Cecilia Valenza, Corporate Engagement Lead

Cecilia is the Corporate Engagement Lead at Aquatic Life Institute. She has extensive experience in engaging with different stakeholders. Cecilia joined the animal advocacy movement in 2017. She led the corporate relations efforts at Mercy For Animals in Brazil and served as a member of the Open Wings Alliance Advisory Board, a global coalition of animal protection organizations focused on creating a unified front to end the abuse of chickens worldwide.

Cecilia's background is in journalism and public relations, with a master's degree in Communications in Science, Environment, and Health from Pompeu Fabra University (Barcelona). Before transitioning to the non-profit sector, she worked as a journalist and public relations for major global pharmaceutical companies.

Besides Portuguese, her native language, she speaks fluent English and Spanish. Cecilia has shown her compassion early in life, being vegetarian since she was a kid. Her goal in life is building a better world for humans and non-human animals and a more sustainable food system.

Cecilia is based in São Paulo, Brazil, and in her free time, she enjoys spending time with her family, playing with her baby daughter Clarice and the companion cat Dominque.