Having female role models in the field of STEAM vocational training is key to combating gender segregation and encouraging vocations in traditionally male-dominated sectors.
These role models help female students identify real and attainable career opportunities, strengthen confidence in their technical abilities, and break down stereotypes about industrial and technological professions. At the same time, they contribute to creating more diverse, equitable training and working environments aligned with the current needs of the labour market.
Within this framework, the BCN Vocational Training Foundation promotes an initiative to highlight, each month, a female role model in STEAM vocational training, with the aim of recognising female talent and bringing inspiring career paths closer to students. In the ICT student category: Vocational Training subcategory, this month’s featured woman is Lua Trevín Hernaiz, recognised at the Dona TIC Awards.
Lua Trevín completed the Higher Vocational Training Cycle in Multiplatform Application Development at the Barcelona Technological Institute. Her project focuses on the development of an accreditation system in the field of vocational training based on the European blockchain infrastructure, an innovative proposal linked to the concept of sovereign digital identity.
This system would allow vocational training diplomas to be issued at the request of the students themselves, as well as their verification by external entities. In addition to her technical work, Lua Trevín actively participates in events organised at her educational centre and at other institutions, thereby reinforcing her role as a close and accessible role model for students.
In the same category, Lucía Rodríguez Iniesta and Ariadna Pascual Palau were also finalists, and we would like to acknowledge their talent and contribution to increasing the visibility of women in the ICT and STEAM fields.
