Luisa Caldas

Luísa has been a Regional Director of Operations since 2023, monitoring and supporting centers in the UK, France, Ireland, and Portugal. Before this role, she was Center Director of CIEE Lisbon since 2015, having joined CIEE in 2009. She holds a B.A. in History and Art History and an M.A. in Art History and Preservation.  Luísa also holds a Post-Graduate in Management certificate from the Católica University in Lisbon. Outside CIEE, she has been a participant/volunteer for more than two decades in CISV, a youth education organization, leading her to focus on this area of work and interest. Born and raised in Lisbon, she devotes her free time to her 3 kids while trying to read some novels and exercise.