Carla Bezerra serves as the Director of Digital Participation and Network Communication at the General Secretariat of the Brazilian Presidency, where she oversees the Brasil Participativo Platform. She is also member of the Board of Directors of People Powered, a global hub for participatory democracy around the globe. Carla holds a PhD in Political Science from the University of São Paulo and throughout her career, Carla has worked as both a practitioner and a scholar, focusing on democracy, relations between civil society and the State, participatory policies, and digital participation.