gigantic and together we are more. It is never too late to start being a leader, and more so, when it comes to preserving our family: Mother Earth.”
	Ricardo Delgado Lander	Ricardo Delgado Landeris a student of Social Communication at the Arturo Michelena University, Venezuela. A theatre artist, he is passionate about education and the arts and is a member of Movimiento POP Venezuela. He was a scout member and has been interested in environmental and social actions since childhood, influenced by some importantfigures of contemporary Venezuela and by the work of his parents. Due to the political and economic crisis in his country, he had to move to a smaller school which allowed him to experience the social contrast in Venezuela and feel the reality that the vast majority of citizens live through. Thus, he began to volunteer as a teacher and discovered his passion for education. After his graduation, he started visiting orphanages to teach children English language, reading and literature, and mathematics, and helped in mobilizing resources for their maintenance. A member of the Red Cross, he has also led various activities in conjunction with community residents in order to restore the green and public spaces. At present, he continues to contribute towards the education of low-income children and young people in his city, and has been able to teach and take the performing arts to them in other cities as well. He believes that joining Movimiento POP Venezuela has been one of the best decisions of his life. He aims to finish his current degree and study political science. “I never want to stop studying because the world requires people prepared to improve it.”
	Glarimar del Valle Castellanos Flores	The 20-year-old Glarimar del Valle Castellanos Flores is one of the Founding members of Movimiento POP Venezuela. A bachelor of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (2018), she is currently a1^st year student of Medicine. She aspires to work in Movimiento POP Venezuela to exercise her leadership as a young person.“I want to encourage many people to change their lifestyle. In the same way, taking the route towards a new paradigm, I want to work with the SDGs to help improve the well-being of humans.”
	Monica Ester del Carmen Vieira Da Costa	Monica Ester del Carmen Vieira Da Costa is a 6^th semester student of Social Communication at the Arturo Michelena University, Venezuela. She is a communicator, announcer and presenter of corporate eventsand known for her “CEO More Woman!” interviews. She is also the host of a radio program “Mas Mujer” through the communication platform wtcradio.net and an active member of MovimientoPOP Venezuela. “I have always believed that sustainable development is the best alternative to carry out any human activity. We must develop as human beings acting with moderation, in a way that allows us to grow as people without compromising the resources of future generations. I joined MovimientoPOP Venezuela because I want to contribute, give, believe, and grow; to change a disrespectful and aggressive mentality with the environment. I like strategies based on sustainable development, and that is part of our objectives in the Movement. We advocate for the good health of our ecosystems, of the population, for the respect of human rights, for the integration of women into society, so that they take decisive and preponderant roles.”
	Andrea Verónica García Sánchez	Andrea Verónica García Sánchez is 19 years old and is a 4th semester student of Social Communication at the Arturo Michelena University, Venezuela. She is a member of Movimiento POP Venezuela. “Instilling in people that nature is a fundamental part of our life is what motivates me to belong to Movimiento POP Venezuela. Mother Earth has rights that challenge the vision of extracting everything we need, understanding the planet beyond being our primary resource. I argue that we must live with the environment. To build alternative societies we need to change our relationship with the environment. We owe a lot of respect and care to our mother Earth.”
	Leslie Andreina Jordan Pino	Leslie Andreina Jordan Pinois a 14-year-old Bachelor of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and a 3rd semester student of Social Communication at the Arturo Michelena University. She has been a Saxophonist Commander of the Don Bosco Band Show since 2014.
	Azael Enrique Bernal Ortega	Azael Enrique Bernal Ortega is 19 years old and a 4th semester student of Social Communication at the Arturo Michelena University. He is a member of the Movimiento POP Venezuela. “I joined the POP Movement with the faith of growing as a person. Love for the planet is what I want to cultivate in my fellow men. I am a young man who constantly reaches out to others; and I want to reach out to our mother Earth, to rescue her from the damage she has suffered. Dreams are built from small ideas. My goal is that my voice and my words become actions. I wish to have the ability to educate and raise awareness in society, precisely to combat ignorance, and thus, to be able to protect the home that was given to us. Climate change exists, it is now, in the present time that we must work together, in favor of the planet.”
	Verónica María Milagros Acosta Lucena	Verónica María Milagros Acosta Lucena is 17 years old and 5th year high school student at the U.E. Colegio San Gabriel Arcángel. She has been a member of the Model United Nations of the E.U. Colegio San Gabriel Arcángel (GAMUN) since 2017 with two diplomas of participation in the Models. She is a member of Movimiento POP Venezuela. “I joined Movimiento POP Venezuela because Mother Earth is asking us for a change. She wants more sustainable human beings to inhabit it. I believe that by working hard and together we will make a difference. That is why, together with the members of the Movement, we create and grow day by day, to become that change that we want to see in the world. Together as a family to save our home, which has given us so much.”
	Orlando Montes	Orlando Montes is a 21 years old and 2nd year student of Medicine at the University of Carabobo, Venezuela. He is a member of Movimiento POP Venezuela.
	Omar Montero	Omar Montero is a 20 years old and 2nd year student of Medicine and physiotherapy. He is a youth leader at the University of Carabobo, Venezuela. Faculty of Models of the United Nations at Nuestra Señora de Lourdes high school and part of the Casa Blanca Foundation. He is a member of Movimiento POP Venezuela.
	Jesús Vizcaya	Jesús Vizcaya is a 17 years old high school student, with a diploma in Philosophy from the University of Carabobo and Human Anatomy from the University of Harvard. He has studied governance post-conflict in the USIP (United States Institute of Peace) and anti-corruption and Human Rights in the UNITAR (United Nations institute for Training and Research). He is a member of Movimiento POP Venezuela.
	Sol Díaz	Sol Diaz is 29 years old and has a degree in education with a major in chemistry, she is teacher at the educational institute Juan XXIII and part of the team Luz y Esperanza, responsible for providing food to children in a state of malnutrition. She is a member of Movimiento POP Venezuela.
	Yoerliz Vivas	Yoerliz Alexandra Vivas Oropeza is a 23 years old and 1th semester student of Medicine at the Hugo Chávez Frías, Sciences of Health University. She also has worked with Land art or Earth Art, a part of the wider conceptual art movement in the 1960s and 1970s. She is a member of Movimiento POP Venezuela. “Not taking care of the environment is wasting the opportunity to do something for others, since an ecosystem is not made up of a single living organism but rather by diverse from animal plants and even a group of people who live in it and there is nothing more beautiful than helping another not only to acquire knowledge but to see how he achieves his goals thanks to the little push he has been given.”
	Daniel Hernández	Daniel Alejandro Hernández Durán is 21 years old and an 8th semester student of Social Communication at the Arturo Michelena University, Venezuela. He is co-founder of @valencia_cool, a cultural communication social medium and co-founder of @idcreativoss, an digital advertising agency, specialized in creating strategy content for social media and audiovisual production. He is a member of Movimiento POP Venezuela.
	Marian Sanchez	Marian Alfonsina Sánchez Rangel is 22 years old and has a degree in Social Communication on Audiovisuals. She is a member of Movimiento POP Venezuela.
	Riccsay Extraño	Ricssay Estraño Montilla is a 19 years old 5th semester student of Social Communication at the Arturo Michelena University, Venezuela. She is a founder member of Movimiento POP Venezuela.