Kristina Cordero

Director of Research, BeeReaders

Kristina Cordero holds a BA in Romance Languages from Harvard College and a PhD in Engineering from Universidad Católica de Chile, where she and a team created literacy apps for primary school students. She is the author of the children’s book Didi recorre Nueva York (2013), academic and non-academic articles, and a regular blog for BeeReaders. Her research interests include literacy and technology; biliteracy and bilingualism; libraries and library users. She has also translated over 25 books and teaches translation at Brooklyn College, in New York.

Rubén Arias

Co-founder and CEO, BeeReaders

Rubén Arias has been an edtech entrepreneur for over 11 years. He grew up in Santiago, Chile in a low-income home, and was the first in his family to go to college, thanks to hard work and scholarships. After earning his degree in engineering, he chose to focus on education as a way of helping to drive change for students like him. To date, Arias has created edtech products that have served over half a million K-12 Spanish-speaking students in Latin America. His companies have raised over $6M in venture capital and generated over $5M in revenue.