NEXUS Latin America (LATAM)
History of NEXUS in Latin America (LATAM)
NEXUS LATAM was one of the early chapters of NEXUS, hosting its inaugural NEXUS Summit in Brazil in 2013. The initial impetus for NEXUS Brazil was to provide an environment for leaders of the new generation of large Brazilian business families and social entrepreneurs to be able to come together and learn from one another. Since then the network has grown to more include more of the Latin American region and gone on to host two more Forums in Miami in 2016 and 17.
Mission
Today, NEXUS LATAM’s mission is to provide an environment for leaders of the new generation of large Latin American business families and social entrepreneurs from across the continent to be able to come together, deepen personal connections, learn from and inspire each other and grow together as changemakers.
As income inequality deepens throughout the world, NEXUS LATAM must create a bridge between the communities of the world economic elite and social entrepreneurs in order to facilitate dialogue, education and problem solving in a collaborative way in order to ignite the brightest minds and most promising business and philanthropic initiatives who are catalyzing solutions.
By Inspiring younger generations about the importance and forms of philanthropy and social investment on a global scale; we can strengthen the new set of Latin leaders in the international and intersectoral fields.
Goals and Actions
NEXUS LATAM’s goals are to:
- Discuss and reflect on this moment of change throughout the continent and on the legacy, our generation wants to leave
- Create and strengthen links throughout the continent in order to learn from each other’s experiences
- Articulate and strengthen existing initiatives or to generate new ways of doing things
- Deepen in the reflection on the stage of philanthropy and social investment in LATAM and possible new paths for better results
Previous Summits:
- NEXUS Latin America Summit 2018
- NEXUS Latin American and Caribbean Forum 2017: https://www.nexusglobal.org/australia2016/
- NEXUS Latin American Forum 2016: https://www.nexusglobal.org/summits/australia/
- NEXUS Brazil Youth Summit 2013: https://www.nexusglobal.org/summits/australia/#2013
OUR LEADERSHIP TEAM
Daniela Peralvo Lupera
NEXUS LATAM Co-Regional Director
Co-founder of IMPAQTO, the 1st B-corp in Ecuador, an ecosystem developer that welcomes and supports agents of change to turn their ideas into scalable and triple impact companies. Director of IMPAQTO Labs, impact startup accelerator part of the Google for Startups network. Member of the UNLEASH+ Innovation Advisory Board. Catalyst for the League of Intrapreneurs. Builder of the ecosystem of entrepreneurship and innovation in the region.
Michelle Arévalo-Carpenter
Director Emeritus of NEXUS Latin America
Michelle Arévalo-Carpenter earned her law degree from the University of Oxford and a Master’s in Public Policy from UC Berkeley. She is a social entrepreneur and human rights lawyer. Michelle founded the Ecuador offices of Asylum Access, a rights initiative for refugees in developing countries now reaching more than 9,000 refugees in Asia, Africa and Latin America. As a consultant, she has focused on paths to scaling impact for grassroots organizations, including an association of families of disappeared children in El Salvador, and communities
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Ana Marina de Castro
NEXUS-Co Chair
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Justin Schwartz
NEXUS LATAM Curation Director
Justin is Managing Partner of IMPAQTO Capital, an impact investment fund that provides flexible capital to early-stage startups in the Andean region. He has over 8 years of experience working on investment and entrepreneurship issues on 3 continents.
Talita Montiel
NEXUS Latin America Advisor & Chair Emeritus
Talita Montiel is a consultant to social development projects with a special focus on innovation, technology, and building networks. Her latest projects are related to corporate social responsibility and highly networked individuals embracing social causes. Previously, she worked at the Telefonica Foundation as a senior project analyst, where her responsibilities included coordinating a network focused on children and public policies, forming partnerships, and bridging non-profits with local government through show more show less
Duda Alcântara
NEXUS Brazil Outreach Ambassador
Activist, entrepreneur, architect and urban planner. Coming from a family that has been on the real estate and construction business for more than four decades, Duda understands how the housing business works and how it could be a little better. Her greatest desire is to develop social transformation through urban planning and affordable housing for those who need the most. Having such goal in mind, she got involved with politics,
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What We’re Up To
Summits
In September 2018 NEXUS LATAM hosted its 4th Summit bringing together exceptional young social entrepreneurs, philanthropists and impact investors from Latin America to discuss regional challenges of today and the most innovative approaches to solving them.
Salons
We regular Salons that are meant to bring together leaders of the new generation of the great business families of the world and of talented young social entrepreneurs, who work in the most diverse areas, such as human rights, environmental protection, education, poverty alleviation, etc. Brazil is our region’s most active chapter with a vibrant network in Mexico and many other country chapters taking shape
Pitch Night
At the 2017 LAC Forum in Miami, NEXUS LATAM launched the first in a series of pilots around (opt-in) NEXUS Pitch Events. The evening pitch competition featured 4 accomplished social entrepreneurs who were using business to solve large-scale regional challenges in the region
Delegations to NEXUS Global
NEXUS LATAM is proud to send yearly Delegations to our NEXUS Global Summit in New York to participate in NEXUS Global’s flagship event and network with NEXUS members from around the world
