Alissa Marie Chavez

Born: 1997

Country of Birth: USA

Nationality: USA

Ethnicity: Hispanic

University of New Mexico 2020 BA Communication & 2022 MA Public Administration

""One of the struggles of starting my business was that I had a few things working against me. People didn’t take me seriously, because I was so young; they didn’t think I knew what I was talking about. Being female didn’t help either. I still experience some bias, even though I’ve proven, to some extent, that I am capable, and I do know what I am doing." (raisingsmartgirls.com); "Believe in yourself a thousand percent, because most of the people you meet in the world won’t believe in you. And I think having that faith in yourself will help you go farther than you can imagine. I’ve had to persist through many struggles throughout this process. Don’t let society or other people influence what you can be or what you can become." (raisingsmartgirls.com); "

— Alissa Marie Chavez

Field of Study: Inventor; Entrepreneur

Institution/Corporation: EasyFlo; University of New Mexico

Degrees & Memberships: Member: Technolochicas ambassador (2016)

Awards: Gold American Business Award; Tech Startup of the Year; Silver American Business Award; Tech Startup of the Year; Bronze American Business Award; Tech Startup of the Year; New Mexico Small Business Success Story presented by Sandia National Labs; Innovation New Mexico Honoree; 2015 Glamour Magazine Women of the Year Tech Heroes; 2015 Glamour Magazine Women of the Year Hometown Heroes; 2014 Good Samaritan Award from Mayor Richard Berry of Albuquerque, New Mexico; 2015 Excellence Award Albuquerque Public School District; 2021 Inno Under 25, Albuquerque Business First; 2021 WBENC Collegiate Accelerator 2021 Cohort; 2019 Comcast Pitch Deck Winner; 2018 Albuquerque Business First 40 Under 40; 2017 American Business Stevie Award; 2016 #2 on List of 9 Inspiring Teen Girls, Design Good; 2015 Teen Business Top 20;

Achievements: at age 14 as a science fair project invented the Hot Seat a small pad with a sensor can be placed by parents under an infant’s booster or car seat & if the parent walks 20 feet away an alarm goes off to alert that there is an unattended child left in the vehicle; founder and CEO of the company Assila (her name spelled backwards); 2019 she announced a new invention, a baby bottle that stores water and dried formula separately, for mixing when needed (EasyFlo); 2019 CEO & founder of EasyFlo;