Aldana is an Argentine journalist specialized in innovation. She is a program manager at ICFJ, where she runs Velocity, an initiative that seeks to accelerate the growth of independent media in Latin America. Due to her interest in having diverse voices in journalism, she previously worked in the audiences area with Documented in New York […]

Alejandra is a journalist and has focused her career on investigative, in-depth and narrative journalism, in human rights, transitional justice, environment, women, and security and violence issues. With a degree in Communications Sciences from the Rafael Landívar University, postgraduate degrees from the International University of Andalusia and the University of Girona (Spain), and a DEA […]

Alessandra is a fashion designer for the Camote Soup brand, a stylist for the Doble Nudo production company and a communicator on social media (Fashionindahat) focused on fashion, feminism, identity and spirituality.

Alexis McGill Johnson is the president and CEO of Planned Parenthood Federation of America and the Planned Parenthood Action Fund. Planned Parenthood provides vital health services to 2.4 million people each year through its more than 600 health centers across the country. Alexis has served as acting president and CEO for the last year, and […]

  Systems Engineer and Lawyer, both with mention of excellence (From the San Francisco Xavier de Chuquisaca University, Bolivia). Studies in Philosophy, Politics and Economics (by Kradec Králové University, Czech Republic) human rights activist, member of the American Society of International Law, and former OAS intern. Lover of technology and its use to build a […]

Co-creator of the #TechnoLatinas community and support network that seeks collaboration among all Latin American women’s communities, empowerment and visibility for Latinas in technology. Alix Gallardo is a Product Experience Delivery Manager with 8 years of experience in the Tech industry, who has led digital inclusion projects, web platforms, mobile applications and design, development and […]

She is one of the founders and organizers of the Zarelia Festival: Journalism, Digital Media, Gender and Feminism. She is co-founder and Editor in Chief at Wambra Digital Community Media. She is also co-founder of Fundación El Churo, an organization that works for the Right to Communication, Freedom of Expression and the strengthening of community […]

Ana has a degree in Communications Sciences. She has almost 10 years of work experience in the field of digital education in institutions such as the ORT Technical School and the University of San Andrés, as well as experience in communications and training for independent cultural projects and companies. She created LUNAR APP in 2016 […]

Ana Güezmes García is Chief of the Division for Gender Affairs of the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean.    Women’s human rights and gender equality advocate, with 30 years of experience in Latin America and the Caribbean. She has been representative of UN Women in Colombia and Mexico, and sub-regional […]

Obstetrician, specialist in health education and sexual and reproductive health. Research professor at the research institute of the Faculty of Obstetrics and Nursing of the University of San Martín de Porres. Experience in research in sexual and reproductive health, innovation, telehealth and quality in education. Member of the winning team of the first “Ideathon” promoted […]

Camila Levato was born on May 15, 1990 in Buenos Aires. She is a cartoonist, with a bachelor in Advertising and previous experience as a creative writer in agencies. She has been attending writing workshops for 9 years. Every Friday since January 2015 she shares on Facebook and Instagram a new comic strip in which […]

Carolina Hadad is a University Computer Analyst from the UBA, Argentina, and an Innovation for Equity Fellow at the University of Berkeley, United States. She did her professional career at the intersection between technology and social impact, in the private and public sectors, and in civil society associations, both in Argentina and in the United […]

CEO of LatImpacto, the Latin American Venture Philanthropy Network. Carolina has more than 15 years of experience in the fields of private social investment and philanthropy. Throughout her career and as an expert working with the social sector, she has played a strategic role in the international arena, promoting effective transformations by knowledge sharing and […]

Colombian feminist, author of  “Las mujeres que luchan se encuentran”, op-ed columnist for the newspaper El Espectador since 2008. Co-founder and director of Volcánicas (volcanicas.com), founder and director of Creadoras Camp, and one of the founders of the feminist Colombian collective Viejas Verdes. She has been an op-ed columnist for the Sin Embargo and Vice […]

