In a unanimous vote by the LA Reference nodes, Andrea Mora, representative of the Costa Rica node, was elected the new president of LA Reference for the next 2 years.

Andrea Mora is an academic advisor for Open Science of the Vice-Rector’s Office for Research at the National University of Costa Rica, a member of the Open Knowledge subcommittee of the National Council of Rectors, of this Central American country. He is also part of the founding group of the Research Data Alliance (RDA) Costa Rica node. He has a master’s degree in Comprehensive Health and Human Movement and various trainings in Open Science, Visibility and Scientific Communication.

The president-elect commented that she has two initiatives to which she wants to put part of her efforts: “I want to bring the Central American region closer to the possibilities that each country has. I know that they are very motivated to be part of LA Reference. We are a region and we can share what we know with each other. The other thing I want to work on is strengthening research data, there are many alliances that we can make to obtain a lot of training on the subject.”

For her part, Bianca Amaro, outgoing president, thanked the nodes for their two mandates. “I would like to thank you for the trust you have had in me during the two terms. I have done what I could, I have tried to serve all the countries, I continue to spread and will continue to spread LA Reference everywhere, because it is a project in which I believe. Everyone’s support has been very important to be able to do what I have done during all these years. Thank you very much,” he commented.