Diana Vicezar

In 2017, aged 16, Vicezar established Mymba Rayhu, a community-based organisation in Paraguay focusing on sustainability and animal welfare.^[1][2] Paraguay has a large issue with feral or abandoned dogs, as well as with plastic pollution. Vicezar established Mymba Rayhu to build shelter for these free-ranging dogs using wholly recycled materials, especially plastics.^[2] In 2018, she received the Asunción Youth Excellence Award.^[3] By 2019, the organisation had three international chapters;^[1] in the same year Vicezar was the recipient of a Global Teen Leader Award for the project.^[4] In 2020 she was added to the Diana Award Roll of Honour for her volunteer work.^[5]

While a student at Pitzer College, Vicezar established Mapis, an online career platform.^[6][7] The platform aimed to support international students by helping them to access career opportunities in the United States.^[8] Its beta version launched in 2022.^[6][9] The same year she became the first Paraguayan to work as a product design intern at Meta.^[7][10] In 2023, whilst studying at University College Cork (Ireland), Vicezar launched a podcast, 'La Sociedad', the first podcast to record and share the experiences of Hispanic and Latin-American students in Ireland.^[11]

In 2021, she represented Paraguay at the #Youth4Climate conference.^[12] In 2023, she was a recipient of an Outstanding Young People of Paraguay Award from the Junior Chamber International of Asunción.^[13]

Vicezar is originally from Asunción.^[7] She has credited much of her success abroad due to an early opportunity to study English.^[14]