The Northeast Tenerife Tourism and Initiatives Center (CIT) presented its Mujer Hoy awards yesterday, Thursday, October 12th, at a ceremony held in the Casa de la Cultura in La Esperanza (El Rosario), which was attended by mayors and councilors from across the region. In the special category of "Woman Researcher," the award went to... Rosa Marina González Marrero, Professor of Fundamentals of Economic Analysis at the University of La Laguna and director of the ULL-CajaCanarias Chair of Economics and Mobility.
Representing the academic institution was Janet Hernández Méndez, Director of the University Extension Secretariat of the Vice-Rectorate for Culture and University Extension, who noted that all the award recipients are a beacon of inspiration for future generations. She praised the creation of the Mujer de Hoy (Woman of Today) awards and their impact on the northeast region. Also present at the ceremony were Mateo Gutiérrez, President of the Northeast Tenerife Tourism Council (CIT Nordeste de Tenerife); Patricia León, Island Director of Equality for the Tenerife Island Council; and Antonia Varela, President of BPW Canarias.
In addition to the award given to González Marrero, the following were also honored during the gala: Exaltación Hernández Barrios (Woman of Today Award CIT Northeast Tenerife); María Candelaria Rodríguez Suarez (Woman of the Municipality of La Laguna); Clara Santana Rodríguez (Woman of the Municipality of Tegueste); Nancy Fuentes Mejías (Woman of the Municipality of Tacoronte); Isabel Alonso Bello (Woman of the Municipality of El Sauzal); Jimena Pérez García (Woman of the Municipality of La Matanza de Acentejo); Fátima Hernández Guillama (Woman of the Municipality of La Victoria de Acentejo); Meryem Assemalal (Woman of the Municipality of Santa Úrsula); and Inocencia Antonia Gil Torres (Woman of the Municipality of El Rosario).
Rosa María González Marrero has been a full professor since February 2022, and she earned her PhD in Economics in 1995 from the University of La Laguna. In addition to directing the institutional chair in Economics and Mobility at the University of La Laguna, she is a member of the research group Economics of Productivity, Transport and Energy and of the University Institute for Regional Development. Her field of specialization is Transport Economics, in which she has extensive experience, with publications in more than 35 prestigious scientific journals and participation in 60 national and international conferences. She is the author of three books and eight book chapters.
She has been the principal investigator on national R&D projects funded by the Ministry of Public Works and regional projects, and has participated as a researcher in more than ten national and international research projects and in 14 research contracts with companies and public administrations, in most cases as principal investigator. She recently chaired the organizing committee of the XV Congress of Transportation Engineering held in June of this year.
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