{"id":9465,"date":"2017-09-28T04:42:30","date_gmt":"2017-09-28T04:42:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/abstracta.us\/?p=9465"},"modified":"2025-05-05T21:20:45","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T21:20:45","slug":"influential-latin-american-women-testing-need-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abstracta.us\/blog\/software-testing\/influential-latin-american-women-testing-need-know\/","title":{"rendered":"Influential Latin American Women in Testing You Need to Know"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- Go to www.addthis.com\/dashboard to customize your tools --><script src=\"\/\/s7.addthis.com\/js\/300\/addthis_widget.js#pubid=ra-58d80a50fc4f926d\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Celebrating women who test from around the globe<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since the Agile Testing Days blog published a list of <a href=\"https:\/\/agiletestingdays.com\/blog\/125-awesome-testers-you-should-keep-your-eye-on-always\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">125 referential women in testing<\/a>, and there were no Latin Americans included, I set out to lend a hand by collecting information on influential Latin American women in testing so that we can further expand the list and also give some recognition to these spectacular contributors to our profession! Here are my additions, but I am positive there are many more we could add.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"><p>\n125 Awesome Testers <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zAogxK0kP7\">https:\/\/t.co\/zAogxK0kP7<\/a> kudos <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/maaretp?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@maaretp<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lisacrispin?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@lisacrispin<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/aahunsberger?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@aahunsberger<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/aclairefication?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@aclairefication<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alex_schl?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@alex_schl<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/testchick?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@testchick<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Anne-Marie Charrett (@charrett) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/charrett\/status\/895782019312922624?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 10, 2017<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In order not to list <em>every<\/em> woman involved in testing here, I am including only those who blog, give talks, and have worked specifically in testing for a while.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Another clarification, obviously by proximity, this list initially includes mostly people from Uruguay, but hopefully it will grow with more influential female testers from all over Latin America.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/alfonsinamorgavi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alfonsina Morgavi<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Argentina): She works in the area of quality, and has lectured at conferences. She is linked to different quality certification organizations. (Thanks Nadia!)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/amaliaalvarez1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amalia \u00c1lvarez<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Uruguay): She is a professor at the University ORT in Uruguay and director of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.qualyit.com\/index.php\/en\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">QualyIT<\/span><\/a>,<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> where she provides process and quality consulting. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/amaalvarezbalbi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Follow her on Twitter<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/ariane-izac-b9a6531b\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ariane Izac<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Brazil): She works in automated testing, has lectured in testing conferences and has published works on the topic. (Thanks Julio de Lima!) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/arianizac\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Follow her on Twitter<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/barbaracabral\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">B\u00e1rbara Cabral<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Brazil): Cabral has given talks and <a href=\"https:\/\/barbaracabral.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">blogs about quality<\/span><\/a>.<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Thanks Julio de Lima!) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/barbarapcabral\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Follow her on Twitter<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/beatriz-p%C3%A9rez-lamancha-397b823b\/?ppe=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Beatriz P\u00e9rez<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Uruguay): She has taught at a University in Uruguay, UdelaR, was part of <a href=\"http:\/\/ces.com.uy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CES<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (an Uruguayan software testing academy) in its beginnings, and today she works in testing in Spain, where she moved to obtain a specific doctorate in model-driven testing (studies that I also continued, with her as my tutor).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/testinguy.org\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Claudia Badell <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Uruguay): Badell has lectured at international testing conferences, also taught at UdelaR and now works as a Senior Quality Engineer for Infragistics Uruguay. She specializes in agile testing and exploratory testing. With her and two other colleagues, we co-organized Latin America\u2019s largest testing conference, <a href=\"http:\/\/testinguy.org\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TestingUY<\/span><\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/claubs_uy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Follow her on Twitter<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/florenciai\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Florencia Iglesias<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Uruguay): Director of THESE (The Software Evolution), a company dedicated to providing testing services. She has also lectured at conferences.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/gabriela-rial-b08021144\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gabriela Rial<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Uruguay): Rial is the SQA manager at K2B. She has lectured at various conferences on the methodology of her work. She was my counterpart in one of my first projects, more than 10 years ago!