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Speaker - Ms Larissa Schneider Calza

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Last updated on 10 October 2026
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Ms Larissa Schneider Calza

Head, Cyber Defense and Security Division
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Brazil

Biography

Head of the Cyber Defense and Security Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Brazil since July 2023. Career diplomat since 2009, with a focus on multilateral diplomacy and disarmament and international security issues. She started her career at the Brazilian MFA’s Disarmament and Sensitive Technologies Division. Her foreign postings include the Brazilian Mission to the United Nations (2014 to 2018, covering human rights and disarmament issues) and the Brazilian Embassy in Mexico (2018-2020). She has also worked as deputy head of the MFA’s political MERCOSUR division, as an advisor to the Secretary-General of Foreign Affairs and as the International Advisor to the Minister of Women. She has a bachelor’s degree in International Relations from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul.