Mercedes Viola

Founder and director of 4D Lab https://4dlab.uy/ , a certified B corp that works to promote cultures of communication, cultures of inclusion and cultures of regeneration, co-designing a new way of living together.

Founder and coordinator of Incluir Para Crecer - Latin American Festival of Inclusive Economy - Collaborating with the art of inclusion. https://economiainclusiva.net/

Co-founder of ProEdu Inclusive Education and D Alliance that work for the inclusion of people with disabilities in the educational and labor areas respectively.

Co-President of the Board of Directors of Sistema B Uruguay

Co-Coordinator of the Working Group on Inclusive Education.

Member of the Alliance of Organizations for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

Active member of the Regional Network for Inclusive Education and Inclusion International. 

Member of the digital committee of IATEFL (2012-2020) and of the online committee of IATEFL BESIG (2010-2020).
Founding member of the Platform for Economic Innovation in Uruguay

MA in TESOL and architect

Lectures nationally and internationally in the areas of inclusive education and diversity & inclusion. Speaker at the TEDx Montevideo event on Education - Education includes us all.