An important person...

I think that everybody has a person who inspired him or a person that they can admired.
In my case, this person is Maria Griselda Hinojosa, the first woman who studied pharmacy in the Universidad de Chile.

I think that she is a great example because before her all pharmacists were men and she marks a difference in the time.

She was born in Copiapó in 1875 and she studied with many men in the university, but she graduated after them because she failed in her practice exam. So she graduated in December of 1899, making history in Chile and the education in this country.

She worked in an association with Percival Rojas and she was the leader of “Botica y droguería” in Copiapó, Chile.

I really love this girl because she is an example of beginning of the women in the real education in Chile. She was the first women who studied my career and I think that this is very important not only for me, is very important to the society.

Probably she had many problems when she studied because all her classmates were men and they had a bad mentalist about the school (and university) and the women.

I think that we, in this moment, are very fortunate because every year more women enter to study in the university, but we have to improve with the equality at work. We can be better. We need to be better.

If you want to know more about Maria Griselda Hinojosa, you can read the book “Griselda… la olvidada"