Submitted
2025 Global Learning Challenge

Vinco

Team Leader
Carolina Villalobos Frescas
In Latin America, millions of employees face barriers to developing key skills due to limited access to personalized, flexible training that aligns with labor market needs. This gap not only impacts individual professional growth but also hinders business productivity and regional economic development. Our solution is a digital learning platform that breaks traditional training barriers. By combining personalized learning pathways,...
What is the name of your organization?
Vinco
What is the name of your solution?
Vinco
Provide a one-line summary or tagline for your solution.
Vinco helps companies in LatAm invest in the education of their operational base and in turn improve the retention and productivity of their teams.
In what city, town, or region is your solution team headquartered?
Monterrey, Nuevo León, México
In what country is your solution team headquartered?
MEX
What type of organization is your solution team?
For-profit, including B-Corp or similar models
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What specific problem are you solving?
Vinco helps employers looking to upskill and retain their workforce, working adults who want to earn credentials and cannot access education because of economic barriers (cost), and academic institutions looking to grow online enrollment, increasing access to education to underserved populations. With Vinco: 1) Employees obtain tuition benefits and coaching to aid program completion 2) Companies run education benefits at scale and align benefits & trainings to strategy 3) Universities gain access to ongoing pool of students In Latin America, millions of employees face barriers to developing key skills due to limited access to personalized, flexible training that aligns with labor market needs. This gap not only impacts individual professional growth but also hinders business productivity and regional economic development. Our solution is a digital learning platform that breaks traditional training barriers. By combining personalized learning pathways, interactive learning experiences, and dedicated guidance from a mentor (VinCoach), we provide employees with a tailored education journey designed to maximize their professional development. This approach ensures that each user receives relevant, context-specific training that directly addresses the demands of their industry and specific job role, while being supported throughout their learning and application process.
What is your solution?
In Latin America, millions of employees face barriers to developing key skills due to limited access to personalized, flexible training that aligns with labor market needs. This gap not only impacts individual professional growth but also hinders business productivity and regional economic development. Our solution is a digital learning platform that breaks traditional training barriers. By combining personalized learning pathways, interactive learning experiences, and real-time mentorship, we provide employees with a tailored education journey designed to maximize their professional development. This approach ensures that each user receives relevant, context-specific training that directly addresses the demands of their industry and specific job role.
Who does your solution serve, and in what ways will the solution impact their lives?
Latin America is the region with the greatest skills gap - our main purpose is to reduce it, by helping frontline workers increase their access to education (limited mainly by economic constraints) while companies benefit from effects like increased retention and productivity. Our core market is the 185 million employees in Latin America who today do not have a high school diploma. By making it easier for the company and employees to connect to more and better educational opportunities, we reduce the skills gap and provide them with better economic mobility opportunities.
Solution Team:
Carolina Villalobos Frescas
Carolina Villalobos Frescas
People
Axel Jimenez
Axel Jimenez