Meet Maricielo Zamora. At a young age, she committed herself to providing accessible, high-quality education to the most disadvantaged communities in Peru. However, on her journey to becoming an agent of change, she encountered a complex obstacle: being “too young.” Yet, Maricielo discovered that this “disadvantage” is actually her superpower as a young leader. “Youth
As a child, I aimed for good grades while also loving the geek world: Star Wars, Harry Potter, X-Men. […] This universe shaped me as a protagonist… I always loved the leader characters, even those who don’t appear much in the story but still have a big impact on the rebellion. […] So I grew
João’s routine hasn’t changed since he was accepted into Haverford College with a full-ride scholarship to study political science and education for the next four years. However, the LALíder from VLB8 and English teacher at LALA’s University Placement Program already planned his next steps within the university and what he intends to do even before
Meet Lavínia Gabrielle – her Amazonian roots, engagement in gender equality and leadership, and interests in politics. “When I stepped foot in the Rio de Janeiro airport for the first time, the impact was already huge. Everyone spoke differently, the slangs were different. I was afraid to answer when people asked me where I was
Meet Jesús Daniel Valerio Méndez, one of our Venezuelan LALíderes, who learned at LALA to live and thrive with people who are different from each other – whom he now considers family What happens when our passions lead us down uncharted paths in a world that generally dictates that we follow a single path to
Get to know Jhudy Souza, a young Brazilian leader from LALA who is changing the world through education. ‘’Amid many written poems, I drafted who I want to be. And it is to the classroom I will come back without even leaving it. I won’t stop learning, even opening myself to the new, which is
“LALA was one of the main pieces in my puzzle when it came to building the education I believe in” Born in Cachoeira, in the Recôncavo da Bahia, Tássia de Matos is a 21-year-old black woman from the Northeast of Brazil who, despite being very young, has already impacted hundreds of lives, serving as an
Society teaches us to design a path, to plan millimetrically every detail to reach “success”, and to close our eyes to the problems even close to our community – but by opening them, we can know a much greater purpose and redefine our path. Sofía Giraldo, a LALA staff member for a year and a
Intro When I was selected to participate in LALA’s Leadership Bootcamp, I felt a mixture of ambivalent feelings: extreme happiness for another accomplishment and fear of the new that awaited me. But, as I learned to do with every opportunity, I seized it despite all the insecurity. As a young black woman from Brazil’s northeast,
Hope is the most fantastic tool for transforming our reality; nothing is immutable for those who have it. Bruno’s inspiring story is about a young leader who overcame economic and social barriers to open up the world and education possibilities. “To be truly radical is to make hope possible and not despair convincing.” Raymond Williams
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