María Álvarez del Vayo

María Álvarez del Vayo was selected for the 2026 Shortlist with Mole or cancer? The algorithm that gets one in three melanomas wrong and erases patients with dark skin.

María is a journalist specialized in investigation, data and visualization with a Masters from El Mundo newspaper and the Universidad Rey Juan Carlos. She previously worked in communications for companies such as Ferrovial Servicios – Internacional, and Bosch. She graduated from Journalism from the same university, with an Erasmus grant for Lancashire Central University (Preston, UK) and has an international scholarship at the University of New South Wales (Sydney, Australia).