About

Hi! I'm Maria de Lourdes Diguero Ferreira

but most people just call me marilu, I'm currently a high school student so I haven't had much experience previously in the field of digital fabrication. But I entered the fab academy because I'm interested in knowing how things work. Fun fact: I love fighter jets, but I'm not the biggest fan of being a passenger in an airplane (referring to a commercial one).

But how did a 16-year-old girl get to Fab Academy?

I decided to add this question that Neil asked me, it was kind of funny since I went to the Ibero-American University of Puebla to take chess classes, at some point I made two good friends there who study mechatronics engineering so they took me to know the IDIT (Institute of Design and Technological Innovation) something that I love, my interest got so much that I reached the point of wanting to study something related to engineering. But why do I emphasize this? Because shortly after this, the teacher and coordinator Huber Giron told me about the annual international meeting of the fab.

**Fab Academy Student Agreement**

*The Fab Academy is responsible for:*

- Teaching principles and practices of digital fabrication - Arranging lectures, recitations, meetings, and events for the class - Evaluating and providing feedback on student work - Offering clear standards for completing assignments - Certifying and archiving student progress - Supervising class preparation - Reviewing prospective students, instructors, and labs - Providing central staff and infrastructure for students, instructors, and labs - Fund-raising for costs not covered by student tuition - Managing and reporting on the program's finances, results, and impacts - Publicizing the program - Promoting a respectful environment free of harassment and discrimination - Encourage a diverse, accessible, and equitable community

*I am a Fab Academy student, responsible for:*

- Attending class lectures and participating in reviews - Developing and documenting projects assigned to introduce and demonstrate skills, in enough detail to be able to reproduce them - Honestly reporting on my work, and appropriately attributing the work of others (both human and machine, including AI prompts) - Being prepared to answer questions about my work - Allowing the Fab Academy to share my work (with attribution) in the class for purposes compatible with its mission - Working safely - Leaving workspaces in the same (or better) condition than I found them - Participating in the upkeep of my lab - Ensuring that my tuition for local and central class costs is covered - Following locally applicable health and safety guidance - Recognizing limits on lab and staff time - Promoting a respectful environment free of harassment and discrimination Signed by committing this file in my repository,

(Maria de Lourdes Diguero Ferreira)