Biography

Blanca Poly Ugarte Guzmán, was born February 9th in 1959 at Puerto Bolivar, El Oro Providence, a southern port of Ecuador. Poly actually lives 5 years in the city of Guayaquil in Ecuador. She is the oldest of six children from the marriage of Dr. Boanerges Ugarte Valarezo and Mrs. Blanca Guzman Nunez, her brothers and sisters are: Lorena, Tatiana, Boanerges, Jose Luis and Blanquita. Her elementary and high school studies were done at "La Asuncion" school. Graduated as a lawyer from the republic of Ecuador at the University " Catolica de Santiago de Guayquil", being an outstanding student and being awarded honors at the university.

In 1978 she wedded with Mr. Victor Ferretti Cordovez and had two children: Victor and Stefano Ferretti actually 26 and 20 years old.

Since she graduated she has dedicated her activities in business administration, specially in the shrimp business, due to that her father was one of the founders of the industry of the shrimp buisness in the country.

In 1994 she was councilor of Guayaquil in the administration of the Ing, Leon Febre Cordero( mayor) and member of the commissions: Urbanism, public work and street neatness. In the development of her position, she was part of the committee of the cantonal that was approved the bay of " Malecon 2000' and the transformation of the city of Guayaquil, again converting this beautiful city in what is called "Perla Del Pacifico" ( Pacific Pearl).

In 1998 she was member of the parliament for the providence of Guayas, working in the international commission and the housing commission

In 2004 she retired from the political activities and she dedicated her activities in business administration, until in March 2006 she was detected breast cancer. Later on came the stage of her illness which came with desperation, fright and negativism, but finally, thanks to the support of her family and friends, she found the necessary strength to endure patiently her illness and create the foundation Poly Ugarte a women foundation with the objective to make prevention programs, to perform mammography to low income women, contribute studies to breast cancer, suggest projects of law to attend women with breast cancer, including mobile hospitals to move around low income zones of the country with the finality to diagnose and join us against the breast cancer.

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