La Communidad
Milka Duno
Duno’s father sold laboratory equipment and her mother was a lawyer. Together they invested time in their three chil- dren—two sons and a young daughter—ensuring they would not lack anything that would obstruct their educational progress.
After Duno graduated with a bachelor’s degree in naval engi- neering at the Instituto Universitario Politecnico de las Furzas Armadas Nacionales, she went on to complete a master’s in organizational development that same fall. Later, she worked to recover oil from spills, then as a naval engineer design- ing oil recovery ships. Duno decided to travel to Spain to advance her education.
“I worked as a model at the same time I was attending universities there,” she said, earning three master’s degrees simultaneously at two different campuses, in naval architec- ture, maritime business, and fishing and aquaculture.
Back in Venezuela her career took a turn. Duno was intro- duced to a new sport while at a driving clinic run by a car club. “I felt I discovered that racing was my destiny,” Duno
www.hispanicengineer.com
Duno’s father sold laboratory equip- ment and her mother was a lawyer. Together they invested time in their three children, ensuring they would not lack anything that would obstruct their educational progress.
said. In 1999, she moved to the United States and attended advanced racing schools. Now, she is the first Latina to qualify and race in the Indianapolis 500 and the first woman to win, overall, a major international sports car race in North America. In 2012, the woman with the highest finish ever (second) place in the 50-year history of the legendary 24 Hours at Daytona will become the first Latina driver in the 60-year history of NASCAR.
HISPANIC ENGINEER & Information Technology | 2012 11
Page 1 |
Page 2 |
Page 3 |
Page 4 |
Page 5 |
Page 6 |
Page 7 |
Page 8 |
Page 9 |
Page 10 |
Page 11 |
Page 12 |
Page 13 |
Page 14 |
Page 15 |
Page 16 |
Page 17 |
Page 18 |
Page 19 |
Page 20 |
Page 21 |
Page 22 |
Page 23 |
Page 24 |
Page 25 |
Page 26 |
Page 27 |
Page 28 |
Page 29 |
Page 30 |
Page 31 |
Page 32 |
Page 33 |
Page 34 |
Page 35 |
Page 36 |
Page 37 |
Page 38 |
Page 39 |
Page 40