Indira Cornelio, Knowledge Building Manager 

Indira is a feminist who loves community building and co-developing trainings and resources to promote the strategic and safe use of technology for the defense of human rights. She first joined WITNESS as Communications Coordinator for the Latin America and the Caribbean program, where she ran the regional online engagement efforts, creating audiovisual content to reach out to communities organizing to defend their rights.

In July 2025, Indira took the role of Knowledge Building Manager at WITNESS’ Learning team. As part of this role she works on translating WITNESS experience into clear, actionable guidance – and strategically distributing it.

Prior to WITNESS, she coordinated information activism projects. She has collaborated in efforts aimed at creating more spaces for women’s participation online and initiatives supporting women facing online gender-based violence. She is part of the feminist collective Ciberseguras.

Indira holds an M.A. in Media for Development and Social Change from the University of Sussex.