Anica is our Project Coordinator and Community Manager. Originally from the Philippines, she holds a bachelor’s degree in European Studies from Ateneo de Manila University, where she focused on International Relations and specialised in Hispanic Studies. A minor in sustainability led her to pursue an MSc in Sustainable Development (with Distinction) at the University of Sussex.
Her master’s dissertation was on Decolonizing Innovation for Development, applying discourse analysis to critically examine and highlight coloniality in the National Innovation Systems (NIS) and economic development literature.
Before joining our team, Anica worked in the private sector as a Senior Project Manager and Data Strategy Consultant at a data science consulting firm in Southeast Asia. Her work centred on leveraging geospatial AI and machine learning for social impact and climate resilience, from mapping data ecosystems to generating open data for public use.
Anica is interested in the intersections of sustainability and technology, themes of social justice, decolonisation, and environmental and social issues in the Global South.
Aside from day-to-day coordination across our projects, Anica is also the Green DiSC representative of the Cambridge Sustainable Computing Lab.
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