ercedes Alvarez hails from Nicaragua, where she has established an organization that builds solar ovens and solar food dryers, and promotes techniques for solar purification of water. She has an advanced degree in Chemical Engineering from the National University of Engineering in Managua, and worked with the Nicaraguan Ministry of Health as an analyst of chemicals and pesticides in drinking water. Mercedes has also worked with medical teams from the U.S. on health projects in rural areas of Nicaragua, and on ecological projects at the Laguna de Apoyo research center near Masaya.
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