About Larissa Sousa

Larissa Sousa is the associate director of the communications department for Gorongosa National Park in Mozambique. She started her journey at Gorongosa seven years ago as the girl’s education program manager, helping change the lives of many women and girls as well as raise awareness on conservation. Girls clubs have as the main objective keeping girls in schools and out of early marriages as well as improving their reading and writing skills. Sousa is still very much involved in all the educational programs of Gorongosa, especially the one recently started on girls and early childhood development programs (preschool clubs). She is a global leader for the World Forum Foundation, and an ECD representative for Mozambique. She holds a bachelor’s degree in international business administration from HAMK UAS Finland, and a master’s in business administration from Africa University in Zimbabwe.