Rotary International District 5170

I am Carlos Raúl Manteo, and I was born in Argentina. I am a member, during almost 12 years, of the Villa Devoto Rotary Club. They proposed me as a Team Leader of this District 4890 Group Study Exchange. I am very proud of it and very happy representing our District and at the same time, to be back, here in the States. When I was 25 years old, I got the Industrial Engineer degree in the Buenos Aires University. I was in charge of a railroad thermoelectric power plant. After five years experience, I decided to get some American experience. I got my visa and I worked as electrical designer for a Division of Allied Chemical. So, I lived in this country with my wife and an American born daughter María Teresa, for almost three years. I also have a son Gustavo, born in Argentina. Right now we have four grandchildren.

When we got back to Argentina, I worked almost eight years, as Technical Manager for a rubber industry. With other four partners, established our own rubber company. During 27 years, we have been working also for the car industry (Ford, GM, Renault, Fiat, Peugeot, etc.). After this long period we sold the industry to a French company.

My name is Paula Cristina Aulicino, I am 29 years old and was born in Buenos Aires Capital city. I have been married for 4 years now, and live with my husband and my cat. I attended an English bilingual school for elementary and High School education, and after graduating, I studied Biochemistry (a 6-year career) at the University of Buenos Aires. Very recently, I got my Ph.D. working in topics related to HIV-1 molecular epidemiology in Argentina at the Laboratory of Cellular Biology and Retroviruses of "J.P. Garrahan" pediatric Hospital. Nowadays, as part of the hospital staff, I am involved in antiretroviral drug resistance testing for HIV-1 vertically infected children, and actively participate in investigation projects related to the retroviral HIV and HTLV pediatric infection.

My name is Emiliano Chiarelli, I am from Buenos Aires, Argentina; and my Sponsor Club is Rotary Club Los Andes, District 4890. I was born in Buenos Aires, on November 28, 1973 and I have lived in the same city since then. I am 33 years old, and single. I obtained my Law Degree in 1998, from the University of Buenos Aires, and have made my area of practice in Commercial, Banking and Financial Law, working as in-house legal counsel for an Bank, since May 2000. In the year 2001, I obtained the "Magister" degree in Commercial Law Program from the Universidad Austral. In the FLACSO (Latin American Foundation for Social Sciences), I am currently preparing my thesis for presentation, in order to obtain my degree in Economic Politics. In my personal time, I enjoy being with my girlfriend and friends, going to the theater and to the cinema, reading, and playing soccer and tennis.

My name is Mari­a Julieta Gutierrez I am 26 years old and I reside and work in Buenos Aires city, although I am a natural of the Province of Neuquén, a zone of beautiful landscapes and oil operation located in the Patagonia region of our country. As much my academic formation as my professional performance were always strongly oriented towards the social sciences field. Four years ago I obtained my diploma of Lawyer in International Relations at the University of Belgrano and at the moment I am working in my thesis to complete the Master in Public Policies at the University of San Andrés. I also worked several years for the local Government in areas of policies planning, and even now that I am working in the private sector for the communications consultant firm Reale Dalla Torre Consultants (www.rdtconsultores.com.ar), I dedicate myself to the design of social investigations and the implementation of programs related to the Political Marketing subject.

She is 40 years old and was born in Buenos Aires, the capital city of Argentina, where she currently lives. She is an Architect graduated from the University of Buenos Aires (U.B.A.). She has been teaching at the U.B.A. at the College of Architecture & Urban Design - U.B.A.- at the Architectural Technology Department, since 1990. In 2002, she started a post-graduate course in Education. She also works as a freelance designer for a construction company and is now collaborating as an ad-honorem researcher with the 'Science and Technology Program' (S.I.C.y.T.) of the U.B.A. and with the ' Recycling Museum and Center of Reference of Urban Ecology of Buenos Aires'. As regards languages, she gives both assistance to a translation center and English lessons to adolescents and adults. She also speaks French and Italian. She loves arts, theatre, cinema, photography, designing and drawing, collecting stamps, reading and investigating about different cultures and ways of living.