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Hey Prende La Luz :: Mujeres que iluminan la ciencia y la ingeniería

March 12, 2026·30 min·2 clips

Ingrid and José Daniel dedicate an episode to exceptional women in technology, challenging the male-dominated narrative.

1. 'Hey Prende La Luz' is a science and technology segment on Uninorte FM Estéreo's Tardeando program, hosted by Ingrid and José Daniel, broadcast from Barranquilla, Colombia. 2. The episode features three guests: Nuri Logreira (civil engineer, 12 years as infrastructure secretary in Atlántico and Barranquilla, now a consultant), Daniela Charris (electronic engineer, president of IEEE's WIE chapter, works for Global Earthquake Model Foundation), and Ana María Haller (electrical engineer, first Uninorte electrical engineering graduate in 1989, UK energy think tank). 3. The episode's central thesis is that women are equally capable in engineering and science, but lack visibility and role models — not opportunities or talent — which keeps girls from entering these fields. 4. Nuri Logreira traces a four-stage career: university researcher, public sector infrastructure roles spanning 12 years, private sector, and her current consulting practice. 5. Logreira describes her childhood in Barrio Paraíso near the arroyo del 84, where flooding made the arroyo impassable during rain, and says this frustration led directly to her goal of becoming a civil engineer to canalize it — a goal she achieved during her tenure as Secretary of Infrastructure for the Distrito de Barranquilla. 6. She credits that project with being the first large-scale urban drainage canalization in Barranquilla and links it to the broader transformation of a city that was once known as 'the city of urban arroyos.' 7. Daniela Charris is introduced as an electronic engineer who also holds a master's degree from Uninorte, has worked in AI-based data analysis across several private companies, and currently analyzes satellite imagery and seismic historical data for the Global Earthquake Model Foundation from home. 8. Charris, as president of WIE (Women in Engineering) through IEEE, describes her role advising younger women entering engineering and frames visibility — showing girls what women engineers actually do — as the most important lever for increasing participation. 9. Ana María Haller joined the episode late via phone from England; host Ingrid notes Haller was both Ingrid's first boss at Uninorte and the first woman to graduate from Uninorte's electrical engineering program, in 1989 as part of the second graduating class. 10. Haller describes her path: Uninorte graduate → Instituto Atlántico → scholarship to Universidad de Los Andes → Energía Bogotá → back to Uninorte as a faculty member and eventually program director → Gas del Caribe → UK. 11. In England she married a Polish man, had two daughters (now 20 and 23), and chose to work part-time to prioritize parenting — taking small consulting and course-editing projects that required travel to Africa, the Middle East, and Europe. 12. She credits those years of small projects with keeping her professionally current, which eventually enabled her to secure a full-time role at a UK-based energy think tank studying how to reduce fossil fuel dependency using her gas and power grid background. 13. All three guests, when asked how to motivate more girls toward engineering, converge on the same answer: follow passion, not gender expectations; Haller specifically says she never thought about being a woman when choosing engineering because she loved mathematics and physics. 14. Logreira frames the current moment in innovation and sustainability as one that actively needs the different perspectives women bring — not as replacing male engineers but as adding a complementary vision the field now requires. 15. Charris adds that girls in more constrained socioeconomic contexts need visible examples of women engineering careers, not just abstract encouragement, because not all girls have the same freedom to follow personal passion. 16. The host notes that the STEM acronym stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics and that Daniela's WIE role is directly aimed at closing the gender gap in IEEE-affiliated engineering communities. 17. The episode was produced to coincide with International Women's Day (described as having been 'recent'), making gender in STEM the explicit editorial framing for the entire segment. 18. The tone is warm and conversational; the three guests clearly know host Ingrid personally, which creates an informal exchange with light humor alongside substantive career reflection. 19. Listeners interested in women in STEM, Latin American engineering careers, career non-linearity, or the specific engineering development of Barranquilla and the Atlántico region will find this episode directly relevant. 20. Listeners seeking technical engineering content, data-driven analysis, or English-language material will not find this episode suitable.

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