Mel Vera is a Colombia native raised in New York City. After graduating from Babson College, her degree in Environmental Economics inspired her to start Atlus, a nonprofit based in Medellin focused on reducing youth violence and unemployment through blockchain, AI, and ecology education. After serving as Executive VP for the Blockchain Education Network and aiding Business Development at Injection Protocol, Mel began directing Ecosystem & Education and later became director of Community & Communications at DoinGud, an NFT platform empowering creators and social impact organizations. While her time at DoinGud Mel founded NFTclassroom.org a non-profit focused on reducing the socio-economic gap by teaching minority students about NFTs, art, and financial literacy. Mel currently sits as an advisor for RealItems.io, blockchainedu.org, Infuence.io and other emerging companies in the Web 3.0 space. Mel has spoken at the EY Strategic Growth Conference, 2021 Harvard & MIT National Colombian conference, Virtual Growth Conference 2020, The NFTE gala, EthDenver2020, EthBoston, Futurists Conf, La Conexión Medellin, La Conexión Argentina. She was a Forbes 30 under 30 fellows two years in a row.