Catherine D’Ignazio is a Professor of Urban Planning and Sciences in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology – MIT. She is also the director of the Data + Feminism Lab, which uses data and computational methods to work towards racial and gender equity, particularly in relation to space […]

Social innovator awarded by the United Nations and Rotary International for her outstanding contribution empowering thousands of Latin American girls and women. TED-Speaker, lawyer, author, and expert developing communities around innovation and women’s rights. Alumni Fellow at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University. CEO of Ms. Powerful Inc. and co-Founder […]

Professor at Universidad del Pacífico. President and co-founder of The Family Business School. Project Advisory Committee Member at APEC-Canada Growing Business Partnership. Leader of the Executive Committee of #PerúTeQuiero. Member of OWIT Peru and WomenCEO Peru. 

Cintia is Founder and CEO of Bridge The Gap, a consulting agency for Diversity, Equality and Innovation. She is the Co-Founder and Strategy Director of Hermana advertising agency, the first agency born from a gender perspective. She advises Labor Inclusion Policies in the Ministry of Labor of Argentina. Coordinator of the Gender and Compliance Committee […]

Claudia Calderón, a political scientist with a master’s degree in public management and leadership, with experience in the implementation of local development projects on entrepreneurship, tourism, institutional strengthening, and local governments. University professor and head of the promotion of rural entrepreneurship at SIC4Change.

Claudia Del Pozo is the Founder and Director of Eon Institute, a women-led Mexican think-tank that seeks to future-proof society in light of today’s rapid technological changes. The organization was launched in the summer of 2023 as an independent spin-out of the area Claudia directed in C Minds, where she started working in 2016. In addition to her […]

Executive Director of Visibles, an LGBTIQ + training and communications organization.  He is Editor in Chief for the magazine Impronta, on identity, sexuality, and culture in Central America, and its respective creative laboratory. He coordinates the trainings of the Iniciativa Latinoamericana de Periodismo sobre personas LGBTIQ+ along with IWMF.  His work can be seen in […]

Co-founder of IMPAQTO, the 1st B Corporation in Ecuador, an ecosystem developer that welcomes and supports change makers to turn their ideas into scalable and triple impact companies. Director of IMPAQTO Labs, an accelerator of impact entrepreneurship part of the Google for Startups network. Member of the UNLEASH + Innovation Advisory Board. League of Intrapreneurs […]

Dawn Laguens is the Interim Executive Director of Planned Parenthood Global and Expert In Residence at IDEO, the world’s foremost human-centered design and innovation firm. In these roles, Laguens works globally with partners, leaders, and creators to plan, prototype, and scale powerful and responsive programs, organizations, and technology. She is a co-founder of the recently […]

Dee has been with Planned Parenthood in one form or another since 1990, and as part of the international program since 1996.  She has over 25 years experience in sexual and reproductive health, with particular experience in organizational development, teen programs, safe abortion services and advocacy.  She has published articles and presented widely in Latin […]

Economist with a Master’s Degree in Visual Arts and a MBA from IE Business School. She has experience in management, strategic design, and consulting in the fields of creative economy, entrepreneurship, creation and digital transformation of companies, and the development of cultural and creative industries.  She has advised public entities in the construction of the […]

Diana Santana, MA, Regional Program Director, joined the Latin America Regional Office in April 2006.  Diana has a background in program management and applied research, with a focus on gender, sexuality, reproductive health/family planning, and HIV.  Diana worked as a research associate on the transition away from door-to-door contraception distribution in Bangladesh, and was a […]

Elva López Mourelo is an Officer in Inclusive Labor Market Institutions at the International Labor Organization (ILO) in Argentina, where she leads the strategy on improving working conditions, transition to the formal economy and equal opportunities. Previously, she worked as an Economist in the ILO Research Department in Geneva. Before joining the ILO in 2011, […]

Emilia Åström is a facilitator and digital strategist from Sweden who designs learning experiences and interactive projects within visual collaboration, creativity, technology, innovation, and diversity.    With 7 years of experience, she’s been facilitating digital transformation with international clients such as MTV, Viacom, Coca-Cola, Telefónica, Mondelez, Hyper Island, and Y&R. Currently empowering global teams to […]

