Isabela Souza

Isabela Souza has a PhD in Geography from the Fluminense Federal University (UFF), a Master’s degree in Urban and Regional Planning from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), an MBA in Project Management from IBMEC – RJ and a Bachelor’s degree in Tourism from the Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro (UNIRIO). Isabela was born and raised in Maré and has been a member of the OSCIP Observatório de Favelas do Rio de Janeiro since 2011. She is currently the organization’s director. She is a feminist and is interested in debates about the city, the people who live there and art and culture as ways of building a less unequal society.