Viridiana Alvarez

Viridiana Álvarez Chávez (Aguascalientes, Mexico. May 15, 1983) is a Mexican alpinist, speaker, and entrepreneur. She is the first woman from the American continent and the seventh worldwide to reach the summit of the fourteen mountains over eight thousand meters high.
In 2020, she obtained a Guinness World Record for being the woman with the fastest ascent of the three highest peaks in the world, using supplementary oxygen: Everest, K2, and Kanchenjunga.
==Biography==
She holds a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration from Tecnológico de Monterrey, a Master's degree in Quality Systems Engineering, and a Master's degree in Innovation from Tecnológico de Monterrey. She has a certification in ontological coaching from Newfield Consulting in Chile and a certificate from the Women's Leadership Program at the Yale School of Management.
She served as the director of the Center for Automotive Industry Development in Mexico (CeDIAM) at Tecnológico de Monterrey, Aguascalientes Campus, and held various managerial positions in manufacturing companies within the automotive industry.
She is the general director of "Liderazgo de Altura", a Business Coaching Center, a business consulting firm, and the president and co-founder of "Líderes de Altura A.C.", a non-profit organization aimed at women, youth, and children, with an emphasis on mental health promotion projects.
She is a certified diver and a PADI ambassador.
==Professional career==
She began her sports career by participating in athletic events such as 10 km runs, half marathons, marathons, and half IronMan competitions, as well as mountain biking.
Her journey into mountaineering started when she reached the summit of Citlaltépetl (Pico de Orizaba) on February 8, 2014. This experience marked a turning point in her career, as after seeing the world from Mexico's highest peak, she became curious about how it would look from the summit of the world's highest peak, Mount Everest.
On January 14, 2015, she reached the summit of Aconcagua, the highest mountain in the American continent, as preparation for climbing her first eight-thousander. On October 5, 2015, she reached the summit of Manaslu, the eighth highest mountain in the world, thus beginning her journey towards the fourteen eight-thousanders and the Seven Summits.
===The Fourteen Eight-Thousanders===
She is the first woman from the American continent to climb the fourteen highest mountains in the world, each over eight thousand meters high, and the seventh woman in history to achieve this milestone.
# 	Mountain 	Altitude	Date 	Comments
1 	Manaslu 	8,156 m 	October 5th, 2015 	No "Real Summit" (2019)
2 	Everest 	8,848 m 	May 16th, 2017 	Expedition Leader
3 	Lhotse 	8,383 m 	May 13th, 2018 	
4 	K2 	8,611 m 	July 2st, 2018 	First latin american woman
5 	Kanchenjunga 	8,586 m 	May 15th, 2019 	First mexican woman
Guinness World Record
6 	Annapurna 	8,091 m 	April 16th, 2021 	First mexican woman
7 	Dhaulagiri 	8,167 m 	October 1st, 2021 	
8 	Makalu 	8,485 m 	May 12th, 2022 	
9 	Shisha Pangma	8,027 m 	April 26th, 2023 	
10	Cho Oyu 	8,188 m 	May 13th, 2023 	
11	Nanga Parbat 	8125 m 	June 26th, 2023 	First latin american woman
12	Gasherbrum I 	8,080 m 	July 18th, 2023 	
13	Gasherbrum II	8,035 m 	July 21st, 2023 	
14	Broad Peak 	8,051 m 	July 27th, 2023 	
15	Manaslu 	8,156 m 	September 21st, 2023	• Real Summit
• Without suplementary oxygen
==Records==
* 2018: First Latin American woman to reach the summit of K2.
* 2019: First Mexican woman to reach the summit of Kanchenjunga.
* 2020: Guinness World Record for being the woman with the fastest ascent of the three highest mountains in the world, using supplementary oxygen (1 year 364 days).
* 2021: First Mexican woman to reach the summit of Annapurna. 
* 2023: First Latin American woman to reach the summit of Nanga Parbat.
Category:1983 births
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