María Florencia Alcaraz is an Argentine-based feminist journalist. She has a Bachelor in Communications from the Universidad Nacional de La Matanza (UNLaM) and is currently completing a Master’s Degree in Gender Studies and Policies from the  Universidad Nacional de Tres de Febrero (UNTREF). She is co-director and one of the founders of LATFEM, a media […]

She is the founder and director of Asociación Corazón del Agua, an organization dedicated to guaranteeing the rights to sexual and reproductive health of women from the professional midwifery model that integrates intercultural views with evidence-based medicine. Since 2013, she has been the academic coordinator of the technical course in “Professional midwifery with an intercultural […]

GiGi Gutierrez is an Argentinian executive advertiser focused on sustainable creativity, gender perspective, and triple impact businesses. She has gained recognition in her field for her ad hits and awards, such as the Effie, the Mercurio, and the Golden Pencil. After years of working for multinational corporations, she is now the head of Planta, a […]

Social worker and educator in Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health, she directs projects for the prevention of pregnancies in girls and adolescents in the TAN UX’IL Association, in Guatemala. She recently started creating comprehensive sexuality education content on TikTok and now has 850K followers. Positioning Sexual and Reproductive Rights is her main objective.

Rather than an advertiser, Ibelisse describes herself as highly curious, intuitive, empathetic, and a bit of a geek. She moved from Caracas to Lima 7 years ago. By that time she had 10 years of experience in multinational media agencies managing large brands such as PepsiCo, DIRECTV, Avon, General Motors, Diageo, Bayer, and Ford. Her […]

Venezuelan woman, journalist, and broadcaster. For 12 years, her conversations have revolved around sexual and reproductive health.  She migrated to Mexico in 2014 and was contacted by the Dutch NGO RNW Media to assume the position of web editor for the Love Matters project for Latin America, called Hablemos de Sexo y Amor. Since 2018, […]

Ivana Feldfeber has a Bachelor in Education and Social Pedagogy. It has been several years since she began to dabble in the world of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence. She specializes in teaching Python programming and data analysis.

Environmental Engineer with a Master’s in project management from Universidad del Valle de Guatemala. Researcher and advisor with over 6 years of experience in environmental, education, innovation and entrepreneur projects design and implementation at local, regional level and with indigenous communities. Jezyka has worked as a project coordinator and consultant for different government, private and […]

Journalist, social communicator, and popular educator. Executive coordinator of Fundación El Churo and Co-Founder of WambraEc, a digital community outlet and multimedia platform for research and journalistic coverage with a focus on Human Rights and Gender, created in 2010.  Since 2005, he has coordinated communication projects with social organizations, youth, women, and indigenous peoples for […]

She is a psychologist with an emphasis on communications and marketing. Thanks to her multidisciplinary training, she has directed strategic projects with a strong digital, conceptual and creative content where she carries out deep exercises in the segmentation of buyer personas, Leading marketing, CRM strategies and relationships for different brands such as GM, Avianca, Procolombia, […]

Karina is part of the “Orienta” initiative, APROPO’s sexuality tele-orientation service. She has a Master’s in Public Health with a mention in Hospital Management, Epidemiology Specialist, Sexual health and adolescent reproductive health Specialist and Policies and Programs with Children and Adolescents Specialist.  She has participated in youth spaces and networks and is now an adult […]

Karo Gómez is a publicist with a digital emphasis, with 10 years of experience. She has worked in international agencies such as DDB, BBDO, McCann, FCB, Gray and also served as Director of Content and Social Media for the local team of Together W, an independent agency from Argentina. She recently joined CIRCUS Marketing’s Digital […]

Luciano Banchero has a journalistic training, with much of his experience concentrated on radio. He has worked for more than a decade in the development of digital content for diverse audiences and young people. His career includes Metro radio, MTV, HBO and TNT television channels and La Nación newspaper. For almost six years he has […]

Mariana is the co-founder and CEO of Laboratoria, an organization that encourages women who dream of a better future to start and grow a career in technology. With training centers in Peru, Chile, Mexico, Brazil, and Colombia, Laboratoria works to achieve a more diverse, inclusive and competitive digital economy, which creates opportunities for each woman […]

Originally from Bilbao, based in Madrid. She has a Bachelor in Fine Arts and has been working as a digital designer since 2010. She focused on issues such as Human-Centered Design, creative problem solving, and facilitation tools. She currently investigates how people interact with technology, especially from a social, ethical, and feminist perspective.

