Working with global NGOs, World Affairs Council, Asia Society, and The Pangea Network, Ivana has two decades of experience in building strategic partnerships to empower women and youth to be globally competent. She is a Croatian who grew up in Singapore where she attended UWC South East Asia, and since 2018, has been part of the UWC Council. She has a Master’s Degree in International Relations from Sciences Po Paris. She lived in the U.S. for 20 years, and moved to Finland with her husband and two young children in the summer of 2023. Ivana is currently working on FOG (Facts on the ground), her first start-up idea, designed to improve media monitoring and news consumption by creating access to diverse sources beyond mainstream media on current world events and global topics.