Cristina Navarro

Industrial Technical Engineer

At the age of 17 she decided to abandon her high school studies to enroll in vocational training in the automotive field, although at first she encountered family opposition and the insistence of the center’s head of studies that she become administrative, this not only did not discourage her. but it reinforced her in her decision.

Subsequently, the great interest he showed in learning and the good academic results meant that, five years later, he concluded his studies as a specialist in automotive mechanics and electricity under the proud gaze of his family, teachers and fellow students.

His training during these years was complemented by internships in the small family workshop founded by his grandfather.

In 1993 he won first prize in the literary contest organized by Fira Alicante under the title “Everything that the wheel moves”, and in 1998, together with two other colleagues, he also won first prize in a contest organized by Monroe for an investigation into the limitations of shock absorber testing machines.

Later he studied industrial technical engineering at the Polytechnic University of Alcoy. Her first work experience was in the municipal water and sanitation management company in Elche, where she implemented the Quality and GMA system and participated in the design and execution of works as assistant to the head of department, subsequently and as a result of this experience, His professional activity has focused above all on the development of projects in this field in different locations in the province of Alicante.

Very involved in political and social life, she participates in different local organizations, among them in the feminist association that she founded with three other colleagues in 2011 and with which she has developed a work with which she is especially committed, promoting the participation of women in technology.