The national record athlete who promotes the conservation of cenotes and underground rivers
Camila Jaber holds the Mexican national record without fins at -190 feet deep and is training to compete in 2022. She is currently ambassador for the Great Mayan Aquifer Project, promoting the conservation of cenotes and underground rivers through her sports performance. She recently won the #CreateCOP26 award of the Conference of the Parties with her piece "I am a cenote" and is getting into the world of audiovisuals. In 2019, she received the 2019 Tec Woman Award in the Health and Sports category.
She graduated as an Engineer in Innovation and Development, with focus on Sustainability and Water Resources, during her career she completed a research stay at the Water Center for Latin America and the Caribbean and she is co-author of a scientific article on innovation in water processes. wastewater treatments. She is an activist for gender equity and a spokesperson for women's rights in a country where climate change presents new gender challenges.
Camila Jaber was born in Ciudad del Carmen, Campeche and grew up in the Riviera Maya. At the age of 16, she discovered freediving and began a career in the sport, setting several national records, competing in Roatan, Bahamas, and traveling to explore. The sport brought her closer to herself as well as to the problems facing aquatic ecosystems and the marine world.
