Carolina Loureiro

From a young age, Carolina was involved in several youth organisations and played different roles, from volunteer to project coordinator. She studied Biotechnology in Aveiro, where she had her first contact in non-formal education. Carolina was a board member of the Portuguese National Youth Council (CNJ) and has been working as trainer for European institutions such as ERYICA. She lived in Finland, where she became more passionate about youth work and youth engagement. Nowadays, she mainly focuses on the mechanism of youth participation, designing youth strategies and policies and empowering young people.