Monique Evelle is a journalist and the founder of Inventivos – an entrepreneur training platform – and Desabafo Social – a laboratory of social technologies applied to education, communication and income generation in Salvador, state of Bahia. Since January 2021, Monique has partnered with Nubank to coordinate NuLab, a technology and customer experience hub in Salvador, and to mentor startups of the fund Semente Preta, a project that supports technology-based ventures founded or led by black people.