There are people who don\u2019t just teach \u2014 they transform. People who turn curiosity into science, fear into possibility, and education into an act of hope. This month, we proudly celebrate that one of those teachers, Mercedes Arrubla Carmona, has been recognized with the 2025 \u00c1ngela Restrepo Moreno Award, a distinction that honors the life and legacy of one of Antioquia\u2019s most admired scientists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This award, granted by the Antioquia Chapter of the Colombian Academy of Exact, Physical and Natural Sciences, is presented each year to teachers who \u2014 through their quiet dedication and love for science \u2014 awaken vocations and open futures in places where opportunity often feels distant. This year, that recognition travels to the mountains of Jard\u00edn, to the Miguel Valencia Rural Development Educational Institution in the Verd\u00fan village \u2014 a school built by Fraternidad Medell\u00edn \u2014 where Professor Mercedes has planted knowledge and hope for four decades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A lifetime devoted to teaching<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n Mercedes holds a degree in Mathematics\u2013Physics and a specialization in Learning Difficulties. Beyond her academic credentials, she is a teacher who has made education her life\u2019s purpose. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Since 1985, when she arrived in Jard\u00edn as a full-time teacher, she decided to stay forever. There, among rural paths, persistent rains, and young people filled with questions, she found her place and her purpose: to show that science can also flourish in rural communities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n With each project, Mercedes proves that science is a way of embracing the territory \u2014 understanding it and protecting it.\nShe shares:\n\n\"From a very young age, I felt the urge to fight in every possible way to demystify the learning of mathematics and science. Removing that fear has always been my mission, and now that I\u2019ve been selected to receive the \u00c1ngela Restrepo Moreno Award, it is a tremendous honor to show many teachers in our region \u2014 especially rural teachers \u2014 that we can do science, and we can fight to help our girls move forward and understand that it is not complicated, that it is not difficult. My call is for this award, given in the name of such an extraordinary scientist, to resonate with all of us and give us strength to keep ensuring that many more women walk these paths of learning with joy. Science should not be suffered \u2014 its learning should be enjoyed. And we must make sure that all our girls, and our boys too, but especially girls who have been so often relegated, can embrace it.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n For the Fraternidad Medell\u00edn Foundation, which works to build opportunities across the territories, this recognition fills us with pride, emotion, and hope. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Professor Mercedes embodies what we believe: that education is the surest path to well-being, that talent flourishes when it is nurtured, and that even the most remote regions can become centers of deep knowledge. <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Hay personas que no solo ense\u00f1an: transforman. Personas que convierten la curiosidad en ciencia, el miedo en posibilidad y la educaci\u00f3n en un acto de esperanza. Este mes, celebramos con profundo orgullo que una de esas maestras, Mercedes Arrubla Carmona, haya sido reconocida con el Premio \u00c1ngela Restrepo Moreno 2025, un galard\u00f3n que honra la […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":8702,"template":"","categoria":[18],"class_list":["post-8714","eventos","type-eventos","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","categoria-noticia"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-06 05:56:13","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"categoria","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fraternidadmedellin.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/eventos\/8714","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fraternidadmedellin.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/eventos"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fraternidadmedellin.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/eventos"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/fraternidadmedellin.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/eventos\/8714\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8715,"href":"https:\/\/fraternidadmedellin.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/eventos\/8714\/revisions\/8715"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fraternidadmedellin.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8702"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fraternidadmedellin.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"categoria","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fraternidadmedellin.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categoria?post=8714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}