Sociologist, bisexual and feminist activist for the right to decide of women and pregnant people, coordinator of the Peru Young Referents Project of the Peruvian Women and Family Association (APFM). She has been working for 6 years with girls, adolescents and women in her diversity with a feminist, anti-racist and decolonial focus, in Peruvian territories […]

Melanie Tobal is an advertiser and fashion photographer. She founded and directs Publicitarias, an organization that since 2017 promotes diversity and a gender perspective in the communications industry, with offices in Argentina, Chile, Peru, Mexico, Guatemala, the Dominican Republic and US Hispanics. In advertising agencies, she served as creative director for brands such as Banco […]

Meghan Stevenson-Krausz is a Director at INCA Ventures, a fintech-focused VC fund based in Lima, Peru. Before joining INCA and moving to Peru, she spent 5 years working in both nonprofit and VC in the San Francisco-Bay Area. She is also a Founding Board Member of WeInvest, the first community for women investing in Latin […]

Nancy Swanson is a founding member and the executive director of Linked Foundation, a private foundation that invests in solutions that improve the health and economic self-reliance of women in Latin America and the United States. She served as board chair of the Eleos Foundation where she directed the foundation in investing in pioneering business […]

Nicolás Ferrario is a creative director, screenwriter and editor. He has more than 15 years of experience in communications for public and private organizations in different countries of America, Europe and Asia. In 2018, he co-founded Talk2U, a technology-based social enterprise to educate and support the behavior change of young people on relevant issues with […]

Founder and Managing Partner of EWA Capital, a regional VC fund with a gender smart approach, committed to narrow the gender inequality in the region. The fund seeks to invest in early stage companies based on innovation, disruption, technology and inclusion, focusing on key industries that demonstrate the greatest scalability and disruption opportunity with high […]

Ramón joined Planned Parenthood Global in 2013 and currently works as Senior Program Officer. He is the Director of the IDEA Initiative, PP Global´s Social Innovation Laboratory for Reproductive Rights, where he promotes a new regional ecosystem made up of leaders from the advertising, technology, digital media and impact investment sectors to apply their creativity, […]

Joined Planned Parenthood Global in 2018 as Advocacy Program Officer in Peru. She has ample experience in various government agencies in the design, planning, implementation, and evaluation of both private and public sector programs. Before PPG, she worked for the Peruvian Ministry of Culture where she was the Director of Cultural Diversity and the Elimination […]

Chevening Scholar at the London School of Economics and Political Science. He has more than 9 years of experience with technology for social impact and 4 years developing adolescent pregnancy prevention programs in more than 11 cities. He led the measurement of the impact of adolescent pregnancy prevention programs in more than 35 municipalities in […]

Political scientist at the École de Sciences Politiques et Sociales de Paris, with more than 18 years of experience in public affairs, crisis management and corporate communications. Since January 2019, she leads Microsoft’s communications for Colombia, Central America and Venezuela.  She also leads reputation management strategies, designs and manages Microsoft’s editorial calendar, executive communication strategies, […]

Trilce Ortiz works as a digital content strategist for the Latino community at PPFA’s Innovation Lab (CoLAB). She is leading the media research and content strategy in Spanish for products such as the Roo chatbot, the APP to monitor the period and the contraceptives in Spanish Spot On, and the bilingual program Chatea/Textea.   Trilce […]

Feminist. Writer and audiovisual producer of Wambra.ec. She writes on human rights and environmental issues. Researcher on mass media and the concentration of frequencies by private and religious groups. Professor of Political Sociology from FLACSO – Ecuador. President of Fundación El Churo.