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Emilia is a serial entrepreneur with more than ten years of experience in the textile industry. She is the CEO of Hilo Sagrado, a platform that connects ancestral traditions, creative minds and the ethical global fashion business. She has also co-founded Petit Kolibri, an organic clothing brand for children; and LOVT, an organic lifestyle store. Previously, she worked with leading companies in the fashion industry such as Lodenfrey, Inditex and Ebay Fashion to foster sustainable textile business development in emerging markets in Latin America, Africa and Europe. She holds a Masters in Fashion Business from a dual program by Polimoda, Italy and IFA, China and a B.Sc. in Industrial Engineering from Universidad de los Andes, Colombia. Hilo Sagrado is a platform that is revolutionizing the production and marketing system of luxury crafts, through a laboratory of creativity in the cloud. It connects ancestral talent with designers to develop exclusive products that rescue cultural legacy and inserts it in the global ethical market , operating at a fraction of the cost of traditional industry and applying this savings to increase artisans' profits up to 600%, and improve their quality of life.
