Journalist and founder of Afrolink

Paula Cardoso is the founder of “Afrolink”, a digital platform promoting the representation and visibility of Afrodescendants across all spheres of life in Portugal. Paula is also the author of Força Africana, a series of children’s books that advances the social inclusion of African and Afro-descendant children growing up in Portugal by featuring characters that resemble them.
With nearly two decades of experience as a journalist in well-established print news media both in Portugal (Visão, Sol) as well as in Angola (Expansão, Agora, and Novo Jornal), Paula is currently the host of Black Excellence Talk Series, a talk show broadcast on Portuguese public TV. In addition, she leads DeliberaEscola, a project which brings civic deliberation to Portuguese schools, while also serving as a mentor in the HeForShe’ Mentoring the Future program, created to address gender equality, diversity, and inclusion. Paula was born in 1979 in the city of Beira, Mozambique, and lives in Portugal.