Luisa Caldas

Luísa has been a Regional Director of Operations since 2023, monitoring and supporting the UK, France, Ireland and Portugal centers. Before this role, she was CIEE Lisbon’s director since 2015, while 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 2 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.