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Ms Natacha POGGIO

Professor, Design

Work Location

One Main Street Suite
Houston, TX 77002
United States

Nationality

Argentina
United States of America

Email(s)

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Telephone

+18603252015

Profile URL

https://oceanexpert.net/expert/valkiria

Highest Degree

M.F.A. in Design, University of Texas at Austin, United States

Job Type

Teaching/Education

Subject Area

Research Support Services

Activities

Natacha Poggio is a U.S. Fulbright Scholar, TEDx speaker, designer, and University of Houston-Downtown professor whose work focuses on designing planet-centered solutions to address health, environmental, and social justice problems. She has over two decades of professional practice, and her work has reached hundreds of communities in Latin America, Africa, and Asia.

Natacha is the Founder and Creative Director of Design Global Change, a think-tank she founded in 2008, comprised of design students and professionals who develop and implement visual communication solutions to effect positive change. Examples of the projects she has been leading include creating campaigns on sanitation and gender equity in rural India, wellness for HIV+ farming communities in Kenya, developing rehabilitation materials to assist amputees to regain mobility, and environmental initiatives that encourage Ecuadorian children to protect the rainforest. 

In recognition of her collaborative work, Natacha is a three-time recipient of the Sappi “Ideas that Matter” award which supports designers using their expertise to solve communications problems for nonprofit organizations. In 2022, she received the Fulbright U.S. Scholar award for an environmental ocean literacy project on marine conservation in Ecuador.

Sea regions of study

Global

Skills

I am a Visual Communication Designer and an expert in the communication of scientific and complex information:

  • Ocean Literacy
  • Marine Conservation
  • Climate Change
  • Education
  • Sustainability

Working language(s)

English
Spanish

Social

Website(s)

http://www.natachapoggio.com

Last Updated: 2022-10-30