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Diversitude is an international consultancy agency focused on providing solutions to implement Diversity, Inclusion & Belongingness in tech companies and research centers.

Our goal is to build inclusive workplaces where people of all identities feel included and have a sense of belonging, by enabling companies and teams to embody diversity as an attitude.

Our Services

D&I Consulting

Unleash the potential of your people by adding Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging to your strategy.

Gender Equality Plans

Improve performance and innovation by implementing a Gender Equality Plan.

Unconscious Bias Training

Create awareness and change by helping your team understand and combat Unconscious Bias at work.

Becoming an Ally Training

Help your employees understand and recognise privilege and proactively use it for good.

Stela Suils Cuesta Shihab (She/her/ella/ela)

Founder and Consultant

Stela is a trained Psychologist at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid and a PhD candidate in Gender studies at the University of Lisbon. She lives and breathes Diversity and Inclusion.

In Dubai, she led international teams and travelled extensively around the world, which gave her first-hand experience on biases, stereotypes, and the importance of cultural intelligence. In 2016 she became the Regional Leader of Lean In Arabia, the NGO started by Sheryl Sandberg to support women of all backgrounds to achieve their full potential. In 2018 and 2019, she was invited to travel to Palo Alto to attend the Lean In Leaders Conference and met Sheryl Sandberg in person, who hosted the top world Lean In Leaders at her house. Stela is now based in Portugal and leads Lean In Portugal.

She co-facilitated a few Masterclasses at the Web Summit 2019 (and now getting ready for 2022), and Collision in 2020, as well as other international conferences.

Stela has been running D&I Programs and recruitment in the Middle East and now in Europe, where she also directs the D&I area on CollectiveUp, a social enterprise that does research to create methods and technologies to achieve the SDG Goals.

She works with clients such as the World Food Programme, Cloudflare, Valispace, Volkswagen Digital and ADQ, and consults on projects funded by the EU. In 2021, Stela was listed as “People to Follow on LinkedIn about Diversity and Inclusion” by Diversein.

Testimonials

Stela was amazing in our International Women's Day in March 2020 at Cloudflare-Lisbon. She is collaborative, creative & forward thinking. Her well-researched presentation shed much needed light on the topic. Everyone was very interested & inquisitive due to her infectious, positive energy. Bias is something we all carry, we simply need to recognize it and negate it as best as possible. I highly recommend Stela!

Abby Carrales

Infrastructure security Professional, Cloudfare, Inc.

Stela was absolutely fabulous on stage! Her presentation was very interesting and informative and the crowd clearly thought so too as there were so many questions we had to cut it off for timing. The work she is doing is very intriguing and important, and I look forward to seeing where she takes it next! We will definitely keep her in mind for future opportunities.

Margaux Miller

Global Director of Community, Toptal

"I can't believe there is so much to learn. I always thought my decisions were fact-based. After this training, I started reflecting on past situations and I realised how many biased decisions I've taken. How many people I have overlooked and unfairly judge based on their looks. My role models are white straight guys and I was totally unconscious that this led me to look for people that look like me, like them."

D. C.

Attendee

What can I tell you about Stela that you don’t already know. Stela is a a force of nature, very determined and dedicated to what she does. She brings people together to learn and to grow. She is a leader who brings internal cohesion to the team. She has the capacity to bring order from chaos. She is very structured. It was a pleasure working with her in the various project and seeing her grasping things like a sponge and spitting them out into an amazing well rounded projects or ideas. Having her part of your team is an honor as her values will bring unity to your team.