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/gabriela-s%C3%A1nchez\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gabriela S\u00e1nchez<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Uruguay): S\u00e1nchez is a professor at University ORT, and was one of the creators of <a href=\"http:\/\/abstracta.academy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Abstracta Academy<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; our very own online testing training platform. She has given several talks about testing (even some with me), and has special experience in agile testing and exploratory testing. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Gabyeke\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Follow her on Twitter<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/giullianascuoteguazza\/?locale=en_US\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Giulliana Scuoteguazza<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Uruguay): She has worked for different testing companies (even for several years at Abstracta), has <a href=\"https:\/\/giullianablog.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">her own blog<\/span><\/a>,<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and has collaborated in a non-profit focused on educating individuals in software testing with the help of volunteers for free, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nahual.uy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Proyecto Nahual<\/span><\/a>.<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> We have shared many projects with her! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/giulliana_psv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Follow her on Twitter<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/julianaherbert\/?ppe=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Juliana Herbert<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Brazil): Herbert is a professor at the Federal University of Health Sciences of Porto Alegre. She has lectured internationally on issues of software engineering and quality. She\u2019s connected to different certification organizations such as ISTQB. (Thanks Claudia!) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/herbert_juliana\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Follow on Twitter<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/kamillaqueiroz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kamilla Queir\u00f3z<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Brazil): Co-founder of the Software Testing Group of Cear\u00e1. She has given talks related to performance testing and DevOps. (Thanks Julio de Lima!) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MihQueiroz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Follow her on Twitter<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/almeidaleticia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Leticia Almeida<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Uruguay): Almeida leads performance testing projects at Abstracta, publishes articles frequently through the Abstracta and BlazeMeter blogs, and has lectured on performance testing at various events in Uruguay. We have shared many projects and challenges together. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lalmeida88\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Follow her on Twitter<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/lisandra-armas-%C3%A1guila\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lisandra Armas<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Cuba): Armas lives and works in Uruguay. She\u2019s an expert in usability and accessibility testing. She\u2019s given talks and published various articles on the subject (including <a href=\"https:\/\/abstracta.us\/mobile-testing\/5-ipad-gestures-testers-should-know\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">this article<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, among others). <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lisyarmas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Follow her on Twitter<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/marcelamellado\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Marcela Mellado<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Chile): Mellado is the founder of the community, <a href=\"http:\/\/testingenchi.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Testing in Chile<\/span><\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mmellado79\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Follow her on Twitter<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/maria-eugenia-0248827\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mar\u00eda Eugenia Decia<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Uruguay): She\u2019s given several testing talks in the GeneXus community. Today she works tests for K2B, where I also had the opportunity to share a project with her. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mariadecia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Follow her on Twitter<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/marianatravieso\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mariana Travieso<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Uruguay): Travieso is the leader of the functional testing department of CES. She has given several testing talks. We both became involved with <a href=\"http:\/\/ces.com.uy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CES<\/span><\/a> at about the same time, in the beginning.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/melissapontes\/?ppe=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Melissa Pontes <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Brazil): In 2014 she was one of the winners of the Agile Testing Days Software Testing World Cup! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/melissabpontes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Follow her on Twitter<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/monica-wodzislawski-05a8052\/?ppe=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">M\u00f3nica Wodzislawski<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Uruguay): She is one of those who have been with CES since the beginning, teaches classes at UdelaR. She was one of the people who helped initially shape me as a tester, in particular focusing on context driven testing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/maria-clara-choucair-7133807\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maria Clara Choucair<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Colombia): Choucair is the founder and President of <a href=\"http:\/\/hastqb.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">HASTQB<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as well as the CEO and founder of Choucair Testing, a Colombian testing company. (Thanks Fabian and Olga!) