Karina Rios Michel leaning on a green wooden chair

Karina
Rios
Michel

A first-generation Mexican American and Indigenous Pueblo woman designing and building technology with young people around the world. Now Chief Creative & Technology Officer at Girl Effect.

A selection of work, 2008 to now

Two girls smiling at a red phone together
AI Health Chatbots 3M+ young people in South Africa, Kenya & India
A Ni Nyampinga reporter interviewing a girl with a microphone
Ni Nyampinga Rwanda's first youth brand, known by 79%
A girl in a bright headscarf using a mobile phone
Girls Connect Stories and role models by phone in Nigeria
A community health worker weighing a baby at a clinic
Champions App Equipping frontline health workers, even offline
Two young women smiling in front of a colourful mural
Jik'iZinto TV, music and web for South African youth
Two women laughing beside a red motorbike
Tukisonga A youth brand moving norms in Kenya
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Recognised by
Yale School of Public Health Stanford Center for Digital Health World Bank GSMA Fast Company

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