# Luis Gustavo Heredia Vasquez

**Data Science Intern** — Claremont, CA, United States

> Data science and economics student building AI-powered products and infrastructure. Currently interning at Mibanco, a leading Latin American microfinance institution.

Career Archetype: **All-Terrain Navigator** (HB-DG) — One of the first All-Terrain Navigators on Saywise

## Links

- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/luisherediavasquez
- luisherediavasquez.com: https://luisherediavasquez.com/
- github.com/Luis-Heredia-Vasquez: https://github.com/Luis-Heredia-Vasquez

## Experience

### Data Science Intern, Mibanco, banco de la Microempresa (2026-06 – 2026-08)
Lima, Peru · Engineered a proof-of-concept two-agent LLM commerce assistant in Python on AWS Bedrock that resolved 20.6% of evaluated turns end-to-end without LLM calls. Built an evaluation harness across 500 sessions with 98.6% completion rate and audited a speech-analytics pipeline processing 205K+ conversations, uncovering a labeling failure that had suppressed 43,968 escalation records.

### Summer Intern, Credicorp (2026-06 – 2026-08)
Lima · Selected for the Credicorp Summer Internship Program, working within Credicorp’s AI team on data science and agentic AI for MibancoxWhatsapp

### Research & Technology Assistant, Pitzer College, Community Engagement Center (2025-09 – 2025-12)
Claremont, CA · Built geospatial data infrastructure for 40+ LA partner organizations, mapping 150+ community projects using ArcGIS Online, QGIS, and Python ETL pipelines to support stakeholder reporting and decision-making.

### Summer Intern, SHAWCO (2025-06 – 2025-08)
City of Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa · • Taught computer literacy and basic coding skills to approximately 40 students per week from under-resourced communities. • Provided individualized feedback and mentorship to support student learning and skill development. • Assisted in reviewing student progress to help improve lesson effectiveness and engagement.

### Research Assistant, Pitzer College, Department of Economics (2025-05 – 2025-07)
Claremont, CA · Automated an R pipeline to clean, merge, and visualize over 12,000 IPUMS records spanning multiple years using dplyr and ggplot2, supporting faculty research on labor-market inequality.

### Computer Science Tutor, Pitzer College, Department of Mathematics (2025-01 – present)
Claremont, CA · Tutor approximately 12 students weekly across two introductory computer science courses, covering loops, functions, recursion, and object-oriented design in Python. Also support a course on AI-assisted software development, helping students learn to specify program behavior precisely and verify, test, and debug code produced by AI tools.

### Fellow, AI IDEAS Summer Program, UC San Diego (2024-08 – 2024-08)
Chosen as 1 of 19 from ~500 applicants for an AI ethics program; pitched a Convolutional Neural Network-based tool.

### Audio Visual Technical Assistant, Pitzer College (2023-09 – 2025-05)
Claremont, California, Estados Unidos · • Managed and operated audiovisual systems for diverse events and academic spaces across the campus. • Organized multimedia content, through software application, creating a solid database with identifiers. • Responded to faculty calls who needed assistance troubleshooting technological devices in the classroom.

### Advisor & Steering Committee Member (Youth Sounding Board), European Commission – DG INTPA (2023-08 – 2025-12)
Brussels, Belgium · Selected from 4,500+ global applicants to advise EU leadership on youth inclusion. Co-developed Euroclima's gender strategy, delivered two parliamentary-level interventions, and coordinated gatherings across 30+ regional boards to amplify youth voices in policy.

### Student Leadership Program Consultant & Coordinator, Enseña Perú (2022-06 – 2022-08)
Lima, Perú · • Recruited, led & trained 92 volunteers with regard to Socio-emotional learning, with a weekly follow-up. • Reviewed 589 applications with the CEO, and selected 207. Called each student for the enrollment process. • Facilitated sessions for over 120 students, where they assigned me a score of 9.7 out of 10. Achieved an NPS of 90.05 % for the program.

### Global Teen Leader, We Are Family Foundation (2022-05 – 2023-08)
Selected as one of the 34 Global Teen Leaders' in the Three Dot Dash Program, by We Are Family Foundation. This cohort represents teenagers from 23 countries and 5 continents, chosen from +500 applications for their social good innovations, and promise for a more just, equitable, and peaceful future.

### Builder, Dream DAO (2022-04 – 2023-01)
Powered by Civics Unplugged, the Dream DAO invests in the future of the web3 x social impact ecosystem by providing diverse Gen Zers around the globe with the training, funding, and mentorship they need to leverage the power of web3 to secure a brighter future for humanity. Learn more at https://dreamdao.xyz/

### Spring '22 Fellow, Civics Unplugged (2021-09 – 2022-04)
Civics Unplugged is a 501(c)(3) social enterprise founded in 2019 that empowers leaders of Gen Z with the training, funding, and network they need to become civic innovators that build a brighter future for humanity. We do this by running a world-class leadership program—the CU Civic Innovators Fellowship—for high schoolers seeking to become civic innovators, supporting them after they graduate the program, and producing media that inspires and amplifies civic innovation work.

### Student Leadership Program Consultant & Coordinator, Enseña Perú (2021-08 – 2021-11)
Enseña Perú is a non-profit association that believes in the power of education and trusts in the potential of all Peruvians. • Designed the Virtual Student Leadership Program from scratch, which contains 25 sessions, getting approval from partner organizations and the CEO. • Established a selection process rubric. Reviewed 620 applications and selected 130 students. • Recruited, led & trained 51 volunteers with regard to Socio-Emotional learning and digital skills. • Achieved student growth in soft skills: 96.4% of students reported growth in self-awareness, 94.6% in social awareness, and 96.4 in belonging. Overall Net Promoter Score of 91 %

### Coach, LALA - Latin American Leadership Academy (2021-07 – 2021-07)
During one week I was in charge of 4 new students who were attending the intensive leadership program. Likewise, I was a social media coach creating any design needed for Instagram. Additionally, I supported the engagement activities for 45 participants.

