Alessandra Yupanqui, co-founder of Sapiens, took part as keynote speaker in the gathering that brings together some of the most influential women in Peru. Her talk questioned a model of success and economic development that ignores the wellbeing of the planet.
CONFERENCE AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY
Cambridge, April 2025
Sapiens took part in the "Peruvian Talent Without Borders" panel at Peru Conference 2025, held at Harvard University, a conversation about the challenges of building a global career without losing one's cultural roots. Alessandra Yupanqui was joined by Olympic athlete Gladys Tejeda, scientist and science communicator Alejandra Ruiz León, and researcher Américo Mendoza-Mori.
LATINAS WITHOUT BORDERS | BROWN UNIVERSITY
Providence, March 2026
Latinas Without Borders" was a Latin Graduate Collective gathering that brought together Latina women around their professional and personal journeys and the strengthening of their networks and community.
THE NAT | CLIMATE WEEK NYC 2025
New York, September 2025
Sapiens co-founders Jorge Carrasco and Alessandra Yupanqui were invited to the NAT Gala, the inaugural cultural gathering that opened Climate Week NYC. The evening brought together leaders from business, philanthropy, conservation and the arts around a shared goal, helping to close the global nature financing gap.
LATINAS WITHOUT BORDERS | BROWN UNIVERSITY
Providence, March 2026
The Latin Graduate Collective presented "Latinas Without Borders," a gathering that brought together Latina women to discuss their professional and personal journeys, strengthening support networks and identity within the Latino community.
IUCN WORLD CONSERVATION CONGRESS | IUCN ORMACC
Abu Dhabi, October 2025
For the first time in 77 years, Indigenous peoples led their own summit within the World Conservation Congress. We covered this historic shift in global conservation for seven days.
CONFERENCE AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY
Cambridge, October 2025
Sapiens took part in the panel "Peruvian Talent Without Borders" at Peru Conference 2025, held at Harvard University, alongside Olympic athlete Gladys Tejeda and Américo Mendoza-Mori, professor and researcher on the global revitalization of Quechua and Indigenous languages, discussing the challenges and opportunities of building a global career while staying rooted in local identity.
INDIGENOUS YOUTH HEADING TO COP30 | CHIRAPAQ
Lima, September 2025
Young Indigenous leaders from 14 Latin American countries coordinated their climate agenda in preparation for COP30, the world's most important climate summit.
TECH CAMP: CARE AND RESISTANCE | RAINFOREST US, AIDESEP AND ORAU
Pucallpa, September 2025
Over 70 Indigenous women leaders from Peru and Ecuador gathered to exchange strategies against illegal mining, logging, and other illicit economies advancing across their territories.
THE AMAZON IS NOT FOR SALE | AMAZON FRONTLINES & ALIANZA CEIBO
New York, September 2025
We covered the public protest where Jane Fonda and Indigenous leaders raised their voices to demand that Ecuador stop its oil roadmap offering over 50 blocks in the Amazon.
THE NAT | CLIMATE WEEK NYC 2025
New York, September 2025
Sapiens co-founders Jorge Carrasco and Alessandra Yupanqui were invited to THE NAT Gala, the inaugural cultural gathering that opened Climate Week NYC, uniting leaders from business, philanthropy, conservation, and the arts to help close the global nature finance gap.
PERMANENT FORUM ON INDIGENOUS ISSUES 2025
New York, April 2025
The gathering where Indigenous peoples from Asia, Africa, Central America, South America, and the Caribbean establish their territorial, climate, and human rights demands before the United Nations.
POWERFUL WOMEN OF PERU | FORBES 2024
Lima, Agosto 2024
Alessandra Yupanqui, co-founder of Sapiens, served as keynote speaker, reflecting on how average aspirations obscure the real struggle that should command our attention: the wellbeing of the only planet we all call home.