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533: The incredible story of Colombia's first Woman Chess Grandmaster
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Nadya Ortiz is Colombia's first woman chess grandmaster. Hailing from humble origins in Ibague, chess became a conduit for her success. By succeeding in the chess world, she won a scholarship to study at university in Texas, later another one to go to Purdue and then by virtue of her excellence in computer science now works for Apple in San Francisco. We hear Nadya's story on episode 533 of the Colombia Calling podcast. As a woman from the provinces, playing an unpopular sport, she made it all happen for her. We discuss her life, politics in Colombia and much more in what is an inspirational story. The Colombia Briefing is reported by Emily Hart. Please support her Substack: https://substack.com/@ehart and the Colombia Calling podcast: https://patreon.com/colombiacalling
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Manage episode 436496616 series 83943
Nadya Ortiz is Colombia's first woman chess grandmaster. Hailing from humble origins in Ibague, chess became a conduit for her success. By succeeding in the chess world, she won a scholarship to study at university in Texas, later another one to go to Purdue and then by virtue of her excellence in computer science now works for Apple in San Francisco. We hear Nadya's story on episode 533 of the Colombia Calling podcast. As a woman from the provinces, playing an unpopular sport, she made it all happen for her. We discuss her life, politics in Colombia and much more in what is an inspirational story. The Colombia Briefing is reported by Emily Hart. Please support her Substack: https://substack.com/@ehart and the Colombia Calling podcast: https://patreon.com/colombiacalling
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