Luísa is an award-winning digital rights advocate and founder of EquiLabs, a youth-led digital rights lab reimagining data and AI governance globally with an intersectional lens. She currently serves as a Vice Chair for the IEEE Standard for AI Systems Impacting Children WG. Previously, she has shaped AI and data policy at the UN, GIZ, OECD.AI, and governments across the world. As a UN-appointed Young Leader for the SDGs, she has been recognized by the UN as a key activist for digital rights and AI justice globally. Her work as an activist and thought leader has earned global recognition, including being named a Rising Star on Apolitical's Government AI 100 2025, Future Minds’ 25 Under 25, and ISOC’s Internet Governance Under 30. Her research at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and Sciences Po Paris advanced high-level decisions on AI ethics and data policy, and her advocacy has reached over 10 million people globally.