Leticia Usanovich de Menezes

Current occupation

Learning Designer and Facilitator (Freelancer)

Work experience

> AZES VALBOENSES ASSOCIATION
- Team Development Lead | Jan 2024 - Present | Hybrid
Having recently joined the board of directors, I am leading efforts to enhance team dynamics through purposeful team-building initiatives. My focus lies in crafting a team-building journey geared towards fostering genuine connections within the team, aligning individuals with the organisation's purpose, nurturing a sense of belonging, fostering group synergy through effective work processes, and empowering each team member to see their engagement with the organisation as an opportunity for personal growth as well as impact generation.

- Learning Designer and Facilitator | August 2023 | Viseu, Portugal
Azes Valboenses collaborated with the community of Cabrum Ecovillage to create a work camp project focused on promoting healthy and sustainable lifestyles and democratic participation, integrating the local community with an international group of young participants.
We delivered activities focused on team building and the development of social-emotional skills (such as awareness of privilege and power dynamics, understanding of social identities, mainstream and margins dynamics, and capacity for change-making).
All of the programme was designed and facilitated having peer learning as a core methodology, empowering participants about their own learning process while offering the structure and support that they needed to achieve their development goals.
My role was to create a learning journey that was highly flexible and adaptable according to what was emerging in the group's dynamics and participants' feedback, making sure this iteration was happening in a smooth and consistent way throughout the programme. I also facilitated activities with the team where we documented victories, failures, and learnings to be carried into future projects led by the Association.

> YELLOW VS. BLUE
- Facilitator and Learning Designer | Jan 2023 - June 2023 | Remote
As part of the Mental Health Exchange Programme, my role was designing and facilitating sessions using storytelling as a base for reflection and self-awareness that supports participants on their journeys to improve well-being and mental health quality.
I co-facilitated sessions in the Art Therapy Programme for young people from the MENA region, providing a safe space for them to express emotions through art. Together, we built a supportive community where participants could openly share and support each other in overcoming mental health struggles.

> NOW ASSOCIATION
- Learning Designer and Community Facilitator | May 2022 - Present | Remote
I am a key member of NOW's core team, leading strategy stewardship and spearheading the design, development, and facilitation of new programs focused on empowering young people worldwide through capacity building, holistic development, and fostering community engagement.

- Learning Facilitator | Mar 2021 - Jun 2021 | Remote
I was a learning facilitator for two key programs: one aimed at empowering youth as community changemakers in their own communities, and the other targeted facilitators seeking skill enhancement and networking opportunities. Both programmes had participants from all over South and North America and Europe. In both programs, my role involved offering overall support to participants throughout their learning journeys via biweekly reflection group calls, 1:1 check-ins and ongoing asynchronous communication.

- Human-centred Design Instructor | Mar 2021 - Jun 2021 | Remote
I designed a 5-week programme using Human-centered Design principles to support participants in the development of their social impact projects. My responsibilities encompassed tailoring the learning journey, curating content and tools to align with participants' learning needs, and providing ongoing assistance to address their design challenges throughout the programme.

> INSTITUTO NOW
- Learning Facilitator | Dec 2022 - Mar 2023 | Remote
I led exchange spaces as part of a learning journey focused on the development of female leadership in the field of technology. The spaces were designed for deepening learning, reflections, support, and promotion of networking among the participants of the training. My role was to foster the creation of an atmosphere where participants could feel safer for sharing, showing vulnerabilities and supporting each other in overcoming their learning challenges.

- Learning Facilitator and Organisational Development Consultant | Mar 2021 - Sep 2021 | Remote
As a Learning Facilitator, I designed and facilitated experiences focused on the development of socio-emotional skills in different programmes offered by the organisation to their clients. As an Organisational Development Consultant, I designed and implemented internal processes focused on feedback, team development and OKR's management.

> ENDELEZA
- Learning Experiences Designer and Facilitator | Aug 2022 - June 2023 | Remote
I led the organisation’s team development initiatives, which involved conceptualizing and guiding a process where team members delved into their personal and professional challenges related to their organisational roles. Through this introspection, I supported them in identifying and addressing learning objectives aimed at enhancing collaborative dynamics within the team.

- Team Development and Fundraising Leader | Mar 2020 - Aug 2021 | Remote
During the relaunch of the European branch of the organization, I co-led fundraising initiatives across Europe and oversaw the establishment of a new team. This meant co-leading the development and execution of a team development programme involving individuals from five different nationalities spread across five cities globally.