Turning education and identity into undeniable human rights

Exploring how geography has the power to draw and design our bodies and our life.

How do you survive in a world of verification without proving who you are?
Over 1.5 billion people lack means to prove their identity, while 108 million forcibly displaced individuals lose access to vital personal data such as academic records due to war, persecutions and climate change. Without recognized certificates, rebuilding life becomes impossible for migrants.

Explore the current state of young displaced people. Understand what it means living in a world with no access to education and identity. How do you explain who you are and prove your identity with no papers? Geoidentity proposes a universal system for study validation with an academic passport to preserve one’s identity.

Geoidentity: Logging the Border

In the globalization era, why can we not imagine the existence of an academic document universally shared among countries? We’ve already done something like that. In the past, we invented the passport to travel around the world with ease. Imagine if each country required a distinct document for entry—Who would travel more? This is what happens when we need to cross another border: "the study & job validation one".

“My house was bombed 3 times. I’ll never have the opportunity to finish my studies”. “I studied management information system. When I came to Brazil, I used to speak 4 languages, and I didn’t find a job”.

Geoidentity proposes a universal system for study validation with an academic passport to preserve one’s identity. The new digital passport contains within it not only personal data but also academic data as a unique part of our identity.

Data are logged and validated through a blockchain platform allowing students to provide all their data for any host university in the world, making education accessible for all.

It is a system with the ability to collect, store, verify and connect educational credentials in a comparable manner across national contexts powered by blockchain technology. Geoidentity would resolve the loss of data protecting people against any unpredictable events. Creating access to life and education where all people, everywhere, can reach their fullest potential.

Feeling incredibly honoured to be part of the global Awarded Young Professional at World Water Week 2024 in Stockholm. It was such a privilege to debate whether conflict, one of the major cause of displacement, is a necessity for achieving water security and resilience, and to contribute to the most critical humanitarian and environmental crisis. A special thanks to SIWI - Stockholm International Water Institute and Arup for creating this inspiring sharing space.
Listening to and learning from Indigenous people who know the language of nature was a blessing. Water is a lifeline that connects all of us from country to country to continents. In many places a source of life-in many cases a source of death. We must change the way we relate to and perceive water. For a future where water security is achieved through peace, as an act of justice, as an act of dignity for humans and nature, we must design beyond geographical boundaries, we must move in synchrony as single cells, that cooperate for a unique mission: the wellbeing of the entire organism, Mother Earth.

This is what happened at the World Water Week in Stockholm!
25-26-27 March 2024
Geoidentity exhibited and pitched at ChangeNOW World, the largest event of solutions for the plant. Grand Palais Éphémère, Paris, in a new section dedicated to urgent humanitarian actors “First Responders” manifesting the urgency of digital transformation to protect vital personal data beyond any geographical borders and any unpredictable event. I had the honour of being selected by an incredible jury among a panel of 170 pitchers, as the winner of the “Inclusion pitch session” for the “Coup-de-coeur” award. This session featured 12 solutions across various themes of the Summit and published on Springwise, a global innovation platform for positive and sustainable change.
3th May 2023
I am honoured to share that I became a member of #Catalyst2030
Catalyst 2030, launched at the World Economic Forum in Davos in January 2020, is a global movement of social entrepreneurs and innovator-led movements committed to achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030.
On May 3rd I will give a session on Turning Education & Identity into undeniable human rights, presenting my project Geoidentity: Logging the Border 🌎
Don't miss it, register here: https://lnkd.in/eWwkEjUC
May 2023
Geoidentity: Logging the Border made the list! It was recognised as finalist for the #FastCompany World Changing Ideas Awards 2023!
I feel extremely grateful and honoured to be part of the #dandadawards2021 *future impact winners* with my protect Geoidentity: logging the border. I can’t wait to start the accelerator program. This represents for me more than a pencil ✏️ it’s the right support that impactful projects like these need to have! Congratulations to all the winners! D&AD thank you for this amazing opportunity and for creating a sharing place where young people dare to subvert the world’s order with the mission of generating a new life. A special thanks to all the people who guided me during the design process by sharing with me their lives.
#DDW20 is live! 🔥 I feel honoured to be an exhibitor of the Dutch Design Week 2020, the largest design event in Northern Europe, with my thesis project Geoidentity: logging the border. I am grateful to share this incredible 3D platform with awesome projects from all over the world. Thanks, @dutchdesignweek for making this sharing space possible in such a difficult moment like that! Thanks to @tsh_eindhoven to organise an impeccable exhibition experience. - Explore all the inspiring 3D viewing rooms, talks, virtual routes and live DDW TV from the studio in Eindhoven. #DDW20
Eindhoven City
Good news from #Core77DesignAwards2020. - My project, Geoidentity has been honored in the Core77 Design Awards 2020, in the category “Design for Social Impact". Thank you Core77 for acknowledging my work. I feel extremely grateful to be part of such inspiring projects specifically designed to give benefit to the social, humanitarian community and environmental causes. Have a look at the article 👈 #designforsocialimpact #core77designawards2020
I had the great honour to be part of the @globalgradshow 2019 during the @dubaidesignweek
Incredibile projects from all over the world proposed solutions to overcome global, social challenges and future innovation. Thanks to all the people who reminded and confirmed me what’s my ikigai.
#globalgradshow #dubaidesignweek

Unlike traditional systems, which vary by country and are often inefficient, Geoidentity unifies these models into a global platform, reducing validation times and bridging bureaucratic and language barriers. It benefits refugees, universities, accreditation bodies, and immigration authorities by addressing both immediate and long-term needs. Beyond crisis response, Geoidentity sets a new global standard for accessible and equitable education, ensuring that academic identity is universally recognized and protected.

Geoidentity Winner of the Inclusion Category at ChangeNOW World 2024

Geoidentity was exhibited & pitched at

ChangeNOW World 2024 the largest event of solutions for the planet, in a new section dedicated to urgent humanitarian actors “First Responders” manifesting the urgency of digital transformation to protect vital personal data beyond any geographical borders and any unpredictable event—I had the honour of being selected by an incredible jury among a panel of 170 pitchers, as the winner of the “Inclusion category” for the “Coup-de-coeur” award- published on Springwise, a global innovation platform for positive and sustainable change.

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Geoidentity: A Case Study in the Spanish Red Cross's 'Technology and Vulnerability' Initiative

World Water Week, Stockholm 2024

New partnership in Uganga refugees settlements 🌍

Geoidentity is finalist at Fast Company *World Changing Ideas Awards 2023* (Copia)

Geoidentity at ChangeNOW, the largest event of solutions for the planet

Geoidentity at #design in an age of crisis</a>—London Design Biennale 2021

Geoidentity at #design in an age of crisis—London Design Biennale 2021

Geoidentity at Dutch Design Week in Eindhoven

Geography has the power to draw and define our bodies and our lives

World Water Week, Stockholm 2024

Awarded Global Young Water Professional

World Water Week, Stockholm 2024 Awarded Global Young Water Professional

Feeling incredibly honoured to be part of the globalAwarded Young Professional at World Water Week 2024 in Stockholm. It was such a privilege to debate whether conflict, one of the major cause of displacement, is a necessity for achieving water security and resilience.