### Ambassador, World Literacy Foundation (2021-04 – 2021-10)
Worldwide · The program is a platform to develop leadership skills and cooperate with other literacy advocates around the globe to help raise awareness about illiteracy in the world.

### Alumnus, Global Citizen Year (2021-02 – 2021-05)
Global Citizen Year is a gap year Fellowship for the world’s future leaders and changemakers. Selected as one of the five winners of $5000, in scholarship, given by Rise.

### Alumnus, Ivy House London (2021-01 – 2021-04)
The Award develops leadership and life skills, giving students aged 15-18 the knowledge, skills, and confidence they need to step up and take ownership of their future. An award-winning program developed by a team of leading executive coaches in partnership with forward-thinking headteachers, The Award gives schools the expert content, tools, and support they need to deliver meaningful character education.

### Founder & CEO, Edulimitless (2020-08 – 2023-02)
Chiclayo, Peru · Led a multi-country education initiative with 150+ volunteers across 5 countries, serving 1,500+ beneficiaries and graduating 373 students. Built 12 strategic partnerships and received recognition from KidsRights Foundation, SENAJU, and the Peruvian University of Applied Sciences.

### Alumnus, X-Culture (2020-08 – 2020-12)
X-Culture is a large-scale international experiential learning project that involves over 3,500 MBA and business students from 100 universities from 40 countries on six continents every semester. The students are placed in global virtual teams of about seven, each student coming from a different country. Working with people from around the globe and dealing with cultural differences, time-zone dispersion, and global communication challenges, the teams complete a consulting project for a multi-national company.

## Education

### Study Abroad Program, University of Technology Sydney (UTS) (2026-03 – 2026-06)

### Mathematical Economics & Data Science, Pitzer College (2023-08 – 2027-05)
Overall GPA: 3.85

### LALA - Latin American Leadership Academy (2021-02 – 2021-02)
V-Camp 5 participant. LALA V-Camp is an intensive virtual leadership program that provides the tools, community support, and training needed for profound social and personal transformation.

### Bachillerato Internacional (2018-01 – 2019-01)
Activities and societies: MUN delegate

### COAR LAMBAYEQUE (2017-03 – 2019-12)
High-Performance Schools (COAR) are MINEDU's proposal to serve talented students from 3rd to 5th year of secondary school. In order to apply, students have to be from public schools.

## Projects

### Edulimitless
Edulimitless aims to boost the 21st century's skills of high-school students and help them thrive in the world.

### COAR.connect
AI-powered career platform for Peru's elite COAR schools · Built and launched a full-stack career platform featuring AI career advising with real-time web search, mentor matching with live chat, 155+ curated scholarships with deadline alerts, an AI resume builder with 3 templates, 3 language support, and PDF/DOCX export, plus vocational testing and a document repository.

### Office Hours Scheduling System
Full-stack scheduling platform with custom data structures · Built a production-ready scheduling system using custom data structures (stacks, queues, linked lists), REST APIs, and authentication. Designed an optimized SQLite schema for appointment creation, updates, and user management.

## Skills

Large Language Models (LLM), LangChain, GenAI Virtual Assistants, Finance, FinTech, Machine Learning, Databases, Analytical Skills, Strategy, Microsoft Excel, Computer Assistance, Technology Coaching, Python (Programming Language), Computer Science, Peer Tutoring, Project Planning, Spanish, Bases de datos, JavaScript, Lenguajes de programación, Capacidad de análisis, Gestión de proyectos, Relaciones públicas, Gestión de voluntariado, Liderazgo, Gestión, Capacitación, Captación de voluntarios, Captación de estudiantes, Debate, Inglés como lengua extranjera, Estrategia, Resilencia, Voluntariado en organización sin ánimo de lucro, Educación sin barreras, TypeScript, R, SQL, HTML/CSS, English, AWS Bedrock, Amazon Athena, Strands Agents SDK, AWS, Docker, Git, Vercel, Next.js, Flask, Supabase, Salesforce, OpenAI API, NumPy, pandas, scikit-learn, Matplotlib, ArcGIS

## Credentials

- **Young Challenger** — The Grameen Creative Lab (issued 2022-07)
- **Global Teen Leader** — We Are Family Foundation (issued 2022-04)
- **Action Developer** — KidsRights changemakers (issued 2020-08)
- **Generative AI: Introduction to Large Language Models** — LinkedIn (issued 2026-04)
- **Introduction to LangChain - Python** — LangChain (issued 2026-04)
- **Quickstart: LangSmith Essentials** — LangChain (issued 2026-04)
- **JavaScript Algorithms and Data Structures** — freeCodeCamp (issued 2023-07)
- **JavaScript Algorithms and Data Structures** — freeCodeCamp (issued 2023-07)
- **Safeguarding Young People for International Schools** — Tes (issued 2022-05)
- **EF SET English Certificate 71/100 (C2 Proficient)** — EF Standard English Test (EF SET) (issued 2022-04)
- **Leadership as a Practice** — Global Citizen Year Certification: Leadership as a Practice (issued 2021-06)
- **Duolingo English Test-145** — Duolingo English Test (issued 2021-01)
- **Diploma del Bachillerato Internacional** — Bachillerato Internacional (issued 2020-02)
- **FIRST CERTIFICATE IN ENGLISH** — Cambridge Assessment (issued 2020-01)

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