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Meet 3 Latinas Leading in Virtual and Augmented Reality

Cecilia Abadie, Senior Customer Success Engineer at Meta

Gemma Busoni, Head of Community at Discovr Labs

Discovr Labs brings Virtual reality to education by building VR applications and the systems to use them.

Cathy Hackl, Founder of Latinos in VR/AR, content strategist for VR Salon, contributing author at VR Scout.

160929-cathy_hackl_courtesy_of_cathy_hackl_08b7ea39100e6fecf2d90410760bc6de-nbcnews-ux-600-700VR Salon is an international community of VR & AR creators, influencers, actors, producers, and directors connecting talent, stories, and funding. VR Salon's current project is a SocialVR documentary with ERASE Childen Trafficking and Zeality VR.

Hackl, 37, started her professional career as a journalist. Of Costa Rican descent, she says that when she first attended the Journalism Interactiveconference, she realized Virtual Reality was the future of storytelling.

See the full story here: http://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/meet-3-latinas-leading-virtual-augmented-reality-n656361

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