Ezequiel Vedana da Rosa
Empreendedor
EN - Ezequiel Vedana da Rosa is a Young Global Leader for Sustainable Development Goals by the United Nations, and Ambassador of One Young World, the largest gathering of Young Leaders in the World. He graduated in International Trade at the University of Caxias do Sul, and he is Founder and CEO of Piipee startup. With Piipee, he has already received awards and recognition from the UN, Brazilian and British Governments, Paris City Hall, and was the winner of the biggest competitions of Startups in Brazil, France, and Switzerland. He was also a participant in Shark Tank Brazil.
Julia Caon Froeder
Empreendedora
EN - Julia Froeder is a Public Relations specialist in Business Management and works with project management focused on sustainability. Since 2017, she has been an entrepreneur in Franca, which she defines as: "a social and local business focused on the development of events" and which promotes education for sustainability, in addition to events focused on the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). She is also part of the communities Global Shapers, Unleash Lab - Innovation for the SDGs, and Climate Reality Leaders.
Liliane Linhares
Empreendedora de Impacto Socioambiental
EN - Liliane Linhares is a Social Worker and she has been in charge of Ciclo Reverso, a Business with a Social and Environmental Impact on the Productive Inclusion of Women in Vulnerability for the past 10 years. Through training and income generation, the business promotes transformation of waste into products for conscious consumption. She operates in the areas of productive inclusion, reverse logistics of solid waste with no commercial value, socio-environmental responsibility, and corporate volunteering.
Mara Nunes
Presidente de ONG
EN - Mara Nunes is a resident of Vila Planetário and leads the NPO Misturaí, which has more than 300 volunteers and serves 9 communities in Porto Alegre (Brazil). Tia Mara, as she is known, was once a recycler, cleaner, and nanny, but the biggest role of her life until last year was to be a mother: there were 15 children. She has a huge heart which welcomes everyone, and her life is marked by a lot of struggle and dedication to others. At the NPO, Mara rediscovered herself as a woman. She started to see herself and be seen, but more than that: she discovered that she has a lot to talk and show. Woman, black, elderly and with many dreams to fulfill and stories to tell.
Thaise Machado
Arquiteta
EN - Thaíse Machado has a degree in Interior Design, Architecture and Urbanism, and she is a graduate student in the Specialization Course of Technical Assistance, Housing and the Right to the City from the Faculty of Architecture of Universidade Federeal da Bahia (FAUFBA). For four years she has been developing empirical research on Black Territories created from art and culture. Thaíse is the CEO at IBOKUN Architecture and design, and develops projects with an identity bias, emphasizing black culture. She is the creator of Porongos Festival, and she is part of the Committee of the 7th Architecture Award of the Tomie Ohtake and Akzo Nobel Institute. Thaíse is from Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil) and currently lives in Salvador (Brazil).