This year, the awards recognised violinist María Dueñas, engineer and founder CEO of Open Cosmos, Rafel Jordà Siquier, Doctor in Biomedicine and professor at Yale, Marc Schneeberger Pané, art therapist and founder of the Palliative Art Foundation, Silvia Fernández Cadevall and CEO and co-founder of the Kidogo child care network, Sabrina Habib. They are considered to be the young talents working to solve some of the world’s greatest challenges, such as climate change.
Before the ceremony, the Princess of Asturias and Infanta Sofía participated in a workshop concert by AmplificARTE. This initiative is promoted by the Princess of Girona Foundation and Art House Academy and now has 25 educational centres throughout Spain.
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The Princess of Asturias, also known as the Princess of Girona, said, “Tonight, we are brought together by the talent of our five award-winners and their commitment to society and the challenges they face. The five are indisputable references who have I have taken advantage of the opportunities so that their career has a clear purpose with a social impact. I have spoken with them and with other young people about the concerns of our generation, what it means to train, how to find and develop one’s own talent, and how to prepare for new skills through innovative educational models, the awareness of living in a balanced way on our planet, life projects when you are twenty or twenty-five years old.”
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