Biography
Flávia Pellegrino is the executive director of Pacto pela Democracia, a broad and cross-ideological coalition that orchestrates the pro-democracy ecosystem in Brazil in order to counter authoritarian threats, build more resilient democratic institutions, and protect the democratic rule of law. Over the past decade, Flávia has built and coordinated networks within Brazilian civil society dedicated to important social and political causes, especially focused on defending democracy and human rights. Internationally, she has been engaged in different initiatives aimed at strengthening transnational cooperation on promoting democratic values, practices and strategies to counter the current autocratization phenomenon worldwide, such as the Fisher Family Summer Fellows on Democracy and Development Program hosted by the Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law at Stanford University and the Keseb Fellowship Program. Flávia is based in São Paulo, Brazil.