Serving as a UIF Since: Fall 2018
School: IE University
What she does now: Communication Student, Journalist Freelancer and Social Media Manager for Student Government, TEDx Speaker
Contact her about: Design Thinking, finding opportunities to different situations, crowdsourcing, coding, guidance for projects, public speaking, gender equality subjects, developing an APP and communication-related items like social media marketing.
Email: cahbdoria@gmail.com
Catharina is currently pursuing her bachelor degree in Communication and Digital Media at IE University and is set to graduate in 2021.
She was born and raised in São Paulo, Brazil and is currently working as a freelance journalist, Director of the Communication Committee for Student Government and as a public speaker.
Catharina has developed a viral APP at the age of 15, which maps sexual harassment on the streets with the aim of increasing national security in Brazil. She was also invited multiple times to be a guest speaker in national television and at panels. She spoke together with United Nation Women and other gender spokespeople. She was awarded with an Academic Excellence Scholarship at IE University, where she is an active in the entrepreneurship and communications communities in IE University.
Throughout her college career, Catharina has been interested in the positive effects of bringing together diverse groups of students. She is a true believer that technology, combined with a deep cultural understanding, can be used to solve almost all current challenges of modern society.
Honors and Awards
1. 25 Young Achievers Under 25
2. 10 Empowered women who proved life is worth fighting for - First place
3. 14 Amazing Women to keep an eye on 2016
4. Best Person Prize - OPP at Programa Saia Justa da GNT
5. 10 Girls that make the world a better place - Depois dos Quinze
Languages
1. English
2. Portuguese
3. German
4. Spanish