Sorceress Queen of Azure

Neither the distance nor the difficulty of access to the places is enough to stop the camels, very often in the form of four-wheeled vehicles and horses, which they use to reach their destinations, much less to violate their calling to serve people. the most needy children in Azuero Peninsula and surrounding areas.

Yamilka Collado is herreran with a noble spirit that contributes many grains of sand to its tireless mission of bringing relief and joy to schools, orphanages and all other places where a child’s smile can appear.

A traffic accident followed by a difficult and long recovery awakened in her that spark for help that led her to found the Movement for More Smiles Foundation (#MultiplicarSonrisas��), a commendable and infectious initiative that fulfills good and unforgettable moments not only for those who received their kindness, but also for the volunteers who continue to join their cause, which is becoming more and more visible every day.

For example, the work of Yamilka and her team was the central theme for one of the segments of Gente Que Inspira produced by the local television channel TVN in 2019.

Graduated from The José Daniel Crespo School in Chitré and later the Regional Center of the Technological University of Panama in Azuero, This industrial engineer received a scholarship in 2013 to obtain a double master’s degree in supply chain engineering (UTP, Panama-Georgia Tech, USA). She was recently awarded by the US State Department for participating in a program for young entrepreneurs. 2020 Young Leaders of America Initiative (YLAI) After that, in December 2021, he received recognition from United Nationsalong with 200 other volunteers, for their work.

For her part, Yamilka sums it up like this: I discovered my passion through @movimientopormassonrisas What started as a sign of gratitude, today is my purpose in life, it is the strength that keeps me going, beyond any fatigue, exhaustion or disappointment that I have encountered along the way in these 5 years, because in the end every effort is rewarded in their SMILES, which are EVERYTHING for me.

Yamilka is currently working for an American company Delivery dynamics, dedicated to software implementation for planning and optimizing routes in companies. At the same time, it is designing a nobly ambitious initiative to improve food and nutrition security for the country’s vulnerable population.

Yamilka Collado He is an example of a professional endowed with social responsibility, humanity and philanthropy willing to make the world a better place than the one he found when he got there.