Karina Munoz Parra

Colombian tech innovator empowering rural women through digital platforms

Karina Muñoz Parra (b.1990) is a Colombian software engineer and founder of Mujeres Digitales, a nonprofit training 15,000+ rural women in digital skills since 2018. Her pioneering work bridges the gender-tech divide in Latin America by creating mobile apps like AgroFem that connect female farmers directly with markets, increasing their incomes by 300% in pilot regions.

Parra's "Tech Seeds" initiative provides low-cost tablets preloaded with agricultural AI tools, reaching 85% of Colombia's remote villages. Her work was recognized by the UN's 2021 Gender Equality Prize, and her TEDx talk Coding Equality has become a cornerstone of digital inclusion discussions. She also developed the region's first female-focused cybersecurity program protecting 50,000+ users annually.