| Office: | Minister of Science, Innovation, Technology and Telecommunications |
| President: | Carlos Alvarado Quesada |
| Term Start1: | 1 June 2020 |
| Office2: | Vice Minister of Science and Technology |
| Term Start2: | 8 May 2018 |
| Term End2: | 1 June 2020 |
| Nationality: | Costa Rican |
| Alma Mater: | Technical University of Hamburg |
| Country: | Costa Rica |
| Deputy: | Federico Torres Carballo |
Paola Vega Castillo is the Minister of Science, Innovation, Technology and Telecommunications of Costa Rica.[1] [2] [3] Prior to her appointment as Minister of Science, Innovation, Technology and Telecommunications in June 2020, Vega Castillo was in the same ministry as Vice Minister of Science and Technology since May 2018.
Prior to her political career, Vega Castillo was a professor at the Technological Institute of Costa Rica. She obtained her doctorate at the Technical University of Hamburg in Microelectronics.[4]