User:Alvarojosemaz/sandbox

Alvaro Maz (born 19 February, 1988) is a Colombian / Australian entrepreneur and advisor. He is one of a co-founders and former Executive Director of Code for Australia. In 2018 he got shortlisted from 20,000 people that applied for the Obama Foundation Fellowship. Previously he had founded and ran several ventures at the intersection of technology, community and government. In 2019 he designed and ran a campaign to support getting plastics out of the ocean as part of his participation in the Melbourne to Hobart Yacht Race, which led to the Ocean Racing Club of Victoria to win the Australian Sailing Sustainability Award.