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Data Governance and Learning Platform at Fundación Ayudinga

A cloud-based Data Lakehouse (Dremio) and a formal data governance program for a nonprofit e-learning platform in Panama, which raised the organization’s TDWI data-literacy maturity from Basic to Literate (IEEE CONCAPAN 2025). Also knowledge graphs for personalized learning paths and an R&D portfolio of 10+ projects.

Cambio en 10

A project to reduce school dropout by developing life skills, with emotional intelligence as a cross-cutting part of comprehensive education. International Laboratory for Citizen Advocacy, 2018.

#HablemosDeEducación19 and Youth Advocacy

A citizen advocacy campaign that proposed 19 education policy measures for Panama’s 2019 general elections, plus the selection and recruitment platform for the Latin American Citizen Action Laboratory. Jóvenes Unidos por la Educación.

PRISM: Panama Research and Integrated Sustainability Model

Interactive geospatial dashboard of food security and child nutrition in Panama: ~100 province-level indicators from MINSA’s national height censuses (2007, 2013) extracted from PDF reports and mapped with R, Quarto and Leaflet. Universidad Tecnológica de Panamá · APANAC 2023.
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publications

Structuring a Geospatial Information System for the Analysis of Food Security, Nutritional Intervention and Human Health Data in Panama

Published in XIX Congreso Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología – APANAC 2023, 2023 · In Spanish

Building a geospatial information system for food security and nutrition data in Panama: web scraping and ETL turned Ministry of Health PDF reports into 96 geo-referenced indicators (2003–2014), mapped by province, and the basis of the PRISM nutrition layer.

Recommended citation: González Ortega, K., Aguilar, E., Aizprúa, A. G., Cedeño, E., & Sánchez-Galán, J. (2023). "Estructuración de un sistema de información geoespacial para el análisis de datos de seguridad alimentaria, intervenciones nutricionales y de salud humana en Panamá [Structuring a geospatial information system for the analysis of food security, nutritional intervention and human health data in Panama]." XIX Congreso Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología – APANAC 2023, pp. 356–362. https://doi.org/10.33412/apanac.2023.3959
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Design and Implementation of Knowledge Graphs for Building Personalized Learning Paths at Fundación Ayudinga

Published in Universidad Tecnológica de Panamá, 2023 · In Spanish

Design and implementation of knowledge graphs to build personalized learning paths for Fundación Ayudinga (undergraduate thesis).

Recommended citation: González Ortega, K. (2023). "Diseño e implementación de grafos de conocimientos para la construcción de rutas de aprendizajes personalizadas para la Fundación Ayudinga [Design and implementation of knowledge graphs for building personalized learning paths at Fundación Ayudinga]." Undergraduate thesis, Systems and Computing Engineering, Universidad Tecnológica de Panamá.

Democratizing Data Analytics in Education: A Governance Strategy for Non-Profit Educational Organizations

Published in 2025 IEEE 43rd Central America and Panama Convention (CONCAPAN XLIII), 2025

Case study of a data engineering and governance framework for Fundación Ayudinga: a cloud-based Dremio Lakehouse plus a formal governance program (roles, semantic layers, six policies) that raised the organization’s TDWI data-literacy maturity from Basic (Stage 3) to Literate (Stage 4).

Recommended citation: Verbel, G., González, K., Muñoz, A. C., López, V., & Sánchez-Galán, J. E. (2025). "Democratizing Data Analytics in Education: A Governance Strategy for Non-Profit Educational Organizations." 2025 IEEE 43rd Central America and Panama Convention (CONCAPAN XLIII). https://doi.org/10.1109/concapan66820.2025.11512483
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talks

teaching

Python and NoSQL Databases Workshops

Workshops · Volunteer Instructor, UTP-FISC Tech Academy, Universidad Tecnológica de Panamá, 2018

Volunteer Instructor, Feb 2018 – Mar 2020. Designed, planned and taught Python for Programmers, Introduction to Python and NoSQL Databases.

Recommended citation: UTP-FISC Tech Academy, Universidad Tecnológica de Panamá · Feb 2018 – Mar 2020 · 3 workshops

Knowledge Heroes Free Tutoring Program

Tutoring · Tutor, Tutorez, 2023

Tutor, Apr 2023 – Jul 2023. Daily individual tutoring in mathematics, physics and chemistry for public-school students from across Panama (Héroes del Conocimiento).

Recommended citation: Tutorez, Panama City · Apr 2023 – Jul 2023 · Mathematics, physics and chemistry

MATH 1500: Precalculus

Undergraduate course · Adjunct Professor, Universidad Interamericana de Puerto Rico, Panama Campus, Fall 2023, Fall 2024

Mathematics · 5 credits · Taught Fall 2023, Fall 2024 (2 sections). A five-credit course on functions that prepares students for calculus and for the discrete-structures sequence in computer science.

Recommended citation: Universidad Interamericana de Puerto Rico, Panama Campus · Fall 2023, Fall 2024 · 2 sections · 5 credits

COMP 2501: Discrete Computer Structures I

Undergraduate course · Adjunct Professor, Universidad Interamericana de Puerto Rico, Panama Campus, Fall 2023

Computer science · 3 credits · Taught Fall 2023 (1 section). The first course of the discrete mathematics sequence for computer science majors: the logical and mathematical foundations used to reason about programs and to model computational problems.

Recommended citation: Universidad Interamericana de Puerto Rico, Panama Campus · Fall 2023 · 1 section · 3 credits

COMP 2502: Discrete Computer Structures II

Undergraduate course · Adjunct Professor, Universidad Interamericana de Puerto Rico, Panama Campus, Spring 2024

Computer science · 3 credits · Taught Spring 2024 (1 section). The second course of the discrete mathematics sequence for computer science majors, which continues from COMP 2501 (which I also taught, Fall 2023).

Recommended citation: Universidad Interamericana de Puerto Rico, Panama Campus · Spring 2024 · 1 section · 3 credits

GEMA 1200: Fundamentals of Algebra

Undergraduate course · Adjunct Professor, Universidad Interamericana de Puerto Rico, Panama Campus, Spring 2024, Fall 2024

Mathematics · 3 credits · Taught Spring 2024, Fall 2024 (2 sections). The general-education mathematics course in the university’s basic-skills program, focused on using algebra to solve problems with graphical and symbolic representations.

Recommended citation: Universidad Interamericana de Puerto Rico, Panama Campus · Spring 2024, Fall 2024 · 2 sections · 3 credits

MATH 2251: Calculus I

Undergraduate course · Adjunct Professor, Universidad Interamericana de Puerto Rico, Panama Campus, Spring 2024

Mathematics · 5 credits · Taught Spring 2024 (1 section). A five-credit first course in differential and integral calculus.

Recommended citation: Universidad Interamericana de Puerto Rico, Panama Campus · Spring 2024 · 1 section · 5 credits

GAME 3400: Artificial Intelligence for Video Games

Undergraduate course · Adjunct Professor, Universidad Interamericana de Puerto Rico, Panama Campus, Fall 2024

Computer science · 3 credits · Taught Fall 2024 (1 section). An upper-level course in the video game design and development program on applying artificial intelligence to games.

Recommended citation: Universidad Interamericana de Puerto Rico, Panama Campus · Fall 2024 · 1 section · 3 credits

COMP 3015: Web Programming with Databases