Lorena Julio about herself:
I am a human rights advocate with a Master in Compared Public Policies and a degree in
Social Communication. I have worked for more than 14 years in the promotion and
protection of human rights in Latin America and the United States. I participated in
multiple high-level events as a speaker on human rights, youth and disabilities in the United
States, India, Israel, and many countries in Latin America.
I had worked for the Government of Argentina as Head of Press in the Human Rights
Secretariat of the Province of Buenos Aires as well as in the Coordination Team of the
Vulnerable Groups Assistance Program. In the international arena, Lorena worked in the
Organization of American States (OAS) as Program Officer of the Young Forum of the
Americas in the framework of the Presidents Summit. After that, I took functions as
Communications Officer at the Young Americas Business Trust, leading the youth
networks from the Forum. I did courses on entrepreneurship in Israel and Silicon Valley
and a leadership course for social change makers at Kanthari in India. In 2015 I founded
Fundación Comparlante in Argentina with the aim of shortening the gap to access
education and information for visually impaired persons. Currently, Comparlante promotes
equity through universal accessibility.
I was awarded with an “Honorable Mention” under Ideas For Action Program by the World
Bank and Wharton Business School in 2015 and as “Iconic Woman creating a better world
for all” by Women Economic Forum in 2018.
Fundacion Comparlante was awarded and funded by the Government of Buenos Aires
Province and IncluYes by the National Government of Chile in 2018.
In 2020 I joined Jai Jagat Global Peace Campaign. It is a wake-up call to respond to the
current deepening economic, social and environmental crisis.
