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From our founders: a country-based growth expansion

Friends, 2024 is around the corner, and our gratitude for the journey walked together is immense!  Today, we celebrate 2214 LALíderes in our network who have already launched 250+ ventures impacting 150,000+ people. These ventures touch 16 of the 17 SDGs; the main ones are Quality Education, Gender Equality, and Reduction of Inequalities. These are

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LALA welcomes Alia Whitney-Johnson as the inaugural Chief Operating Officer

Latin American Leadership Academy (LALA) is proud to announce the addition of Alia Whitney-Johnson to our executive leadership team as our inaugural Chief Operating Officer (COO)! LALA has spent the last five years refining its innovative youth leadership development model. Ms. Whitney-Johnson’s expertise and leadership come at the ideal time to support LALA’s ambitious plans

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LALA welcomes Paulo Passoni as a Board Member

LALA is proud to announce the addition of renowned Latin American entrepreneur and investor Paulo Passoni to our Board of Directors. Having just celebrated our 5th anniversary, we are scaling up to amplify our impact within the Latin American region and are very proud to welcome such an experienced trailblazer to our movement! Paulo Passoni

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LALA is excited to welcome José (Zé) Dias as a new Board Member

The LALA community is excited to welcome Zé Dias, Partner and Managing Director of Remessa Online and now also a C-level executive at EBANX, to our Board of Directors. After celebrating our 5th anniversary and as we enter an ambitious scaling phase to amplify our systemic impact in Latin America, we are thrilled to have

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LALA is elated to introduce Jessica Kenny as our new Senior Program Manager!

Jessica has been with LALA since nearly the beginning, having lent a hand wherever needed- from Admissions to Partnerships, HR, Bootcamp Operations, and Impact Measurement to picking up students at the airport. Along the way, as Alumni Engagement Manager, she built the foundations for the alumni database, alumni communications, and crucial programs like Bootcamp Coaches

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A Brand New Look to Celebrate our 5th Birthday

LALA is growing from a high-potential startup to an at-scale continental force for prosperity. In the same way that our strategy has evolved over the years as our understanding of our students has deepened, we believe that our brand too needs to adapt to represent our community and the growth we aim for together with

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Let’s celebrate LALA’s 5th birthday together!

In the past 5 years, LALA has reached over 1200 young leaders from 17 countries. We have accompanied our alumni to understand the crucial moments in their leadership journeys and tried to comprehend the highest-need interventions required to support them. We are excited to invite you to Juntos Somos LALA, the online celebration of LALA’s

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Meet Carolina Santos, LALA’s Bootcamp Operations Manager

Carolina was always driven by a passion for communication, culture, and education. From a very young age, she had the opportunity to be part of multicultural environments that showed her the importance of connection as a source of change. “I want to do good, better! I’m excited to join an organization and team that is

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Welcoming Maria Clara Nogueira Cruz, LALA’s new Ecosystem Junior Manager

Maria Clara studied Public Administration in Brazil with an exchange experience in South Korea, where she had the chance to study International Relations and Diplomatic Studies. Clara’s first work experience was in the public sector. She worked at the (0110).Lab, a public innovation lab at the São Paulo Municipality, where she became in touch with

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