Natasha Valarezo and Stefania Gallegos, both students from the Santa Luisa de Marillac Educational Unit, received recognition from Eng. Ernesto Noboa, la Junta de Beneficencia de Guayaquil Director, due to their achievements which led them to participate in several mathematics contests to be held this year in Europe.

Valarezo passed several elimination tests during the National Mathematics Olympics (OMEC) 2018 in this city which garnered her a gold medal for her participation in the first level category which made her an integral member of the Ecuadorian delegation which will represent us in the European Mathematical contest (EMT) to be held from the 1st to the 7th of March of this year in the city of Minsk in Bielorussia.

On the other hand, due to her outstanding performance in the OMEC selective trials, Stephanie Gallegos is part of the main team which will represent Ecuador in the Girls´ Mathematics Olympiad 2019 to be held from the 7th to the 13th of April in Kiev, Ukraine.

The Junta Director exalted the students´ performance and the pride it represents for the institution and the pride it represents for the Institution and the educational Unit whereby he urged them to keep striving to reach their objectives. “I congratulate you, success is crowned by effort as you are doing by studying. Studying is very important, as the country will move forward with people who study, knowledgeable youth since if they don’t study and are unaware the future is uncertain”, he pointed out.