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MariaChoucair\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Follow her on Twitter<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/ncavalleri\/?ppe=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nadia Cavalleri<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Argentina): Cavalleri has given talks at international events, she\u2019s a blogger and now even has her own <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCL0RLsVD4ne2Jj5p788vfSw\/videos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Youtube channel<\/span><\/a> for sharing tidbits on testing. She is one of the organizers of the <a href=\"https:\/\/argentesting.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Argentesting<\/span><\/a>.<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It\u2019s incredible, but lately I see her all the time at every conference, face-to-face, or online. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NadiaCavalleri\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Follow her on Twitter<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/patiaragon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Patr\u00edcia Gon\u00e7alves<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Brazil): Gon\u00e7alves works as a tester, gives courses, and <a href=\"https:\/\/patiaragon.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">blogs about quality<\/span><\/a>. (Thanks Julio de Lima!) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/patiaragon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Follow her on Twitter<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/paula-castro-55691960\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Paula Castro<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Uruguay): Castro is a testing leader at <a href=\"http:\/\/makeitwork.com.uy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Make IT Work<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and has lectured at international testing conferences.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/samantacici\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Samanta Cicilia<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Brazil): She is a blogger and has given many talks at international conferences, coordinates the DevOps meetup in Rio de Janeiro and an Agile Testers conference in Brazil. (Thanks Julio de Lima!) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/samantacicilia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Follow her on Twitter<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/sarahpimentel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sarah Pimentel<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Brazil): Pimentel works as a tester in Germany and is professor of topics related to quality. (She was mentioned by Lisa Crispin, I did not know her) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sarahpimentel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Follow her on Twitter<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/silviadarosa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Silvia Da Rosa<\/span><\/a> (Uruguay): She works at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.agesic.gub.uy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AGESIC<\/span><\/a> and teaches at UCUDAL. She is most recognized for her experience in usability.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/silvianane\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Silvia Nane<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Uruguay): Nane is the founder of Make it Work (a company dedicated to testing services) and offers ISTQB courses. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/silvianane\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Follow her on Twitter<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/sofiapalamarchuk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sof\u00eda Palamarchuk<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Uruguay): Two years ago she took the responsibility of being the US CEO of <a href=\"https:\/\/abstracta.us\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Abstracta<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, diffusing and promoting testing activities in Silicon Valley. She has given talks at international events (we even gave more than one talk together last year) and writes frequently for different blogs. She is a born entrepreneur, developing within the different corners of testing. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sopalamarchuk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Follow her on Twitter<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/tha%C3%ADs-freitas-056b1540\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tha\u00eds Moura Freitas<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Brazil): She works at ThoughtWorks and has given talks about agile testing. (Thanks Julio de Lima!) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/t_m_freitas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Follow her on Twitter<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/ubartram\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00darsula Bartram<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Uruguay): Part of GeneXus\u2019 testing team, she\u2019s in charge of functional and automated tests. We have worked hard together in the development and testing of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.genexus.com\/products\/gxtest?en,0,,O\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GXtest<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/virginiachalegre\/?ppe=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Virginia Chalegre<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Brazil): Chalegre works in accessibility testing and has lectured at international conferences. (Thanks Nadia, I did not know of her!) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/vivichalegre\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Follow her on Twitter<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And that concludes my list! Who would<em> you<\/em> add?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(This article was originally posted in Spanish <a href=\"https:\/\/www.federico-toledo.com\/mujeres-latinoamericanas-en-testing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">here<\/span><\/a>.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><strong>Recommended for You<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/abstracta.us\/tools\/ultimate-list-100-software-testing-quotes\/\">The Ultimate List of 100 Software Testing Quotes<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/abstracta.us\/software-testing\/testinguy-2017-michael-bolton-week-pure-testing\/\">TestingUY 2017 with Michael Bolton, a Week of Pure Testing<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Celebrating women who test from around the globe Since the Agile Testing Days blog published a list of 125 referential women in testing, and there were no Latin Americans included, I set out to lend 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