Anna Luísa Beserra

When she was 15 years old, Anna Luísa developed a product known as Aqualuz, a solar water disinfection filtering system.^[4][3] Her mentor encouraged her to launch a social entrepreneurship around the product. Her business is trying to bring water to some of the most dry areas of Brazil.^[1][5] SDW works with ESG projects focused on sanitation for rural areas, where companies invest in surrounding communities, and it was considered one of the 50 startups that will change Brazil.^[1][5][6]

She studied Biotechnology at the Federal University of Bahia.^[7]'

In 2019, she was awarded the Young Champions of the Earth from the United Environment Programme^[8] and the award Hugo Werneck de Sustentabilidade & Amor á Natureza.^[9] She was also listed as a 2020 Top 10 Innovator on Shell LiveWIRE.^[10]

In 2022, Beserra was selected as a Bloomberg New Economy Catalyst. As part of the program, she attended the annual New Economy Forum held in Singapore and the Bloomberg New Economy Catalyst Retreat that same year.^[11]