From November 7^th to November 11^th, I participated in the Latin American Leadership Summit hold in the city of Bogota, Colombia. The summit was organized by the International Activities Committee (IAC) from the American Chemical Society, where more than 60 people people from 9 different countries actively participated. I attended as Faculty Advisor of the ACS International Student Chapter Synergy from Tecnológico de Costa Rica (TEC), together with the student member Cristian Nájera-Obando. On the summit I had the opportunity to present the talk entitled The Faculty Advisors Meeting. From Antigua to Bogotá: what we have done so far, where I showed the main results achieved thanks to the meeting in Antigua last year (i.e., student exchange, access to University facilities, international conference attendance for Latin American students). On the summit it was possible to interact with student leaders from the region, trying to connect our International Chapters and working together to develop our strategic plans.

After the Leadership Summit, I attended the II Faculty Advisors Meeting, which brought together 19 Faculty Advisors from across Latin America and the Caribbean. I had the privilege of serving on the Organizing Committee alongside Prof. Rodrigo Rodríguez (Universidad Pedagógica Nacional, Colombia), Prof. Betty Galarreta (Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Peru), and Prof. Maria da Conceição Ferreira de Oliveira (Universidade Federal do Ceará, Brazil). This meeting provided an excellent opportunity to engage in an informal and collaborative atmosphere, exploring ways to build stronger connections between our International Student Chapters to support the personal and professional development of students in our region. We also attended insightful talks on understanding and engaging with new generations and improving science communication. Exciting new projects are on the horizon in the coming months.