Bio

Vivian is the Government Program Manager at the Coordination of Work and of Creative and Solidarity Economy of the Municipality of Araraquara in Brazil. She is currently also enrolled as the Public Administration Bachelor’s Degree candidate at the São Paulo State University “Julio de Mesquita Filho” – UNESP. Her expertise is in the implementation and evaluation of the “Coopera Araraquara” program, which aims to encourage the creation, development, consolidation, sustainability, and expansion of solidary economic enterprises, organized in cooperatives or other associative forms.