Paola Villarreal (born 5 October 1984) is a Mexican computer programmer who developed the Data for Justice app equipped with an interactive map that compares police operations in white dominated areas and minority neighborhoods in Mexico. Data from the app helped reversed 20,000 racially unbalanced drugs convictions.
Honors
She was named in the BBC 100 Women (inspiring and influential women from around the world) in 2019 for her work in maternal health.
She was listed in the MIT Innovators Under 35 LATAM for 2018.
References
- "Mexicanas Yalitza Aparicio y Paola Villarreal, en la lista de las 100 mujeres inspiradoras de la BBC". El Financiero (in Spanish). 16 October 2019. Retrieved 2021-12-18.
- "Greta Thunberg and Dina Asher-Smith among BBC list of 100 most inspiring women". The Independent. 2019-10-16. Archived from the original on 2022-05-24. Retrieved 2021-12-18.
- "BBC 100 Women 2019: Who is on the list this year?". BBC News. 2019-10-16. Retrieved 2021-12-18.
- "2 Mexicans named to list of world's most influential women". Mexico News Daily. 2019-10-17. Retrieved 2021-12-18.
- ""She Thought She Could Find a Better Market"", They Were Her Property, Yale University Press, pp. 81–100, 2019-02-19, doi:10.2307/j.ctvbnm3fz.7, S2CID 243146425, retrieved 2021-12-18
- Staff, Forbes (2019-10-16). "Yalitza Aparicio y Paola Villarreal, entre las 100 mujeres más influyentes del mundo: BBC". Forbes México (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved 2021-12-18.
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