About
Innovator | Connector | Changemaker

Never stop learning.
Growth is a constant.

about (she/her)

Innovator. Connector. Entrepreneur. Keynote Speaker. Board Member. LGBTQ+ & Inclusion Ambassador. Mental Health Activist.

Brazilian-born, Luciana has lived in the UK, US, Portugal and now resides in Berlin (DE) She holds a MA/BA Law degree from Cambridge, Leadership and Systems Thinking from Harvard Extension School, and an MA (Distinction) from Hult International Business School.

expertise & work

Evening Standard’s Progress 1000 Most Influential People in Immersive Tech 2019. BIMA 100 Rising Stars 2018. Founders of the Future. Code First Girls' '25 Ones to Watch' 2016.

Startups, Ideation & Entrepreneurship

8+ years of supporting award-winning early stage startups (Marketing, BD & Partnerships), mentoring hackathons/MVPs.

Public Speaking & Tech Evangelism

International keynote speaker feat. in - inter alia - TEDx, SXSW, Cannes Lions, Oslo Innovation Week, Bloomberg Live.

Policy & Board Advisory

Ambassador at European Digital Society, United for Global Mental Health, VRAR Association Portugal, Portugal Agora's Disruptive Council.

Network & Community-building

Founder @ Women in VR/Unfold UK, Warrior Women Network, Series Q; Ambassador @ WiiT EU, Cajigo App, LWT.

the "why"

driven by big ideas, a global mindset & empowering underrepresented voices

life mission

Blending entrepreneurship, future tech and organisational culture to accelerate people + ideas that transform the world for good

Disrupt, create and innovate with technology for the betterment of society, with 3 core pillars:
Demystify + de-stigmatise mental health

Battle the silent epidemic.

Empowering minority groups

Particularly LGBTQ+, Latinx, women in tech.

Drive the adoption of human-first solutions

Tech that builds bridges, not walls.

impact

Kindness Movement

Moving from BAU to Business As Us

"Hurt people hurt people. That's how pain patterns get passed on, generation after generation. Break the chain today. Meet anger with sympathy, contempt with compassion, cruetly with kindness. Greet grimaces with smiles. Forgive and forget about finding fault. Love is the weapon of the future."
(Yehuda Berg)

Join me in the Kindness revolution - focused on collaboration, co-creation and compassion.

"Future Intelligence" - nurturing your personalised, sustainable CPU.

Adopting a systems-based approach, I've adopted a framework for myself that draws upon Applied Psychology, Conscious Leadership, Non-Violent Communication and Authentic Relating -- to build my own personal "CPU" (central processing unit).

It's iterative in nature, acknowledging that nothing exists in silo, change is a constant & all work must begin with inner work.

The core to what makes us human:

Communication (Effective + Empathic)

Purpose (Inner Drive)

Unity (Belonging)

portfolio

I've had/have the pleasure of working with: