Team

Ju Peixoto is a 19-years-old Social Communication student, born in Goiânia – GO, Brazil. Peixoto knew she was passionate about communications and arts from the very first time she went into a movie theater, she still remembers the surreal feeling of being engulfed into a narrative by the bright lights, loud sound, and a big…

Born in Paraguay, Horacio is passionate about music (with emphasis on lyrics), martial arts, numbers, and analytics. After being part of an English program at 17, discovered his passion for social impact and leadership. Became a LALumni at 19 and is grateful to the organization for being in some of the most important parts of…

Tici has always been drawn to social causes, volunteering, and serving communities but had never imagined that she could make a living out of it. After working in the private sector in several different roles (such as accounting and controlling, digital marketing manager, and advisor to a company’s CEO, amongst others), Tici was happy to…

Diego Ontaneda Benavides is the co-founder and CEO of Latin American Leadership Academy (LALA). His passion for social and economic development took him from McKinsey & Company in San Francisco to African Leadership Academy (ALA) in Johannesburg. He was inspired by the vast potential he saw in empowering the region’s most promising youth to solve…