Manager, Dona Xica Cultural Space and Ubuntu Community Library | Brazil  Maria is responsible for implementing the Center of Excellence in Early Childhood project in the territory of Parelheiros. She is the Manager of the Dona Xica Cultural Space and Ubuntu Community Library, a place that hosts activities and is a cultural reference for the local community. She organizes a … Read More

Coordinator, Minas em Tech | Brazil A digital nomad for about seven years, Isabela helps territories reach their potential by activating creative technologies. Isabela has been on the backstage of Racionais MC’s shows and played guitar for Petrobras Symphony Orchestra. She has contributed to the construction of the Music Rio Academy, Vivo Rio’s event production and music market school, community … Read More

Project Manager, Forest Code Observatory | Brazil  Camila is a project manager at Amigos da Terra, host of the Forest Code Observatory. Her career has been focused on managing and developing research on socio-environmental development, food waste and sustainable business. In leading socio-environmental projects, she saw the relationship between people and the environment – whether from the perspective of gender, … Read More

Communication & Digital Designer, Bike Anjo | Brazil Luciana is an urban cyclist, an activist passionate about active mobility by bicycle, a volunteer at the Bike Anjo network, and a member of the Brazilian Cyclists’ Union. She is also the co-creator of Bike Anjas São Paulo, the first active group of the Bike Anjo network, which consists of women who … Read More

Executive Director, Instituto Aleias | Brazil Luana is the Cofounder and Executive Director of Instituto Aleias, a nonprofit organization with the mission of increasing the number of women, in all their diversity, in leadership positions within the Brazilian public sector. She believes that it is possible to change Brazil by building better public policies and a more representative democracy, with … Read More

Podcaster, Instituto Maria da Penha | Brazil Patrícia is a specialist on human rights and diversity who focuses on domestic violence against women and girls. She is an educator, a defender of citizenship rights, and a podcaster at the Instituto Maria da Penha—an organization that develops projects in the field of women’s rights and domestic violence against women. She is … Read More

Founder and Coordinator, Conexão G | Brazil Gilmara is a leader and defender of LGBTQIA+ rights in the favelas. She was the first transsexual person to receive the Tiradentes Medal from Rio de Janeiro’s Legislative Assembly. She is the executive director of Conexão G, an LGBT civil society organization from the favelas. She is currently working on a report that … Read More