Within the framework of “Hispanic Heritage Month”, this Tuesday, September 27, the New York Stock Exchange will begin its activities, but this time it will be a young Peruvian entrepreneur, based in the North American country, who will give the classic bell ringing.
Who is the young Peruvian who will start the session of the New York Stock Exchange?
Is named Alejandra Aylen Molina Perez, a 25-year-old entrepreneur, born in 1997 in Lima, Peru. She sought to do an International Baccalaureate 100% in English and Spanish, specializing in digital marketing, graduating from high school in 2014 with a clear inclination towards business.
After finishing high school, he prepared to travel to New York, where he studied in the Long Island University Global Program (LIU GLOBAL), designed for those young people willing to spend a semester in a different country in the world. That led her to live in Spain, Morocco, Germany, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama, New York, Austria, Hungary, Bosnia and China.
Alejandra speaks French, English, Spanish and Mandarin, which allowed her to be able to connect with people from different countries and reach new opportunities and do business.
In 2018 he had a passage through the Economic and Commercial Office of Peru in Shanghai, where he helped many Latin American companies to enter the complicated Asian market. The following year, after meeting Devon Saliga, an investment banking executive as passionate about languages as she was, at New York’s Start-up Weekend, they managed to launch Beepboop.
In addition, the Peruvian has participated as a panelist in the “Inclusion of Technological Developments for the world” in the last 27th World Youth Assembly inaugurated at the United Nations in New York.
What are Alejandra Molina’s projects?
Alejandra Molina Perez She is the co-founder of Beepboop, an educational platform that aims to help people learn other languages in an easier way. In addition, the project works under the guidelines of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) on Quality Education and Decent Work and Economic Growth.
This technological application stands out for being a source of support to bridge the language gap between health professionals in the United States with Hispanic patients. In 12 months this tool reached 15,000 records, which is currently very focused on meeting the needs of the health sector.
Beepboop has also received the “HealthCare Entrepreneurship Community Challenge” recognition, funded by the EDA (US Economic Development Administration).
Alejandra Molina is also the co-founder of WarmiShine, a non-profit organization that aims to empower school-age girls to strengthen their self-esteem by making them feel safe with their bodies and communities.
What is this event about?
In the United States, the “Hispanic Heritage Month”from September 15 to October 15 of each year, in order to honor the Hispanic community and its contributions to the North American country.
In that framework, the New York Stock Exchangethe largest stock market in the world, will ring the bell, which occurs both at the beginning and at the end of the day.
It is worth mentioning that the capitalization of the New York Stock Exchange amounts to more than US$ 24.6 billion as of July 2022.
Where to see it LIVE?
This Tuesday, September 27, the session of the New York Stock Exchange, where the Peruvian will give the bell ringing protocol. If you want to follow the live presentation, click here.
The YouTube channel New York Stock Exchange will broadcast the event live and users will be able to find out the details through their account.
