Cecilia Paredes Verduga

Cecilia Paredes Verduga (born October 27, 1971) is an Ecuadorian engineer and university professor. She is the rector of Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral (ESPOL) which is in the city of Guayaquil.

Life Verduga was born in 1971 in the city of Guayaquil and her father was an ESPOL graduate engineer. She was also the director of the materials testings and director of the Polytechnic's Center for Research and Development in Nanotechnology.

In 2017 she was promoted to be ESPOL's rector. It was the first time since the ESPOL was founded 59 years ago that it was led by a woman.

In 2022 she was re-elected for a second five year term as rector by the students, teaching staff and the employees of ESPOL. She was elected on her manifesto on transforming ESPOL for the digital transformation. Paola Romero Crespo was elected as the vice President.

Guayaquil is an important city in Ecuador as it was involved in the country's move to independence in 1900. In 2022 the National Assembly came to Guayaquil to meet and to celebrate 202 years of independence. During the meeting Verduga was honoured when she was given an award recognising her contribution to education by the President of the National Assembly.

Private life She is married and they have two children.