Yasodara Cordova

Yasodara (Yaso) Cordova is an independent consultant and part-time researcher at CTS-FGV, an expert in digital identity, privacy, data infrastructure, and AI and technology policy, with over 15 years of experience across government, the private sector, and standards bodies. She previously served as Deputy Director in the Brazilian federal government and as Web Specialist at the W3C. She is a former Senior Fellow and affiliate at Harvard’s Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society and the Belfer Center, and she holds a master’s in public administration from the Harvard Kennedy School. She advised governments across the developing world on digital transformation at the World Bank and co-founded the Calango hackerspace, in Brasilia.