Louise Soares is a journalist, creative writer and researcher from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Is currently a PhD student at the Texts and Technology program at the University of Central Florida and a Graduate Research Associate at the Center for Humanities and Digital Research. Her research interests are interdisciplinary, including communication, creative writing, literature, digital cultures and artificial intelligence.
She has a masters degree in Journalism, Media and Globalization with a specialism in Business and Financial Journalism from the Erasmus Mundus program, a degree jointly issued by Aarhus University, in Denmark, and City University London, in the United Kingdom (class of 2016-2018); and a bachelors degree in Communications with a major in Journalism from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro – UFRJ), from which she graduated with honors (class of 2011). Also has two post-graduate certificates: one in Diplomatic Studies from IBMEC and one in Digital Narratives from Pontifícia Universidade Catolica, from Rio de Janeiro.
Professional experiences include roles as a reporter for Brazil’s leading newspaper, as a marketing intern and a press relations for book publishers and book marketing agencies, as an independent fiction author and, more recently, as a writer analyst for AI at a tech company. Is fluent in Brazilian Portuguese and English and has good knowledge of Spanish and French.