Ms. Elisa Torres Durney
Founder
Girls in Quantum
Elisa Torres Durney, 17, is a Chilean Student and founder of the organization: Girls in Quantum.
In 2021, she completed the 8-month Introduction to Quantum Computing program with a full scholarship from IBM. Where she realized the great potential of this emerging technology; and the few women and girls involved.
That is why at the end of the program, in April of 2022, Elisa founded her organization, Girls in Quantum, to provide educational resources on quantum computing to international students.
She has been invited to participate in international conferences such as Quantum Latino, and participated as a speaker at IBM.