I am an environmentalist leading Zero Waste implementation in Tanzania and Africa, serving as an amplifier of voices from the Global South to global engagements. I work as Executive Director of Nipe Fagio, a leading organization in community engagement for solid waste management, policy advocacy and leadership on single-use plastic reduction in the East African Community.I work as GAIA's Director of Global Plastics Program advocating for a significant reduction in plastic production, and the elimination of single-use plastic. I led 8 social businesses in Tanzania selecting business activities through strategic and collaborative decision-making to maximize the strengths of each geopolitical area and group of people targeting income generation. Within 6 years businesses achieved financial self-sustainability. Members gained the opportunity to redefine their social position towards their communities based on their values and skills and overcoming gender, age and income level discrimination.I created and facilitated an entrepreneurship curriculum for smallholder farmers embracing age, gender and literacy diversity. The methodology was designed to be relevant, matching academic knowledge and practical needs. The curriculum included finances, interpersonal skills, and business literacy and graduated over 100 entrepreneurs.I started a design and sustainable solutions studio at age 26 without previous experience and it’s still operating today.I am a values-driven, team player, and creative thinker executor. I get energized making possible the considered impossible, inspiring people to achieve their full potential and breaking long-term goals into actionable steps. I fight for a world of equal opportunities and for life with balance.I excel improvising and I don’t succumb to stressful situations. I focus on actions and thrive turning difficult situations into exciting opportunities.I wake up for the sun. I am adaptable. I can live in a metropolis of 20M inhabitants, a village of 2,000 or a town of 20,000 people. I can open a coconut using a machete.My favorite definition of myself was given by a colleague: "Ana is the most idealistic person I have ever seen with feet rooted on the ground. It’s not that she doesn’t know about all the s… going on out there, It’s just that she believes that we can change it and make the world better".I cultivate and live in absolute freedom. Talent themes: Achiever; Individualization; Strategic; Arranger; Activator.