Adriana

Santamaria

Adriana SantamarĂ­a is a Colombian designer, entrepreneur, and educator with over 15 years of experience in social impact. Her expertise spans design strategy, co-design, futures thinking, community building, communication design, storytelling, and visual thinking.

She designs and facilitates participatory processes that center the knowledge of people with lived experience, helping communities recognize and strengthen their agency. Grounded in her Colombian identity and local peacebuilding experience, Adriana takes a decolonial approach to strengthening relationships and community capacities to address systemic inequality.