ENTREVISTA CON LA RECTORA DE LA UCV CECILIA GARCÍA AROCHA
Cecilia Carlota García Arocha Márquez, known as Cecilia García Arocha, is the first female rector of the Central University of Venezuela. She is also a dentist, who graduated from the same university in 1976. She uses both of her father's surnames.
García graduated with honours in 1976 from the UCV school of dentistry, she became a professor at the university in the School of Medicine. She later held relevant positions within the Faculty of Dentistry as an academic coordinator, the school director, and then became the first female Dean of the faculty. After her first term in this role, she was re-selected to continue for three more consecutive terms; the terms of three years each meant she headed Dentistry for twelve successive years (1993-2004).[2]
