Last June 30th, Yésica Paola Baquero Benítez presented the results obtained from the work completed during her internship at the Technological Innovation Park (Parque de Innovación Tecnológica, PIT) from the Autonomous University of Sinaloa (Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa, UAS), in front of PIT-UAS members and Colombian university authorities (through video call). Her exposition was about documents such as Identification and Evaluation of Legal Requirements Procedure, Identification of Endangerment and Risks Assessment Procedure, the Functions and Responsibilities’ Manual, among other subjects.

The Colombian student is currently enrolled on the 9^th semester of Occupational Health Management degree at the University Corporation Minuto de Dios (regional seat of Llanos, Villavicencio city, Meta department, Colombia).

Later, during an interview with PIT-UAS’ Communication and Diffusion personnel, Yésica Paola explained the main goals of her career: «… under a management focus, is about security and health inside an organization; taking care of workers and a safe and healthy work environment». It is important to emphasize that, in Mexico, this degree with a management approach is a university programme that has been recently incorporated and has low presence still.

After applying for a student’s international exchange programme, Baquero Benítez chose our university because our academic programmes fulfil the requirements for validating her subjects. She describes her stay at the Faculty of Accountability and Management as «… an enriching experience that increased knowledge and strengthened the management aspect of the career».

As a matter of fact, during her administrative Audit courses she met MBA José Ramón López Arellano, general director of PIT-UAS, with whom she shared her desire of doing her internship in Culiacán: «I discussed it with professor José Ramón, and he gave me the chance for doing it [the internship] at PIT-UAS. That’s how it all started».

Paola Baquero emphasizes that, looking for a national reference, «… PIT was an option for carrying out my work, due to their fulfilments under international regulations about security and health at the work environment, a management system».

Through this collaboration, the PIT-UAS not only endorses its support to the international exchange programme for students, but also keeps strengthening its structure and internal management, in order to increase the processes’ quality and the results of the park itself. These activities belong in the work for national and international certifications carried out during the last year, among those that stand out are the environmental certification ISO 14001, the process quality certification ISO 9001, and the General Law of Civil Protection.

Written by Moroni Arellano (Communication and Diffusion, PIT-UAS), translated by Belem Ruiz (Edition and Communication, PIT-UAS).