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Katherine Zambrano is the student president of the AIChE Chapter at the Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral (ESPOL), she is currently in her senior year of the chemical engineering major.
Born and currently living in Guayaquil, Ecuador; first child of two, daughter of Ecuadorian parents. Vice President of International Relations of the National Association of Chemical Engineering Students in her country. Leader of the Sembrando Sonrisas foundation, which seeks constantly to do social work for the benefit of those in need.
Member of the AIChE Executive Student Committee(ESC) as K-12 Outreach. Founder of the Unión AIChE LATAM project, and currently working with an amazing team of 17 AIChE students chapters from numerous countries of Latin America.