Larissa Schneider Calza

Head of the Cyber Defense and Security Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Brazil since July 2023. Career diplomat since 2009, with a focus on multilateral diplomacy and disarmament and international security issues. Her foreign postings include the Brazilian Mission to the United Nations (2014 to 2018, covering human rights and disarmament issues) and the Brazilian Embassy in Mexico (2018-2020). She holds a bachelor’s degree in International Relations from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (Porto Alegre, Brazil).