Weakness: Fun games
Enjoys: Cooking a delicious meal for friends and family, discovering the world.
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Location: Shanghai, China
Carmen is an Industrial Ecologist with a big heart and a scienctific mind. With her care and insight she aims to create opportunities for a flourishing world, and inspires others to join her.
Carmen facilitates teams by adding analytical, critical, and systems thinking, and her enthusiasm and diplomatic posture encourages people to work together. Carmen has a strong affinity and knowledge base in food and urban agriculture. This supports her personal mission to bring change in food consumption, and dreams of a future in which everyone has access to sustainable and healthy food.
From a young age on Carmen is fascinated with nature and ecology. This inspiration by nature has led her to a deep passion for working towards sustainability. Exploring and discovering are two aspects central in Carmen’s life; only by getting to the bottom of things she can satisfy her curiosity.
Carmen has a Master of Science in Industrial Ecology from Leiden University and Delft University of Technology, and a Bachelor in Industrial Design from Antwerp University. Next to her work at Except she participates in local initiatives such as Den Haag in Transition and Youth Food Movement Den Haag.