Lucia Gallardo is a digital nomad who is joyfully living out of her suitcase while building companies out of her love for experimentation. Her significant and multiple accomplishments as a serial entrepreneur follow her around the world. Lucia is a Future of Goods 21 Founders to Watch, one of MIT Technology Review’s 2020 Innovators under 35 for her work with Blockchain, and she is a Royal Bank of Canada's Entrepreneur of the Year nominee.  Lucia is the Founder and CEO of Emerge, an end-to-end solutions development lab that has consistently merged public and private sectors in projects related to digital identification for displaced persons, food traceability, financial inclusion for inconsistent income earners, rainforest protection, loyalty rewards programs, and more. Emerge has been nominated for the 2018 Global SDG Awards and Newsweek’s 2019 Blockchain Impact Awards.   

Lucía’s impact on social causes is advanced through her board activities with:  Penta Network, a company building foundational blockchain infrastructure; Crypto Kids Camp, a non-profit organization that connects kids from lower income households to emerging technologies; Rainforest Partnership, a non-profit organization promoting the protection of the world's tropical rainforests; the Caribbean Blockchain Alliance, a regional organization promoting the adoption of decentralized technologies across the region; and, WE Global Studio, an innovation studio supporting the world's female entrepreneurs. Lucía is an Advisor to Metis, a Layer 2 solution focused on the decentralized future of work.  Prior to starting Emerge, Lucia co-founded Dona un Libro, Cambia una Mente, a Honduran education focused non-profit and 2016 recipient of President Obama’s Young Leaders of the Americas Fellowship. Lucia has past experience in both the public and private sectors, ranging from immigration and trade relations on diplomatic missions to AI-enabled mobile tech and early-stage investments.   

Lucia is a 2017 Venture for Canada Fellow, a 2018 RBC Future Launch Fellow, a 2018 Money 20/20 Rise Up Fellow, and a certified UN SDG Advocate. She was listed as one of MIT Technology Review's Innovators under 35 and a Royal Bank of Canada's 2019 Women of Influence.   

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