Career
In 2017, aged 16, Vicezar established Mymba Rayhu, a community-based organisation in Paraguay focusing on sustainability and animal welfare. [1] [2] Paraguay has a large issue with feral or abandoned dogs, as well as with plastic pollution. Vicezar established Mymba Rayhu to build shelter for these free-ranging dogs using wholly recycled materials, especially plastics. [2] In 2018, she received the Asunción Youth Excellence Award. [3] By 2019, the organisation had three international chapters; [1] in the same year Vicezar was the recipient of a Global Teen Leader Award for the project. [4] In 2020 she was added to the Diana Award Roll of Honour for her volunteer work. [5]
While a student at Pitzer College, Vicezar established Mapis, an online career platform. [6] [7] The platform aimed to support international students by helping them to access career opportunities in the United States. [8] Its beta-version launched in 2022. [6] [9] The same year she became the first Paraguayan to work as a product design intern at Meta. [7] [10] In 2023, whilst studying at University College Cork (Ireland), Vicezar launched a podcast, 'La Sociedad', the first podcast to record and share the experiences of Hispanic and Latin-American students in Ireland. [11]
In 2021 she represented Paraguay at the #Youth4Climate conference. [12] In 2023, she was a recipient of an Outstanding Young People of Paraguay Award from the Junior Chamber International of Asunción. [13]
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