Belinha S. De Abreu, PhD. is a global media literacy educator, researcher, speaker and author. Dr. De Abreu is the founder of the International Media Literacy Research Symposium (IMLRS), and was the recipient of the 2021 National Media Literacy Education’s Media Literacy Research Award. She serves as the President of the International Council for Media Literacy (IC4ML). Dr. De Abreu’s work has been featured on NPR, National Press Club, Genesis 560-Canada no Ar, and RTP International. She is the author of Media Literacy for Justice: Lessons for Changing the World (2022), Teaching Media Literacy (2019), and author/editor of Media Literacy, Justice and Equity (2023) among other publications. She previously served as an International Expert to the Forum on Media & Information Literacy for UNESCO’s Communication & Information Section. For more information about her work and research: www.belinhadeabreu.org.