Four students from the Costa Rican Technological Institute were selected to participate in the Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative (YLAI) organized by the United States Department of State for creating Atomik Monsters, a digital platform for teaching chemistry.

Jean Carlo Gómez, student of industrial design; Kenneth Fernandez and Rodrigo López, from the computer engineering department, and Rodrigo Maroto, a student of business administration, are the creators of this innovative project.

The students are among 10 entrepreneurs who will represent Costa Rica in this United States initiative to boost innovation, trade and investment in the region.

“We are very pleased to have been chosen by the YLAI program, we want to contribute to make Costa Rica more competitive, and for this it is necessary that the students of the school lose their fear of chemistry, and can learn about the elements and compounds through this video program,” said Jean Carlo Gomez, co-founder of Atomik Monsters.

The learning tool involves different chemical elements and compounds that have been personified and play a role in the program’s video game. The platform creates a fun and dynamic alternative for learning chemistry, a subject considered among the most difficult by Costa Rican high school students.

The platform is organized to allow for its adaptation to the curricular plans of many highschools throughout Latin America.

Atomic Monsters’ founders plan to create alliances with the Ministry of Public Education to introduce the tool first to private and public schools, and then to reach out communities where there is less access to technology.

The youth will travel to the United States to share their knowledge and experiences with U.S. organizations, and then conclude with participation in a summit in Washington D.C., focused on boosting leadership and developing business skills.

To learn more about Atomik Monsters, call 8451-7907 or visit their website here