Cristiana Velloso

Biography

Cristiana Velloso is COO of Instituto Dara (formerly Associação Saúde Criança) where she has been working since 1999. She started at the Institute as a volunteer working directly with the families participating in the program, she was hired as a project manager, focusing on the replication of the methodology, and since 2008 she has been a director. She has a B.S. in Nutrition Science from UNIRIO ( Universidade do Rio Janeiro) with specialization in maternal and infant nutrition and post-graduation degrees in Social Responsability and the Third Sector and in Project Management.
She is Brazilian, married, has one son and two daughters and lives in Rio de Janeiro.